Huai
Zhang （张怀）
B.A. Peking University, Ph.D. Columbia University
Professor of Accounting
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 639798
Email: huaizhang@ntu.edu.sg
Tel: +65-6790-4097
Dr Huai Zhang received his
B.A. from Peking University and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has
published papers in the following Financial
Times Top-50 journals: Journal of
Accounting and Economics, Journal of
Accounting Research, Journal of Finance, Management Science,
Contemporary Accounting Research, and
Review of Accounting Studies. He is
devoted to mentoring young talent, and the majority of his publications are
coauthored with his doctoral students. He received the Best Paper Award at the
2004 International Finance Conference and the 2016 Midwest Finance Association
Meeting. He was also the recipient of Nanyang Business School Research
Excellence Award in 2011, 2013 and 2019. He is the former President of CAPANA
(Chinese Accounting Professors' Association of North America), and the keynote
speaker at several accounting research conferences. He is a former editor of Accounting
Horizons and current editor of the International Journal of Accounting,
an associate editor of Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics,
and editorial board member of several academic journals, including Contemporary
Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of
Business Finance & Accounting, China Accounting and Finance Review, and
Review of Accounting and Finance.
Published Papers (*
denotes current or former Ph.D. students under my supervision)
25. Talking down
the competitors: How do investment banking relationships influence analysts'
forecasts?
(with Fangbo, Si and Xiaoxu Yu*
Forthcoming, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2025)
24. Mutual
funds' capital gains lock-in and earnings management
(with S. Dimmock and Fan Feng*, Journal
of Corporate Finance, Vol 80, 2023, 102422)
23. Political Corruption and Accounting Choices
(with Jin Zhang*, Journal of Business
Finance and Accounting, Vol 50, Issue 3-4, 443-481, 2023)
22. Styles of regulators: Evidence from the SECs comment letters
(with Truc Thuc Do*, Contemporary
Accounting Research, Vol 39, Issue 2, Summer 2022, 789-825)
21. Rocking the Boat: How Relative Performance Evaluation Affects
Corporate Risk Taking
(with Truc Thuc Do*
and Luo Zuo, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol 73,
Issue 1, February 2022, 101425)
20. The devil is in the detail? Investors mispricing of proxy voting
outcomes on M&A deals
(with Lingwei
Li*, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol 48, Issue
3-4, 692-717, 2021)
19.Peer effects among financial analysts
(with Truc Thuc
Do*, Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 37, Issue 1,
358-391, 2020)
(with Wen
Li*, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Vol 37, Issue
4, 2020)
17.Financial reporting frequency and corporate innovation
(with Renhui Fu*,
Xuan Tian, and Luo Zuo, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol 63, Issue
3, 2020)
16.The Disincentive Effect of Stars: Evidence from Analyst Coverage
(with Luo Jiang, and Huifang
Yin*, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Vol. 35,
Issue 4, 803-828, 2020)
15.Do managers choose the proxy material delivery method strategically?
(with Yanhui Jiang,
Huifang Yin*, and Cai Yu, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Vol, 35, Issue 2. 379-405, 2020)
14.Facial Structure and Achievement Drive: Evidence from Financial Analysts
(with Xianjie He,
Huifang Yin*, Yachang Zeng and Hailong Zhao, Journal of Accounting
Research, Vol. 57, Issue 4, 1013-1057, 2019)
13.Litigation Risk and Corporate Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from Two
Quasi-Natural Experiments
(with Hui Dong, European
Accounting Review, Vol 28, Issue 5, 873-900, 2019)
(with Huasheng
Gao and Jin Zhang*, Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 23,
Issue 4, 1424-1470, 2018)
11.Superstition and Financial Decision Making
(with David
Hirshleifer and Ming Jian, Management Science,
Vol. 64, Issue 1, 235-252, 2018)
10.Tournaments of Financial Analysts
(with Huifang
Yin*, Review of Accounting Studies, Vol.19, Issue 2, 573-605,
2014)
9.Analyst Cash Flow Forecasts and Pricing of Accruals
(with Linna Shi*
and Jun Guo, Advances in Accounting, Vol. 30, Issue 1, 95-105,
2014)
8.Financial Reporting Frequency, Information Asymmetry, and the Cost of
Equity
(with Arthur Kraft
and Renhui Fu*, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 54,
132149, 2012)
7.Can the Earnings Fixation Hypothesis Explain
the Accrual Anomaly?
(with Linna Shi*, Review
of Accounting Studies, Vol. 17, Issue 1, 1-21, 2012, Lead article)
6.The Valuation Impact of Reconciling Pro Forma Earnings to GAAP Earnings
(with Liu
Zheng, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 51, Issues
1-2, 186-202, 2011)
5.On Alternative Measures of Accruals
(with Linna
Shi*, Accounting Horizons, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 811-836, December
2011)
4.Analysts' Selective Coverage and Subsequent
Performance of Newly Public Firms
(with Somnath Das
and Rejin Guo, Journal of Finance, Vol. 61, No. 3, 1159 1185. 2006)
3.Rounding-up in Reported EPS, Behavioral
Thresholds and Earnings Management
(with Somnath
Das, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1,
31-50, 2003)
2.Inventory Changes and Future Returns
(with Jacob
Thomas, Review of Accounting Studies, 7, 163-187, 2002)
1.Consensus Analysts Forecasts and Current
Price Level
(Review of Accounting
and Finance, 1, 39-56, 2002)