Education

2012   Ph.D., Accounting, Baruch College, City University of New York

2006   Master, Accounting, Suffolk University

2005   Bachelor, Accounting and Finance, University of Bradford (First Class Honors)

Working Experiences

2017—Present: Associate Professor, Accounting Department, Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China

2012—2017: Assistant Professor, Accounting Department, Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China

Executive Compensation, Strategic Cost Analysis, and Corporate Governance

Management Accounting
Financial Accounting

Refereed Publications (in English):

Ending at the Wrong Time: The Financial Reporting Consequences of a Uniform Fiscal Year-End, with Zhe Li, Kangtao Ye, and Colin Zeng, forthcoming in  The Accounting Review

Revenue-expense Matching and Performance Measure Choice, with Rong Huang and Carol Marquardt, forthcoming in  Review of Accounting Studies  

Trust and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from China, with Ruixue Zhou and Wenxin Wang, forthcoming in  Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance

Why Do Managers Avoid EPS Dilution? Evidence from Debt-Equity Choice, with Rong Huang and Carol Marquardt,  Review of Accounting Studies , Volume 19(2), 2014

Refereed Publications (in Chinese):

Population Aging and Labor Cost Stickiness, with Yang, Limei and Tao, Tao,  Accounting Research  (in Chinese), 2022(1)

Internal Governance and Capital Structure Adjustment: Evidence from the Perspective of Non-CEO Executives’ Independence, with Han, Yadong and Li, Guangzhong,  Journal of Financial Research  (in Chinese), 2021(2)

Chinese New Accounting Standards and Capital Structure Adjustment Speeds, with Zhuang, Wenzi and Yuan, Hongliu,  Accounting Research  (in Chinese), 2018(11)

Honors and Awards

2015  The Best Research Award of Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China;

2012  Doctoral Dissertation Award of Graduate School, City University of New York.