Yun Zhang
FuquaSchool of Business
1 Towerview Drive
P.O. Box 90120
Durham, NC27708-0120
Email:
Phone number: 919-660-7778 (w)
Employment
Assistant Professor of Accounting,
FuquaSchool of Business, DukeUniversity (2003-Present).
Education
Ph.D., YaleUniversity, May 2004.
M.Phil., YaleUniversity, December 2002.
M.A., YaleUniversity, December 2002.
B.A., RenminUniversity of China, 1998.
Dissertation
Auditor’s Pre-negotiation Information, Accuracy of Financial Reports and Consulting Services (Dissertation committee chair: Rick Antle)
Selected Awards
YaleUniversity Fellowship, 1999-2002.
TulaneUniversity Fellowship, 1998.
Graduation with Distinction, RenminUniversity of China, 1998.
RenminUniversity of China Scholarship, 1994, 1997.
Admitted to RenminUniversity of China, Waived of Entrance Exam, 1994.
Published Papers
The Role of Biased Earnings Guidance in Creating a Healthy Tension between Managers and Analysts (with Brian Mittendorf, The Accounting Review, Vol. 80, 1193-1209, October 2005)
On the Relation between Conservatism in Accounting Standards and Incentives for Earnings Management (with Qi Chen and Thomas Hemmer, Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 45, 541-566, June 2007)
Working Papers
On the Use of Loose Monitoring and Lavish Pay in Agency (with Qi Chen and Thomas Hemmer)
Endogenous Accounting Bias when Decision Making and Control Interact (with Qi Chen and Brian Mittendorf, under review at Contemporary Accounting Research)
Selective and Aggregate Disclosure (with Dhananjay Nanda)
Do Short Sellers Convey Information about Changes in Fundamentals? (with Jennifer Francis and Mohan Venkatachalam)
Auditor’s Pre-negotiation Information, Accuracy of Financial Reports and Non-audit Services.
Invited Talks
2008GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
BaruchCollege
PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
University of Maryland
GeorgetownUniversity
University of Washington, Seattle
2007Chicago-Minnesota Accounting Theory Conference
University of Rochester
SESARC conference at EmoryUniversity
The 6th International Symposium of Positive Accounting, Xiamen, China
2006FudanUniversity, Shanghai, China
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
The 1st Chinese Management Association Annual Meeting
2005BaruchCollege
TsinghuaUniversity, Beijing, China
The 4th International Symposium of Positive Accounting, Beijing, China
2004University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
The 15th FEA conference at University of Southern California
UNC-Duke Fall Camp
2003University of Chicago
VanderbiltUniversity
PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DukeUniversity
Teaching Experience
341 Managerial Accounting (Full-time MBA)
341C Managerial Accounting (Cross Continent Executive MBA)
341DG Managerial Accounting (Duke-Goethe Executive MBA in Frankfurt, Germany)
BA532 Ph.D. Seminar in Accounting Theory
Global Academic Travel Experience Program - East Asia
Global Academic Travel Experience Program – China
Professional Activities
Member, American Accounting Association
Ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Extra-curricular Activities
Member and president, Renmin University Drama Troupe, 1995-1997.
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