Zhiyan Cao

University of Washington Tacoma

Associate Professor

1900 Commerce St

Campus Box 358420

Tacoma, WA 98402-3100

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Accounting and Litigation Risk: Evidence from Directors' & Officers' Insurance Pricing

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2013
Zhiyan Cao and Ganapathi S. Narayanamoorthy
University of Washington Tacoma and Tulane University - Accounting & Taxation
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Financial reporting quality, accounting restatements, Directors’ and Officers’ insurance, litigation risk, D&O, corporate governance

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The Effect of Litigation Risk on Management Earnings Forecasts

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The Effect of Litigation Risk on Management Earnings Forecasts

Yale SOM Working Paper No. 48
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Zhiyan Cao and Ganapathi S. Narayanamoorthy
University of Washington Tacoma and Tulane University - Accounting & Taxation
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litigation risk, voluntary disclosure, management earnings forecasts, directors and officers insurance

The Effect of Litigation Risk on Management Earnings Forecasts

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 125-173
Posted: 30 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2012
Zhiyan Cao and Ganapathi S. Narayanamoorthy
University of Washington Tacoma and Tulane University - Accounting & Taxation

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Litigation Risk, Voluntary Disclosure, Management Earnings Forecasts, Directors and Officers Insurance

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Litigation Risk and Audit Fees: The Impact of Qualitative Factors

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 12 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2013
Paul J. Beck, Zhiyan Cao and Ganapathi S. Narayanamoorthy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, University of Washington Tacoma and Tulane University - Accounting & Taxation
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audit fees, D&O insurance premium, litigation risk, audit methodology

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Bankruptcy Classification of Firms Investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission: An Evolutionary Ensemble Computing Model Approach

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 2009, Vol.2, No.4, pp.360-388.
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2018
Sergio Davalos, Fei Leng, Ehsan H. Feroz and Zhiyan Cao
University of Washington, Tacoma - Milgard School of Business, University of Washington, Tacoma, University of Washington Tacoma, Milgard School of Business-Accounting and University of Washington Tacoma
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SEC, AAER, genetic algorithm, evolutionary computing, fitness function, concept learning, bagging, bankruptcy classification, ensemble, multiple classifier, hybrid classifier, accounting and political economy

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Corporate Governance and Default Risk of Firms Cited in the SEC's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2015, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 113-138
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Zhiyan Cao, Fei Leng, Ehsan H. Feroz and Sergio Davalos
University of Washington Tacoma, University of Washington, Tacoma, University of Washington Tacoma, Milgard School of Business-Accounting and University of Washington, Tacoma - Milgard School of Business
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Corporate governance, default risk, Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases, information asymmetry, Accounting and Political Economy

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Designing an If-Then Rules Based Ensemble of Heterogeneous Bankruptcy Classifiers: A Genetic Algorithm Approach

Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management (2014). DOI:10.1002/isaf.1354
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2018
Sergio Davalos, Fei Leng, Ehsan H. Feroz and Zhiyan Cao
University of Washington, Tacoma - Milgard School of Business, University of Washington, Tacoma, University of Washington Tacoma, Milgard School of Business-Accounting and University of Washington Tacoma
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Ensemble, Genetic Algorithm, If then Rule Based, Bankruptcy Classifications, Asymmetric Cost Function, SEC, AAER, Accounting and Political Economy

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Managerial Risk Tolerance and Corporate Credit Ratings

Posted: 09 May 2023
Zhiyan Cao, Jeong-Bon Kim, Eliza Xia Zhang and Ray Zhang
University of Washington Tacoma, Simon Fraser University, University of Washington, Tacoma - Milgard School of Business and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business

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Managerial risk tolerance; pilot CEO; corporate credit rating; credit risk; investor welfare

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Does Voluntary Corporate Citizenship Pay? An Examination of the United Nation’s Global Compact

International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 288-303, 2011
Posted: 31 Aug 2012
Marinilka Barros Kimbro, Marinilka Barros Kimbro and Zhiyan Cao
Seattle University - Albers School of Business and EconomicsSeattle University and University of Washington Tacoma

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Global Compact, Communication on Progress, voluntary corporate citizenship initiative, sustainability reporting