Gwen Yu

University of Michigan

Professor

701 Tappan Street

R3350

Ann Arbor, MI MI 48109

United States

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Scholarly Papers (22)

Higher Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2010
Ilia D. Dichev and Gwen Yu
Emory University - Department of Accounting and University of Michigan
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Hedge fund, Investor capital flows, Dollar-weighting

Higher Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2010
Ilia D. Dichev and Gwen Yu
Emory University - Department of Accounting and University of Michigan
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Hedge fund, Investor capital flows, Dollar-weighting

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Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability around the World

Review of Accounting Studies, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 1281-1308, December 2014
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and University of Michigan
Downloads 2,150 (14,453)
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market competition, Performance persistence, Cross-country differences, Financial statement analysis

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Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations

The Accounting Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 759-790, March 2014, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4942-11
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Michigan
Downloads 1,718 (20,621)
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Corporate Investment, Investment Efficiency, Information Environment, Information Quality, Information Asymmetry, Multinational Corporations, MNCs, Financial Reporting Quality, Transparency

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The Capital Market Consequences of Language Barriers in the Conference Calls of Non-U.S. Firms

Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Research Paper No. 2154948
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2016
Boston University - Department of Accounting, Rice University and University of Michigan
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Linguistic complexity; Non-plain English; Voluntary disclosure; Capital market consequences; Language barriers

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Information Dissemination Through Embedded Financial Analysts: Evidence from China

The Accounting Review
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2019
Zengquan Li, T.J. Wong and Gwen Yu
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Accountancy, University of Sothern California and University of Michigan
Downloads 1,290 (31,693)
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Financial analysts, Information spillover, Social networks, Information advantage

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Managers’ Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
Boston University - Department of Accounting, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Rice University and University of Michigan
Downloads 1,226 (34,072)
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Corporate culture, Disclosure tone, Individualism, Conference calls, Ethnic group

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Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2014
University of Michigan and University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto - Accounting
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IFRS, Home bias, Harmonization, International CAPM

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Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S.

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2014
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and University of Michigan
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Litigation Risk, Cross Listing, Bonding, 10b-5, Securities Litigation, U.S. Listing, Class Action

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Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 66, No. 2-3, 2018
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2018
University of Melbourne - Department of Accounting, University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto - Accounting and University of Michigan
Downloads 848 (57,317)
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Director monitoring, reputational concerns, strategic disclosure

Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jul 2014
Harvard Business School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto - Accounting and University of Michigan
Downloads 424 (135,386)
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Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 May 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2014
Harvard Business School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto - Accounting and University of Michigan
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Accounting for Crises

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2013
Venky Nagar and Gwen Yu
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan
Downloads 709 (72,605)
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FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 2113557
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2012
University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business, Harvard Business School and University of Michigan
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Domestic Credit, Financial Statement Analysis, Return on Equity, Corporate Performance

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The Past, Present, and Future of China-Related Accounting Research

Singapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper No. 2023-161
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Qiang Cheng, Luzi Hail and Gwen Yu
Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Michigan
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China, Emerging markets, State-owned enterprises, Archival accounting research, International accounting, Institutional factors

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Calling for Transparency: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
University of Sothern California, University of Michigan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Investor Online Platforms, Retail investors, Disclosure, Customer and supplier information, Proprietary costs

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Investment in Human Capital and External Reporting Quality

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 May 2021
Ruby Lee and Gwen Yu
University of Florida - Fisher School of Accounting and University of Michigan
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Human Capital; Financial Reporting Quality; Auditing

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Network-Induced Agency Conflicts in Delegated Portfolio Management

The Accounting Review, (2021) 96 (1): 171–198.
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 May 2021
Xinzi Gao, T.J. Wong, Lijun Xia and Gwen Yu
Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), University of Sothern California, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management and University of Michigan
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Mutual funds, Information asymmetry, Delegated portfolio management, Social ties

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Gender and Racial Diversity: Evidence from Earnings Conference Calls

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Sep 2022
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Rice University and University of Michigan
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Gender diversity, Racial diversity, Earnings conference call, Capital markets

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Market Power and Credit Rating Standards: Global Evidence

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming, HEC Paris Research Paper No ACC-2021-1447
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2022
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), HEC Paris, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and University of Michigan
Downloads 185 (319,360)
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Market Power; Credit Rating Agency; Rating Standards; Reputation

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Do Firms Respond to Calls for Environmental Improvements made by Retail Investors?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 May 2024
University of Sothern California, University of Michigan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Retail investors, environmental performance, Investor Online Platforms

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China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Case No. 112-035
Posted: 01 Mar 2012
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Michigan and Asia Pacific Research Center

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Lehman Brothers and Repo 105

Harvard Business School General Management Unit Case No. 112-050
Posted: 05 Feb 2012
Harvard Business School, University of Michigan and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Bridging the GAAPs

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-114
Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Gwen Yu
University of Michigan

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