Research Publications

Liu, Y., Lu, H., & Veenstra, K. (in press). Beauty and Accounting Academic Career.​ Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.

Jing, J., Leung, K., Ng, J., & Zhang, J. (in press). Fixing the Core, Earnings Management, and Sustainable Emergence From Financial Distress: Evidence From China's Special Treatment System.​ Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.

Zhao, X., Zhou, G., & Rezaee, Z. (in press). Tournament Incentives and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.

Chen, Z., Da, Z., Dashan Huang, D., & Wang, L. (2023).  Presidential economic approval rating and the cross-section of stock returns.   Journal of Financial Economics, 147(1), 106-131.

Chen, T., Li, H., Kung, J., & Xie, J. (2023). Trading Favours through the Revolving Door: Evidence from China's Primary Land Market.​ Economic Journal, 133(649), 70-97.

Li, T., Qian, W., Xiong, W., & Zou, X. (2022).  Employee Output Response to Stock Market Wealth Shocks.   Journal of Financial Economics.

Geng, G., Huang, Y., Lin, C., & Liu, S. (2022). Minimum Wage and Corporate Investment: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in China. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57 (1), 94-126.

Hribar, P., Mergenthaler, R., Roeschley, A., Young, S., & Zhao, C. (2022). Do Managers Issue More Voluntary Disclosure When GAAP Limits Their Reporting Discretion in Financial Statements? Journal of Accounting Research, 60 (1), 299-351.

Xu, Z., Zhou, F., & Zhou, J. (2022). Sentiments and Real Business Cycles. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 141,  104399.

Jung, B., Kang, T., Lee, W., & Zhou, G. (2022). Pro-Labor Institutions and Corporate Employment Efficiency. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.

Liu, Z., He, Y., Li, B., & Pittman, J. (2021).  Does the Threat of a PCAOB Inspection Mitigate U.S. Institutional Investors' Home Bias? Contemporary Accounting Research.

Li, B., Liu, Z., & Wang, R. (2021). When dedicated investors are distracted: the effect of institutional monitoring on corporate tax avoidance. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.

Haw, I., Song, Y., Tan, W., & Wang, W. (2021).  Bankruptcy, overlapping directors, and bank loan pricing. Journal of Corporate Finance, 71, 102097.

Bu, L., Chan, K., Choi, A., & Zhou, G. (2021). Talented inside directors and corporate social responsibility: A tale of two roles. Journal of Corporate Finance, 70, 102044.

Chen, X., Cheng, Q., Chow, T., & Liu, Y. (2021). Corporate In‐house Tax Departments. Contemporary Accounting Research, 38 (1), 443-482.

Cheung, Y., Rau, P. Raghavendra, & Stouraitis, A. (2021). What Determines the Return to Bribery? Evidence from Corruption Cases Worldwide. Management Science.

Huang, D., Li, J., & Wang, L. (2021). Are disagreements agreeable? Evidence from information aggregation. Journal of Financial Economics.

Lin, C., Liu, S., & Manso, G. (2021). Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Innovation. Management Science, 67 (6), 3321-3984.

Cheung, Y., Rau, P. Raghavendra, Stouraitis, A., & Tan, W. (2021). Does the market understand the ex ante risk of expropriation by controlling shareholders? Journal of Corporate Finance, 68, 101946.

Agarwal, S., Qian, W., & Zou, X. (2021). Thy Neighbor's Misfortune: Peer Effect on Consumption. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2009), 13 (2), 1-25.

Ni, S., Pearson, N. D., Poteshman, A. M., & White, J. (2021). Does Option Trading Have a Pervasive Impact on Underlying Stock Prices? Review of Financial Studies, 34 (4), 1952-1986.

Agarwal, S., Qian, W., & Zou, X. (2021). Disaggregated Sales and Stock Returns. Management Science.

Wang, Z., Yin, Q., & Yu, L. (2021). Real effects of share repurchases legalization on corporate behaviors. Journal of Financial Economics, 140 (1), 197-219.

Che, J., Chung, K., & Qiao, X. (2021). Career Concerns, Beijing Style. International Economic Review.

Chung, K., Liu, E. M., & Lo, P. (2021). Selling to Consumers Who Cannot Detect Small Differences. Journal of Economic Theory, 192, 105186.

Cannon, J., Hu, B., Lee, J., & Yang, D. (2020).The effect of international takeover laws on corporate resource adjustments: Market discipline and/or managerial myopia? Journal of International Business Studies, 51, 1443-1477.

Ge, W., Kang, T., Song, B., & Zhou, G. (2020). Audit Profession Development and Bank Loan Contracting. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 40 (2), 85-105.

Li, B., Liu, Z., Qiang, W., & Zhang, B. (2020). The impact of XBRL adoption on local bias: Evidence from mandated U.S. filers. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 39 (6), 106767.

Cheung, Y., Haw, I., Hu, B., Swink, M., & Zhang, W. (2020).Common Institutional Investors and Supplier Performance in Supply Chains. Journal of Operations Management, 66 (6), 670-696.

Kim, Y., Su, N., Zhou, G., & Zhu, X. K. (2020). PCAOB International Inspections and Merger and Acquisition Outcomes. Journal of Accounting & Economics, 70 (1), 1-30.

Ng, J., Saffar, W., & Zhang, J. J. (2020). Policy Uncertainty and Loan Loss Provisions in the Banking Industry. Review of Accounting Studies, 25 (2), 726–777.

Duan, Y., Hsieh, T., Wang, Ray R., & Wang, Z. (2020). Entrepreneurs' facial trustworthiness, gender, and crowdfunding success. Journal of Corporate Finance, 64, 101693.

Jin, Y., Ding, C., Duan, Y., & Cheng, H. (2020). Click to Success? The Temporal Effects of Facebook Likes on Crowdfunding. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21 (5), 1191-1213.

Yin, Q., & Ritter, Jay R. (2020). The Speed of Adjustment to the Target Market Value Leverage Is Slower Than You Think. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 55 (6), 1946-1977.

Huang, D., Li, J., Wang, L., & Zhou, G. (2020). Time series momentum: Is it there? Journal of Financial Economics, 135 (3), 774-794.

Chen, T., Kung, J. K., & Ma, C. (2020). Long Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China's Civil Examination System. Economic Journal, 130 (631), 2030-2064.

Leung, B. (2020). Limited Cognitive Ability and Selective Information Processing. Games & Economic Behavior, 120, 345-369.