Contact
- +44 (0)20 7040 0965
- +44 (0)20 7040 0965
- zhongwei.huang@cass.city.ac.uk
Visit Zhongwei Huang
Room BR5072A, Bunhill Row
Postal address
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom
About
Overview
Zhongwei Huang joined the Faculty of Finance at Cass Business School in 2015. He teaches financial statement analysis and supervises UG dissertations on IPOs and SEOs underpricing. He has research interests in corporate governance, earnings quality, financial analysts, financial regulations, and particularly the intersection of financial reporting and corporate finance.
Zhongwei's current research examines the economic consequences of hiring Wall Street analysts as investor relations officers and the impact of MiFID II on the sell-side and buy-side. His research findings have been cited by leading financial outlets such as Bloomberg, Institutional Investor Magazine, IR Magazine, and Standard & Poor's.
Zhongwei received his BA and MSc from Xiamen University in China and his PhD from ESSEC Business School in Paris. He is a non-practicing member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) and holds ACCA affiliate status.
Qualifications
- PhD in Business Administration, ESSEC Business School, France
- MSc in Accounting, Xiamen University, China
- BSc in Accounting, Xiamen University, China
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin) and French.
Expertise
Primary topics
- Auditing
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Accounting
Geographic Areas
- Americas - North
- Asia
- Europe
Publications
Journal articles (4)
- Baudot, L., Demek, K.C. and Huang, Z. (2018). The accounting profession’s engagement with accounting standards: Conceptualizing accounting complexity through big 4 comment letters. Auditing, 37(2), pp. 175–196. doi:10.2308/ajpt-51898.
- Filip, A., Huang, Z. and Lui, D. (2018). Cross-listing and corporate malfeasance: Evidence from P-chip firms. Journal of Corporate Finance. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.07.003.
- Hope, O.-.K., Huang, Z. and Moldovan, R. Economic Consequences of Hiring Wall Street Analysts as Investor Relations Officers. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3051149.
- Fang, B., Hope, O.-.K., Huang, Z. and Moldovan, R. The Effects of MiFID II on Sell-Side Analysts, Buy-Side Analysts, and Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3422155.
Professional activities
Events/conferences (5)
- EAA Annual Congress. (Conference) Valencia, Spain (2017). Invited speaker.
Paper: The Monitoring Effect of Financial Analysts on Executive Compensation Abstract:
Author: Huang, Zhongwei - AAA Annual Meeting. (Conference) New York, USA (2016). Invited speaker.
Paper: The Accounting Profession’s Engagement in Accounting Standard-Setting: Conceptualizing Accounting Complexity through Big 4 Comment Letters
Author: Huang, Zhongwei
Co-authors: Baudot, Lisa; Demek, Kristina - AFA Annual Meeting. (Conference) San Francisco, USA (2016). Invited speaker.
Paper: The Informativeness and Monitoring Effect of Analysts’ Comments on Earnings Quality
Author: Huang, Zhongwei - MIT Asia Conference in Accounting. (Conference) (2014). Invited speaker.
Paper: Government Intervention, Audit Fees, and Audit Quality
Author: Huang Zhongwei
Co-authors: Thomas Jeanjean, Like Jiang - European Accounting Association (EAA) Doctoral Colloquium. (Workshop) (2013). Invited speaker.
Paper: The Power of Words
Author: Huang Zhongwei