Dr Zhongwei Huang

About

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Zhongwei Huang joined the Faculty of Finance in 2015. He has research interests in corporate disclosure, information intermediaries, financial regulations, and particularly the intersection of financial reporting and corporate finance. He teaches financial statements analysis in various postgraduate courses.

Zhongwei's research has been accepted for publication at leading accounting journals such as The Accounting Review and Review of Accounting Studies. His research findings have been cited by financial outlets such as Bloomberg, Institutional Investor, IR Magazine, and Standard & Poor's. Zhongwei won the 2020 FARS Midyear Best Paper Award from the American Accounting Association's Financial Accounting and Reporting Section for his co-authored study on the economic consequences of MiFID II.

Zhongwei received 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

1. PhD in Business Administration, ESSEC Business School, France
2. MSc in Accounting, Xiamen University, China
3. BSc in Accounting, Xiamen University, China

Award

1. American Accounting Association FARS Midyear Best Paper Award
   https://aaahq.org/FARS/Awards/Midyear-Best-Paper

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin) and French.

Expertise

Primary topics

• Auditing
• Corporate Governance
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Regulation

Geographic Areas

• Americas - North
• Asia
• Europe

Publications

1. Baudot, L., Huang, Z. and Wallace, D. (2021). Stakeholder Perceptions of Risk in Mandatory Corporate Responsibility Disclosure. Journal of Business Ethics, 172(1), pp. 151–174. doi:10.1007/s10551-020-04476-7.
2. Hope, O.-.K., Huang, Z. and Moldovan, R. (2021). Wall Street analysts as investor relations officers. Journal of Corporate Finance, 67, pp. 101893–101893. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.101893.
3. Cho, C.H., Huang, Z., Liu, S. and Yang, D. (2021). Contaminated Heart: Does Air Pollution Harm Business Ethics? Evidence from Earnings Manipulation. Journal of Business Ethics. doi:10.1007/s10551-021-04762-y.
4. Liu, Y., Huang, Z., Jiang, L. and Messier, W.F. (2020). Are Investors Warned by Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest? The Moderating Effect of Investment Horizon. The Accounting Review, 95(6), pp. 291–310. doi:10.2308/tar-2017-0284.
5. Fang, B., Hope, O.-.K., Huang, Z. and Moldovan, R. (2020). The effects of MiFID II on sell-side analysts, buy-side analysts, and firms. Review of Accounting Studies, 25(3), pp. 855–902. doi:10.1007/s11142-020-09545-w.
6. Filip, A., Huang, Z. and Lui, D. (2020). Cross-listing and corporate malfeasance: Evidence from P-chip firms. Journal of Corporate Finance, 63, pp. 101232–101232. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.07.003.
7. 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.

Professional activities