Weining Zhang

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Oriental Plaza, Tower E3

One East Chang An Avenue

Beijing, 100738

China

http://english.ckgsb.edu.cn/FacultyResearch/Faculty/Accounting/ZhangWeining.aspx

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

CEO Tenure and Earnings Management

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 May 2012 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2014
Ashiq Ali and Weining Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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CEO Career Concerns, CEO Reputation, Horizon Problem of Departing CEOs, Earnings Management

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Real Activities Manipulation to Meet Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2009
Weining Zhang
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Real activities manipulation, Abnormal cash flow, Analysts' cash flow forecasts, Future performance

Voluntary Disclosure and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from the 2005 Securities Offering Reform

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4980-12
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 May 2011 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2013
Nemit Shroff, Amy X. Sun, Hal D. White and Weining Zhang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Houston, University of Notre Dame and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Securities Offering Reform, Information Asymmetry, Voluntary Disclosure, Management Forecasts, Press Releases, Seasoned Equity Offerings, Market efficiency

Voluntary Disclosure and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from the 2005 Securities Offering Reform

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 51, No. 5, 2013
Posted: 28 Nov 2013
Nemit Shroff, Amy X. Sun, Hal D. White and Weining Zhang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Houston, University of Notre Dame and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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Securities Offering Reform, Information Asymmetry, Voluntary Disclosure, Management Forecasts, Press Releases, Seasoned Equity Offerings, Market efficiency

Earnings Restatements and Differential Timeliness of Accounting Conservatism

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2012.01.002
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 May 2021
University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area, University of Louisville and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Basu model, conservatism, differential timeliness, C-Score, restatements, governance

Earnings Restatements and Differential Timeliness of Accounting Conservatism

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 53, No. 3, 2012
Posted: 12 Jan 2018
University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area, University of Louisville and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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Basu model, conservatism, differential timeliness, C-Score, restatements, governance

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The Real Effects of Tournament Incentives: The Case of Firm Innovation

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-21, PBCSF-NIFR Research Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2020
Ning Jia, Xuan Tian and Weining Zhang
Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Tournament incentives, executive compensation, innovation, human capital, board monitoring

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Proximity to Broad Credit Rating Change and Earnings Management

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2009
Ashiq Ali and Weining Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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broad credit rating change, earnings management, credit rating agencies

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Proprietary Information Cost of Contracting with the Government

The Accounting Review, forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Jiapeng He, Kevin K. Li, Ningzhong Li and Weining Zhang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School, Santa Clara University, University of Texas at Dallas and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Freedom of Information Act; Government Contractors; Proprietary Information Cost; Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media

Restatement Disclosures and Management Earnings Forecasts

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2012
University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area, University of Louisville and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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management forecast, financial restatements, information asymmetry, manager reputation repair, risk aversion, litigation risk

Restatement Disclosures and Management Earnings Forecasts

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2013
Posted: 19 Jan 2018
University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area, University of Louisville and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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management forecast, financial restatements, information asymmetry, manager reputation repair, risk aversion, litigation risk

Conservative Reporting and Securities Class Action Lawsuits

2015 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference, Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2015
University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area, University of Louisville and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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accounting conservatism, litigation, lawsuit dismissal, lawsuit settlement

Conservative Reporting and Securities Class Action Lawsuits

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2016
Posted: 19 Jan 2018
University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area, University of Louisville and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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accounting conservatism, litigation, lawsuit dismissal, lawsuit settlement

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Does Political Uncertainty Obfuscate Narrative Disclosure?

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jan 2024
Mohamed A. Mekhaimer, Marwa Soliman and Weining Zhang
St. John Fisher University, University of Ottawa and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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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
University of Texas at Dallas, University of California-IrvineUniversity 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

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

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Aug 2021
University of Texas at Dallas, University of California-IrvineUniversity of California-Irvine and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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external employment opportunities, career concerns, inevitable disclosure doctrine, tax avoidance

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An Evaluation of Chinese Firms’ Profitability: 2005-2013

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2014
Jing Liu, James A. Ohlson and Weining Zhang
The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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profitability, conservatism, free cash flow, invested capital

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Management Team Incentive Dispersion and Firm Performance

Accounting Review, January 2016, Vol. 91, No. 1, 21-45
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 16 May 2016
Robert M. Bushman, Zhonglan Dai and Weining Zhang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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team incentive dispersion; firm performance; PPS; cooperation

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Are Young and Female CEOs More Forthcoming with Earnings Forecasts?

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Feb 2013
University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, JSOM, University of Texas at Dallas and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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career concerns, age, gender, management earnings forecast

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The Effect of Politician Career Concerns on Media Slant and Market Return: Evidence from China

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 Jul 2016
Li Jin, Nianhang Xu and Weining Zhang
Peking University - Department of Finance, Renmin University of China - School of Business and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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politician career concern, media slant, information environment, Chinese market efficiency

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Brand Capital and Corporate Investment Efficiency

European Financial Management, forthcoming.
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2024
Kam C. Chan, Kevin K. Li, Tongxia Li and Weining Zhang
Western Kentucky University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Santa Clara University, Hitotsubashi University and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Trademark Protection and Dividend Policy: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2025
Yixing Tong, Yike Xu, Feida Zhang and Weining Zhang
Shanghai University, Peking University, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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18.

Bank Competition and Cost of Equity Capital

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
Yangke Liu, Cheng Yan and Weining Zhang
Queen's Management School, University of Essex and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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Bank Deregulation; Banking Competition; Cost of Equity; Cost of Capital; Risk

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Executive Pay-Performance-Sensitivity and Litigation

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2013
Zhonglan Dai, Li Jin and Weining Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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executive compensation, pay-performance-sensitivity, risk, litigation event