Yangyang Chen

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy

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1.

Stock Liquidity and Stock Price Crash Risk

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2016
Xin Chang, Yangyang Chen and Leon Zolotoy
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Stock liquidity; Crash risk; Short-termism; Bad news hoarding

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Emotions and Managerial Judgment: Evidence from Sunshine Exposure

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 May 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2021
Chen Chen, Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Pittman, Edward Podolski and Madhu Veeraraghavan
Monash University - Department of Accounting, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Memorial University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Weather-induced mood; Optimism; Management earnings forecasts

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Credit Default Swaps and Corporate Innovation

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 134, No. 2, 2019
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Xin Chang, Yangyang Chen, Sarah Qian Wang, Kuo Zhang and Wenrui Zhang
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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Credit Default Swaps; Corporate Innovation; Risk Taking

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Be Nice to Your Innovators: Employee Treatment and Corporate Innovation Performance

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2016
Chen Chen, Yangyang Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu and Edward Podolski
Monash University - Department of Accounting, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
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Employee satisfaction; Corporate innovation; Innovative strategies; Patents; Citations

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Institutional Investor Horizons, Information Environment, and Firm Financing Decisions

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 23-27, Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2024
Xin Chang, Yangyang Chen, Kangkang Fu and Endong Yang
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Baptist University and University of Macau - Department of Finance and Business Economics
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Investor horizons, information asymmetry, capital structure, debt maturity, institutional ownership

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The Monitoring Role of the Media: Evidence from Earnings Management

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2020
Yangyang Chen, Agnes Cheng, Shuo Li, Shuo Li and Jingran Zhao
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Western Washington University - Department of AccountingWestern Washington University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Media Coverage, Earnings Management, Monitoring

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Does CEO Overconfidence Affect Workplace Safety?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 30 May 2023
Yangyang Chen, Emmanuel Ofosu, Madhu Veeraraghavan and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Lingnan University, T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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CEO overconfidence, workplace safety, injury rates

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Options Trading and Stock Price Crash Risk

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 May 2014 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2014
Mikhail Bhatia, Viet Nga Cao, Yangyang Chen and Cameron Truong
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), HKUST School of Business and Management, Department of Finance, Students, Monash University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy and Monash University
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crash risk, options trading

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Co-opetition and Corporate R&D Disclosure: Evidence from Standard-Setting Organizations

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Yangyang Chen, Gaoliang Tian, Xuan Wu and Zilong Zhang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen and Zhejiang University
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Standard-Setting Organizations, Proprietary Information, Corporate R&D Disclosure, Co-Opetition

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Capital Structure Convergence: Is it Real or Mechanical?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Yangyang Chen
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy
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Capital Structure, The Regression Fallacy, Mechanical Convergence

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Corporate Financing of Investment Opportunities in a World of Institutional Cross-Ownership

Journal of Corporate Finance, 69, (2021), 102041.
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2021
Yangyang Chen, Qingyuan Li, Jeffrey Ng and Chong Wang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Wuhan University - School of Economics and Management, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Faculty of Business
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Institutional cross-ownership; Information advantage; Investment opportunities; Corporate financing; Adverse selection

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Media Coverage and IPO Pricing Around the World

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2019
Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal, Madhu Veeraraghavan and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of Birmingham, T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Media coverage, IPO pricing, information asymmetry

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Stock Liquidity and Corporate Tax Avoidance

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2017
Yangyang Chen, Rui Ge, Henock Louis and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shenzhen University & Audencia Business School, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Stock Liquidity, Tax Avoidance, Agency Conflicts

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CEO Early-Life Disaster Experience and Stock Price Crash Risk

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 31 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2021
Yangyang Chen, Qingliang Fan, Xin Yang and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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CEO background characteristics; Disaster experience; Stock price crash risk; Bad news hoarding

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Customer Concentration, Bad News Withholding, and Stock Price Crash Risk

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 26 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 10 May 2019
Yangyang Chen, Gang Hu, Jun Yao and Jingran Zhao
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Deakin University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Customer concentration; Crash risk; Bad news withholding; Performance pressure.

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Societal Secrecy and IPO Underpricing

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Aug 2022
Yangyang Chen, Andy C.W. Chui, Abhinav Goyal and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Birmingham and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Initial public offerings, Cross-border investments, Societal secrecy

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National Culture and Corporate Cash Holdings around the World

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 50, 2015
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 15 May 2017
Yangyang Chen, Yiwen (Paul) Dou, S. Ghon Rhee, Cameron Truong and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Macquarie University, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, Monash University and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Cash holdings; National culture; Individualism; Uncertainty avoidance

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It’s a Small World: The Importance of Social Connections with Auditors to Mutual Fund Managers’ Portfolio Decisions

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 28 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang, Ting Li and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Memorial University
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Social Connections, Auditor Incentives, Mutual Fund Stockholding

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Talk Less, Learn More: Strategic Disclosure in Response to Managerial Learning from the Options Market

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Talk Less, Learn More: Strategic Disclosure in Response to Managerial Learning from the Options Market

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 25 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2021
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy
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Options trading; Information feedback; Managerial learning; Management earnings forecasts; Voluntary disclosure

Talk Less, Learn More: Strategic Disclosure in Response to Managerial Learning from the Options Market

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 59, Issue 5
Posted: 15 Dec 2021
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy

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options trading; information feedback; managerial learning; management earnings forecasts; voluntary disclosure

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Media Attention and Selective Managerial Bad News Hoarding

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Dec 2018
Yangyang Chen, Agnes Cheng, Shuo Li, Shuo Li and Jingran Zhao
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Western Washington University - Department of AccountingWestern Washington University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Media attention, Crash risk, Selective bad news hoarding

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Tick Size and Earnings Guidance in Small-Cap Firms: Evidence from the SEC’s Tick Size Pilot Program

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2025
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng, Emmanuel Ofosu and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lingnan University and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy
Downloads 437 (144,485)
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Tick Size Pilot Program; Investor Information Acquisition; Earnings Guidance

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The Impact of Managerial Mood on Public Firms’ Decisions: Evidence from Corporate Tax Avoidance

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2019
Yangyang Chen, Rui Ge, Jeffrey Pittman, Madhu Veeraraghavan and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shenzhen University & Audencia Business School, Memorial University, T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Weather; Managerial Mood; Tax Avoidance

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Credit Default Swaps and Corporate Debt Structure

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 May 2018 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2021
Yangyang Chen, Walid Saffar, Chenyu Shan and Sarah Qian Wang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
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Credit Default Swaps, Corporate Debt Structure, Hedging, Information Environment

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Local Gambling Preferences and Corporate Innovative Success

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Vol. 49, No. 1, Feb. 2014, pp. 77–106, FIRN Research Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2014
Yangyang Chen, Edward Podolski, S. Ghon Rhee and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Innovation, Catholics-to-Protestants ratio, Gambling preferences, CEO overconfidence

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National Culture and Corporate Innovation

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2017
Yangyang Chen, Edward Podolski and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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National culture; Corporate innovation; Individualism; Uncertainty-avoidance

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Global Board Reforms and the Pricing of IPOs

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 30 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2021
Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of Birmingham and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Global board reforms; IPO underpricing; Corporate governance

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Executive Equity Risk-Taking Incentives and Firm's Choice of Debt Structure

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2021
Yangyang Chen, Iftekhar Hasan, Walid Saffar and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Fordham University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Executive equity incentives; Vega; Bank debt; Debt structure

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Emotions and Inventor Productivity: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020
Yue Luo, Yangyang Chen and Ji-Chai Lin
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy and Hong Kong PolyU
Downloads 334 (195,227)
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Terrorist attacks; Emotion; Inventor productivity

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Captured by Mutual Funds: Do Cross-Audits Undermine Auditor Independence?

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang, Ting Li and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Memorial University
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cross-audits; auditor reporting aggressiveness; auditor independence; mutual funds

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Do Capital Asset and Labor Conditions Matter in Loan Contracting? Evidence from Capital and Labor Redeployability

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2020
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng and Chong Wang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Faculty of Business
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Capital redeployability, Labor redeployability; Loan contracting; Cost stickiness, Financial distress

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In the Mood for Creativity: Sunshine-Induced Mood, Inventor Performance, and Firm Value

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In the Mood for Creativity: Sunshine-Induced Mood, Inventor Performance, and Firm Value

FIRN Research Paper, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Yangyang Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Edward Podolski and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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mood; inventor; innovation; creativity; optimism

In the Mood for Creativity: Sunshine-Induced Mood, Inventor Performance, and Firm Value 

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 May 2023
Yangyang Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Edward Podolski and Dr. Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and T A Pai Management Institute
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Mood, Inventor performance, innovation, creativity

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Social Capital and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings

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Social Capital and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Oct 2021
Yangyang Chen, Huu Nhan Duong, Abhinav Goyal and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Birmingham and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Social capital, IPO underpricing, informal contracting mechanisms

Social Capital and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Aug 2022
Yangyang Chen, Huu Nhan Duong, Abhinav Goyal and Dr. Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Birmingham and T A Pai Management Institute
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Social capital, IPO underpricing, earnings management, informal contracting mechanisms

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Rank-and-File Employee Stock Options and Workplace Safety

Management Science, forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 02 May 2024
Yangyang Chen, Emmanuel Ofosu, Don O'Sullivan, Madhu Veeraraghavan and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Lingnan University, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Rank-and-file employee stock options; workplace safety; work-related injury rates; employee retention; employee cooperation

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Does Managerial Skill Facilitate Corporate Innovative Success?

Journal of Empirical Finance 34, 313-326, December 2015
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2016
Yangyang Chen, Edward Podolski and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Managerial ability; Corporate innovation; Managerial remuneration

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Investors’ Information Acquisition and Firm Financing Decisions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2022
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng, Emmanuel Ofosu and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lingnan University and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy
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Tick Size Pilot Program; Fundamental information acquisition; Information asymmetry; Small-cap firm financing

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Terrorist Attacks, Investor Sentiment, and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2020
Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal, Madhu Veeraraghavan and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of Birmingham, T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
Downloads 237 (278,615)
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terrorist attacks, investor sentiment, IPO pricing

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The Importance of Regulatory Shifts in 8-K Disclosures on Corporate Innovation

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The Importance of Regulatory Shifts in 8-K Disclosures on Corporate Innovation

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Jan 2023
Yangyang Chen, Yue Luo, Jeffrey Pittman and Qin Tan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Memorial University and City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
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The Importance of Regulatory Shifts in 8-K Disclosures on Corporate Innovation

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Jan 2025
Yangyang Chen, Yue Luo, Jeffrey Pittman and qin tan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Memorial University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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8-K disclosures, Corporate Innovation, resource allocation, managerial incentives, investor monitoring

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Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish: Does Striving to Meet Earnings Expectations by Manipulating Real Activities Trigger Product Recalls?

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2023
Yangyang Chen, Lijun Ma, Jeffrey Pittman and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Memorial University and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy
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Product recalls, product quality, earnings expectations, real activities management

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Trademark Protection and CEO Risk-taking Incentives

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 22-37
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Tao Chen, Yangyang Chen, Bin Yang and Tao Yuan
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Jinan University - Management School and Nanjing University - School of Business
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trademark protection; managerial compensation; risk-taking incentives; innovation

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Does Reducing Air Pollution Make Inventors More Innovative? Evidence from the NOx Budget Program

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Mar 2020
Yue Luo, Yangyang Chen and Ji-Chai Lin
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy and Hong Kong PolyU
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Air pollution; Inventor productivity; Innovation strategy

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Litigation Risk and IPO Underpricing: Evidence from Federal Judge Ideology

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 01 May 2025
Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal, Madhu Veeraraghavan and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of Birmingham, T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Litigation risk, IPO underpricing, federal judge ideology, liberal circuits

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Private Firm Disclosure Transparency and International IPO Underpricing

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2024
Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal, Walid Saffar and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, University of Birmingham, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Private firm disclosures, IPO underpricing, investor attention, crowding out effect

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Tick Size and Firm Financing Decisions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Tick Size and Firm Financing Decisions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 May 2024
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng, Emmanuel Ofosu and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lingnan University and Central University of Finance and Economics
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Tick Size Pilot Program, Tick size increase, Information asymmetry, Small-cap firm financing

Tick Size and Firm Financing Decisions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Feb 2024
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng, Emmanuel Ofosu and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lingnan University and Central University of Finance and Economics
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Tick Size Pilot Program, Tick size increase, Information asymmetry, Small-cap firm financing

Tick Size and Firm Financing Decisions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Dec 2023
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng, Emmanuel Ofosu and Xin Yang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lingnan University and Central University of Finance and Economics
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Tick Size Pilot Program, Tick size increase, Information asymmetry, Small-cap firm financing

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Cutting Corners: Does Pay Transparency Impair Workplace Safety? 

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Mar 2025
Yangyang Chen, Nathaniel Kwapong Obuobi, Emmanuel Ofosu and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University and Memorial University
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Pay transparency, Workplace safety, Real activities manipulation

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Interbank Credit Information-Sharing and Trade Credit: Worldwide Evidence

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2025
Xiaoqi Chen, Yangyang Chen, Jeong Bon Kim and Junqi Liu
Xiamen University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Xiamen University, Institute for Financial and Accounting Studies
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Trade credit, Interbank credit information-sharing, Public credit registries, Credit risk

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Local Religious Norms, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Firm Value

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Feb 2019
Leon Zolotoy, Don O'Sullivan and Yangyang Chen
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy
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The Importance of Interbank Information Sharing to Firms' Public Disclosure Policies

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 12 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2025
Xiaoqi Chen, Yangyang Chen, Junqi Liu and Jeffrey Pittman
Xiamen University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Xiamen University, Institute for Financial and Accounting Studies and Memorial University
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Voluntary disclosure, Management forecasts, Interbank information sharing, Public credit registries

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Pay Transparency and Financial Adviser Misconduct

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Pay Transparency and Financial Adviser Misconduct

HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2025
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng and Emmanuel Ofosu
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Lingnan University
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Pay transparency, financial misconduct, financial advisers

Pay Transparency and Financial Adviser Misconduct

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Jan 2025
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Ng and Emmanuel Ofosu
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Lingnan University
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Pay transparency, financial misconduct, financial advisers

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The Importance of the Geographic Origin of Controlling Shareholders to Firms' Earnings Management

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jun 2024
Liangyin Chen, Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang and Jeffrey Pittman
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Memorial University
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Local controlling shareholder, earnings management, geographic origin JEL Classification: G30

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Catastrophic Risk and Institutional Investors: Evidence from Institutional Trading around 9/11

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Yangyang Chen, Gang Hu, Danlei Bonnie Yu and Jingran Zhao
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Soochow University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Catastrophic Risk, Market Crisis and Stability, Institutional Investor, Trading

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Do Corporate Pension Plans Affect Audit Pricing?

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2017
Yangyang Chen, Rui Ge and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shenzhen University & Audencia Business School and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Pension Plans, Audit Pricing, Audit Effort, Audit Risk, Earnings Management.

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Does High Quality Auditing Mitigate or Encourage Private Information Collection?

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 May 2014 Last Revised: 15 May 2017
Yangyang Chen, Shibley Sadique, Bin Srinidhi, Bin Srinidhi and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Monash University - Department of Accounting, University of Texas at Arlington - Department of AccountingCity University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Audit Quality; Private Information Collection; Idiosyncratic Return Volatility; Information Asymmetry

53.

Experience is Wealth: Does Work Experience in Other Professions Matter to Mutual Fund Managers’ Portfolio Decisions?

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Feb 2024
Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang, Ting Li and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Memorial University
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Professional experience, Mutual fund stockholding, Mutual fund performance

54.

It's All About Timing: Analyst Forecasts During Weekday Non-Trading Hours

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Oct 2024
Xunzhuo Xi, Yangyang Chen, Feng Tang and Desmond Chun Yip Yuen
City University of Macau, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Macau
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analyst forecasts, timing decision, investor attention, forecast quality

55.

Do Progressive Social Norms Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from Corporate Takeovers

Journal of Empirical Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Jan 2017
Yangyang Chen, Edward Podolski, S. Ghon Rhee and Madhu Veeraraghavan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Religion, Corporate takeovers, Mainline Protestants, Behavioral finance

56.

Rent-Seeking through Bad Mouthing: Employees' Strategic Workplace Disclosure before Stock Option Grants

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 26 Apr 2025
Yangyang Chen, Yongkang Li, Junqi Liu and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Xiamen University, Institute for Financial and Accounting Studies and Memorial University
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Rank-and-file employees, Employee stock options, Workplace reviews, Employee disclosure, Glassdoor

57.

Does Foreign Experience Matter for Analysts’ Forecasting Performance?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Jun 2023
Yangyang Chen, Kaijuan Gao, Manya Wang and Leon Zolotoy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Business School, Hunan University, Prince of Wales Hospital - The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
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Analyst forecast accuracy, analyst foreign experience, foreign knowledge acquisition, analyst independence, analyst skills

58.

Catering to an Illusion: The Impact of Nominal Stock Price on Corporate Voluntary Disclosure

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2024
Yangyang Chen, Hui Ding and Qin Tan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University and City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
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Nominal Price Illusion, Behavioral Bias, Voluntary Disclosures, Investor Catering

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Does a Sudden Breakdown in Public Information Search Impair Analyst Forecast Accuracy? Evidence from Google's Withdrawal from China

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Sep 2024
Yangyang Chen, Zihui Li, Lijun Ma and Min Zhang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and Renmin University of China - School of Business
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Google's withdrawal from China, public information acquisition, information processing costs, Analyst Forecast Accuracy

60.

Do Better or Worse ESG Performers Talk More: Evidence from Corporate Communications in Response to Russia-Ukraine War

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Dec 2024
Yangyang Chen, Qingliang Fan, qin tan and Xuan Wu
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
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Russia-Ukraine War, Corporate communication, ESG, Legitimization

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The Importance of Pay Information Accessibility to Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Salary History Ban

Posted: 21 May 2024 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2024
Yangyang Chen, Bin Yang and Tao Yuan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Jinan University - Management School and Nanjing University - School of Business

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The Importance of Auditors’ Unmet Promotion Expectations to Audit Quality

Posted: 06 Mar 2024
Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Pittman, Bin Wu and Min Zhang
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Memorial University, Central China Normal University - School of Economics and Business Administration and Renmin University of China - School of Business

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auditor promotion, unmet promotion expectations, audit quality, machine learning

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It's a Small World: The Importance of Social Connections with Auditors to Mutual Fund Managers’ Portfolio Decisions

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 60, Issue 3, 2022
Posted: 11 Oct 2022
Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang, Ting Li and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Memorial University

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social connections, auditor incentives, mutual fund stockholding

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Auditor Liability, Litigation Risk, and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in the U.S.

Posted: 02 Feb 2022
Luofan Bu, Yangyang Chen, Jeffrey Pittman and Gaoguang Zhou
Hong Kong Baptist University – Department of Accountancy and Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Memorial University and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) - Department of Accountancy & Law

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Auditor Liability; Corporate Tax Avoidance; Litigation Risk

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Knowledge is Power: The Importance of Public Accounting Experience to Mutual Fund Managers’ Monitoring

Posted: 20 Oct 2020
Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang, Ting Li and Jeffrey Pittman
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Memorial University

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Mutual fund manager; Public accounting experience; Earnings management