“Differential Treatment and Local Information Advantage: Revelations from Translation Differences” with Tina Lang, Lorien Stice-Lawrence, and Forester Wong.
“Does Social Media Identify the Optimistic Bias of State-controlled Media? Evidence from China” with Eric Wang and Tianyu Zhang.
“User Anonymity and Information Quality of Social Media: Evidence from Natural Experiment” with Kanyuan Huang, Eric Wang and Tianyu Zhang.
“Regulatory Enforcement of Public Disclosure and Connected Investors in Corporate Bond Issuance” with Yi Ding, Ray Zhang and Tianyu Zhang.
“Do Firms Respond to Calls for Environmental Improvements Made by Retail Investors” with Gwen Yu, Shubo Zhang, and Tianyu Zhang.
“Firm News and Market Views: The Informational Roles of Official and Non-Official Newspapers in China” with Joseph Piotroski, Shubo Zhang and Tianyu Zhang.
“Does Chinese Social Media Moderate the Information Bias in China? Evidence from the Tone of Social and Traditional Media?” with Eric Wang and Tianyu Zhang.
“Does the Entry of Foreign Financial Analysts Improve Local Financial Analysts’ Research Methods and Firms’ Information Environment? Evidence from China” with Forester Wong and Tianyu Zhang.
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Published papers
“Competence vs. Independence: Auditors’ Connections with Members of their Clients’ Business Community” with Mark DeFond, Zengquan Li and Kaiwen Wu. Journal of Accounting and Economics (2024).
“Calling for Transparency in Emerging Markets: Evidence from a Field Experiment” with Gwen Yu, Shubo Zhang and Tianyu Zhang. Journal of Accounting and Economics (2023).
“Political Networks and Stock Price Co-movement: Evidence from network-connected firms in China” with Joseph Piotroski and Tianyu Zhang. Review of Finance, 26(3) (2022), pp.521-559..
“Authoritarian Transparency: China’s ‘Missing Cases’ in Court Disclosure” with Zhuang Liu, Yang Yi and Tianyu Zhang. Journal of Comparative Economics, 50(1) (2022), pp.221-239.
"Network-induced Agency Conflicts in Delegated Portfolio Management" with Xinzi Gao, Lijun Xia and Gwen Yu. The Accounting Review, 96 (2021): 171-198.
"Information Dissemination through Embedded Financial Analysts: Evidence from China" with Zengquan Li and Gwen Yu. The Accounting Review, 95 (2020): 257-281.
“Politically Connected CEOs, Corporate Governance, and Post-IPO Performance of China’s Newly Partially Privatized Firms” with Joseph P.H. Fan and Tianyu Zhang. Journal of Financial Economics, 84 (2) (May 2007): 330-357.
“Corporate Ownership Structure and the Informativeness of Accounting Earnings in East Asia” with Joseph P.H. Fan. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 33 (3) (August 2002): 401-425. Best Paper Award at the 2000 APFA Conference.
“Financial Packaging of IPO Firms in China” with Joseph Aharony and Jevons Lee. Journal of Accounting Research, 38 (1) (Spring 2000): 103-126. Best Paper Award for the 1998 National Taiwan University International Conference on Finance.