Ningzhong Li

University of Texas at Dallas

Associate Professor of Accounting

2601 North Floyd Road

Richardson, TX 75083

United States

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1.

Macro to Micro: Country Exposures, Firm Fundamentals and Stock Returns

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Ningzhong Li, Scott A. Richardson and A. Irem Tuna
University of Texas at Dallas, AQR Capital Management, LLC and London Business School
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macroeconomic exposures, earnings, stock returns, geographic segments, Consensus Economics

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How Does Quasi-Indexer Ownership Affect Corporate Tax-Planning?

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 May 2015 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2018
Shuping Chen, Ying Huang, Ningzhong Li and Terry J. Shevlin
University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas and University of California-Irvine
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tax planning; quasi-indexer; Russell Index assignment; regression discontinuity

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Accounting Conservatism and the Efficiency of Debt Contracts: A Note

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2011
Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas
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conservatism, debt contract

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Accounting Quality and Debt Concentration: Evidence from Internal Control Weakness Disclosures

HEC Paris Research Paper No. 2015-1078
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2017
Ningzhong Li, Yun Lou, Clemens A. Otto and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of Texas at Dallas, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and University of Southern California
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Customer Concentration and Public Disclosure: Evidence from Management Earnings and Sales Forecasts

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Customer Concentration and Public Disclosure: Evidence from Management Earnings and Sales Forecasts

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 May 2016 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2019
Steve Crawford, Ying Huang, Ningzhong Li and Ziyun (Calvin) Yang
University of Houston, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas and University of Houston
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customer base concentration; major customers; public disclosure; management forecasts; relationship-specific investments

Customer Concentration and Public Disclosure: Evidence from Management Earnings and Sales Forecasts

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Steve Crawford, Ying Huang, Ningzhong Li and Ziyun (Calvin) Yang
University of Houston, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas and University of Houston

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customer base concentration, major customers, public disclosure, management forecasts, relationship-specific investments

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Dynamic Threshold Values in Earnings-Based Covenants

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-40
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2015
Ningzhong Li, Florin P. Vasvari and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of Texas at Dallas, London Business School and University of Southern California
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syndicated loans, financial covenants, covenant threshold trend, signaling hypothesis, incomplete debt contracting theory

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Performance Measures in Earnings-Based Financial Covenants in Debt Contracts

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Performance Measures in Earnings-Based Financial Covenants in Debt Contracts

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 29 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2016
Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas
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Performance measure, Earnings-based covenant, Debt contract

Performance Measures in Earnings-Based Financial Covenants in Debt Contracts

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 4, 2016
Posted: 27 Apr 2017
Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas

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Performance measure, Earnings-based covenant, Debt contract

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Restrictions on Managers’ Outside Employment Opportunities and Asymmetric Disclosure of Bad versus Good News

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2018
Ashiq Ali, Ningzhong Li and Weining Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Downloads 374 (79,275)
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Managers’ outside employment opportunities, Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine, Withholding of bad news relative to good news, Voluntary corporate disclosure, Managers’ career concerns

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Negotiated Measurement Rules in Debt Contracts

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Negotiated Measurement Rules in Debt Contracts

AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2010
Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas
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negotiated measurement rule, debt contract, contracting efficiency, transitory earnings

Negotiated Measurement Rules in Debt Contracts

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Aug 2010
Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas
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negotiated measurement rule, debt contract, contracting efficiency, transitory earnings

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The Role of Capital Expenditure Forecasts in Debt Contracting

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2018
Ashiq Ali, Zhongwen Fan and Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Texas at Dallas
Downloads 231 (133,337)
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Debt Contracts; Capital Expenditure Forecasts; Agency Conflicts; Investment Efficiency

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Revision of Regulation Fair Disclosure under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Timing of Credit Rating Issuances

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jan 2017
Ashiq Ali, Hoyoun Kyung and Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Missouri at Columbia - Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business and University of Texas at Dallas
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Corporate Disclosure, Credit Rating, The Dodd-Frank Act, Section 939B, Regulation Fair Disclosure, Regulation FD

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Default Clauses in Debt Contracts

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Jun 2015
Ningzhong Li, Yun Lou and Florin P. Vasvari
University of Texas at Dallas, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and London Business School
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events of default, default clauses, loan contracts, bond contracts, cross-default

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Major Government Customers and Loan Contract Terms

HEC Paris Research Paper No. ACC-2016-1179
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2017
Daniel A. Cohen, Bin Li, Ningzhong Li and Yun Lou
Texas A&M University College Station, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Texas at Dallas and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy
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Government Customers, Loan Contract Terms

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Managerial Career Concerns and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Nov 2018
Ningzhong Li, Terry J. Shevlin and Weining Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas, University of California-Irvine and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Managers’ outside employment opportunities, Career concerns, Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine, Tax avoidance

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Internet Appendices to 'How Does Quasi-Indexer Ownership Affect Corporate Tax Planning?'

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jun 2018
Shuping Chen, Ying Huang, Ningzhong Li and Terry J. Shevlin
University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas and University of California-Irvine
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tax planning, quasi-indexer, Russell Index assignment, regression discontinuity

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Silence Is Golden: Political Connection and Corporate Disclosure of Government Subsidies

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Ningzhong Li, Youchao Tan and Cheng Zeng
University of Texas at Dallas, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) and University of Manchester
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Government subsidies; Political connection; Corporate disclosure; Corruption

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Adjustment for Non-Cash Items in Earnings-Based Covenants

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2016
Ningzhong Li
University of Texas at Dallas
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Performance measure; Earnings-based covenant; Debt contract; Accruals; Credit risk

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Equity Financing Incentive and Corporate Disclosure: New Causal Evidence

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
Ningzhong Li and Xiaolu Zhou
University of Texas at Dallas and University of Texas at Dallas
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Equity financing, Corporate disclosure, Management earnings forecast, Seasoned equity offering