Yuping Zhao

University of Houston

Assistant Professor

334 Melcher Hall

Houston, TX 77204

United States

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Relation between Audit Effort and Financial Report Misstatements: Evidence from Quarterly and Annual Restatements

The Accounting Review, Volume 88, Issue 4, 2013
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 May 2013 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Gerald J. Lobo and Yuping Zhao
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Houston
Downloads 970 (41,428)
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audit effort, audit fees, financial report misstatements

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Individual Auditor Turnover and Audit Quality – Large Sample Evidence from U.S. Audit Offices

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Jun 2022
Tao Ma, Chi Wan, Yakun Wang and Yuping Zhao
Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Management and Economics and University of Houston
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Auditor turnover, audit quality, audit quality indicators, financial restatements, audit fees

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Information Content and Value Relevance of Depreciation: A Cross-Industry Analysis

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Information Content and Value Relevance of Depreciation: A Cross-Industry Analysis

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 Apr 2009
Sok-Hyon Kang and Yuping Zhao
George Washington University - School of Business and University of Houston
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funds from operations; REIT; value relevance; accounting depreciation; economic depreciation.

Information Content and Value Relevance of Depreciation: A Cross-Industry Analysis

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Sep 2009
Sok-Hyon Kang and Yuping Zhao
George Washington University - School of Business and University of Houston
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funds from operations, REIT, value relevance, accounting depreciation, economic depreciation

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The Importance of Social Networks to Individual Auditors

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 22 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2021
Jeffrey Pittman, Baolei Qi, Guochang Zhang and Yuping Zhao
Memorial University, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management, University of Hong Kong and University of Houston
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individual auditors; social networks; alumni networks; school ties; audit quality; client acquisition; career pamni network, audit quality, client acquisition, career path

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The Impact of Financial Statement Audits on Non-Income-Increasing Misreporting: Evidence from Restatements

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2018
Jeffrey Pittman and Yuping Zhao
Memorial University and University of Houston
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Financial Report Misstatements; Audit Quality; Litigation and Reputation Costs; Investor Reactions to Restatements

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How Aggressive Tax Planning Facilitates the Diversion of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Path Analysis

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How Aggressive Tax Planning Facilitates the Diversion of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Path Analysis

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2019
Andrew M. Bauer, Junxiong Fang, Jeffrey Pittman, Yinqi Zhang and Yuping Zhao
University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance, Fudan University - School of Management, Memorial University, American University and University of Houston
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tunneling; tax aggressiveness; self-dealing; monitoring

How Aggressive Tax Planning Facilitates the Diversion of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Path Analysis

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Sep 2019
Andrew M. Bauer, Junxiong Fang, Jeffrey Pittman, Yinqi Zhang and Yuping Zhao
University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance, Fudan University - School of Management, Memorial University, American University and University of Houston

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tunneling, insider diversion, tax aggressiveness, path analysis

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Auditor Choice and Its Implications for Group-Affiliated Firms

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Sep 2015
Junxiong Fang, Jeffrey Pittman, Yinqi Zhang and Yuping Zhao
Fudan University - School of Management, Memorial University, American University and University of Houston
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business group, auditor selection, accounting transparency, related-party transactions

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Material Weakness in Internal Controls and Stock Price Crash Risk

Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp. 106-138, 2020
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2021
Gerald J. Lobo, Chong Wang, Xiaoou Yu, Xiaoou Yu and Yuping Zhao
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, California State University, Long Beach - College of Business AdministrationXiamen University - Institute for Financial and Accounting Studies and University of Houston
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internal controls, material weakness, financial reporting precision, stock price crash risk

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SOX 404, Auditor Effort, and the Prevention of Financial Report Misstatements

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2017
Yuping Zhao, Jean C. Bedard and Rani Hoitash
University of Houston, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
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Audit quality, internal controls, SOX 404(b), restatements, material weakness

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The Association between Audit-Partner Quality and Engagement Quality: Evidence from Financial Report Misstatements

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 May 2015
Yanyan Wang, Lisheng Yu and Yuping Zhao
Xiamen University, Business School,Sun Yat-sen University and University of Houston
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Do Managers Successfully Shop for Compliant Auditors? Evidence from Accounting Estimates

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 432/2018
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2019
Mark L. DeFond, Jieying Zhang and Yuping Zhao
University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, The University of Texas at Dallas and University of Houston
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opinion shopping, opportunistic changes in accounting estimates, auditor switches, earnings management, financial reporting quality

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Auditing Related Party Transactions: Evidence from Audit Opinions and Restatements

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Volume 37, Issue 2, pp. 73–106, 2018
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2021
Junxiong Fang, Gerald J. Lobo, Yinqi Zhang and Yuping Zhao
Fudan University - School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, American University and University of Houston
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Related party transactions; audit risk; audit opinion; restatements

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Network Connectedness and the Convergence of Audit Styles

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 May 2022
Lin Wang, Lin Wang, Donghui Wu and Yuping Zhao
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Houston
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Audit Team; Social Network; Social Learning; Audit Style; Knowledge Sharing; Audit Quality

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Corporate Monitoring and Misreporting: The Role of Rules-based and Principles-based Accounting Standards

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 27 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2022
Li Fang, Jeffrey Pittman, Yinqi Zhang and Yuping Zhao
University of Connecticut - School of Business, Memorial University, American University and University of Houston
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Accounting Standards, Restatements, Corporate Governance

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Third-Party Source Switches: Objective Valuation or Fair Value Opinion Shopping?

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Minjae Koo, Shiva Sivaramakrishnan and Yuping Zhao
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School, Rice University and University of Houston
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Fair value opinion shopping, objective valuation, fair value estimate, fair value inflation, external pricing sources, fixed income security, insurance companies

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The Importance of International Anti-Bribery Cooperation to Auditors’ Reaction to Foreign Corruption Risk

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 02 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2021
Yangyang Fan, Mark (Shuai) Ma, Jeffrey Pittman and Yuping Zhao
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group, Memorial University and University of Houston
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Audit Fees; Foreign Corruption; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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Debt Covenant Restriction, Financial Misreporting, and Auditor Monitoring

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Debt Covenant Restriction, Financial Misreporting, and Auditor Monitoring

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Oct 2019
Jeffrey Pittman and Yuping Zhao
Memorial University and University of Houston
Downloads 171 (297,926)
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Debt Covenant Restriction, Financial Misreporting, and Auditor Monitoring

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Dec 2019
Jeffrey Pittman and Yuping Zhao
Memorial University and University of Houston

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debt covenant constraints, debt covenant hypothesis, income-increasing misstatements, non-income-increasing misstatements, audit fees, audit quality

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The Importance of Director External Social Networks to Stock Price Crash Risk

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The Importance of Director External Social Networks to Stock Price Crash Risk

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2020
Xiaohua Fang, Jeffrey Pittman and Yuping Zhao
Florida Atlantic University, Memorial University and University of Houston
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crash risk, social network, social connections, board monitoring

The Importance of Director External Social Networks to Stock Price Crash Risk

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Xiaohua Fang, Jeffrey Pittman and Yuping Zhao
Florida Atlantic University, Memorial University and University of Houston

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crash risk, social network, social connections, board monitoring

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Auditing Related Party Transactions: Evidence from Audit Opinions

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Jan 2014
Junxiong Fang, Gerald J. Lobo, Yinqi Zhang and Yuping Zhao
Fudan University - School of Management, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, American University and University of Houston
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Related party transactions; audit risk; audit opinion