Jenny Zhang

Current Teaching

• COMM 1101 Introductory Financial Accounting
  
• COMM 3105 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
• COMM 4112 Accounting Research
• COMM/MGMT 1102 Introductory Accounting II
  
• MGMT 2101 Introductory Financial Accounting

Research Interests

Dr. Zhang has a strong interest in pursuing archival research that looks into the association between financial reporting quality and several audit-related issues. Topics of particular interest include (1) accounting-based earnings management and real activity management, (2) effects of regulation and corporate governance on financial reporting, (3) audit market competition on earnings management practices.

Selected Awards and Honours

• 2020  Faculty of Management Research Star
  
• 2016  CPA Canada-CAAA: Financial Accounting, Assurance & Tax Research Grant for "The association between CEO pay ratio and stock price crash risks."
  
• 2016  Faculty of Management Excellence in Management Teaching Award (MET)
  
• 2007 & 2009  Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship

Selected Publications

• Protection of proprietary information and financial reporting opacity: Evidence from a natural experiment. Callen, J., Fang, X., Zhang, W. Journal of Corporate Finance 64, 101641  (2020)
• Corporate employment, red flags, and audit effort. Chen, J., Luo, S., Zhang, W. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 39(1), 106710  (2020)
• Capital market consequence of audit office size: Evidence from the stock price crash risk. Callen, J., Fang, X., Xin, B., Zhang, W. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 39(2)  (2020)
  
• Financial statement comparability and debt contracting: Evidence from the syndicated loan market. Fang, X., Li., Y., Xin, B., Zhang, W. Accounting Horizons 30 (2), 277-303  (2016)
• Conditional conservatism and accrual persistence. Li, Y., Zhang, W. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 32(1), 15-29  (2015)