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Postal address
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom
About
Overview
Junzi Zhang is a Ph.D. student in accounting at Cass Business School. Prior to joining Cass Business School, she achieved a BSc in accounting and finance from Lancaster University, UK and MSc in accounting from Michigan State University, USA. She works under the supervision of Dr. Pawel Bilinski and Dr. Ivana Raonic. Her research interests include CEO compensation, M&A outcomes, and regulatory monitoring.
Qualifications
- MSc in Accounting, Michigan State University, United States, Aug 2016 – Aug 2017
- BSc in Accounting and Finance, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, Oct 2012 – Jun 2015
Memberships of professional organisations
- American Accounting Association, Oct 2015 – present
- European Accounting Association, Sep 2015 – present
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin) (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review) and English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).
Research
Title of thesis: Does Regulatory monitoring Improve M&A Outcomes? Evidence from Chinese Comment Letters
Sep 2018
Summary of research
This study examines the effect of Chinese comment letters on the bidder’s takeover filings. We document that the market reacts negatively when a firm receives an M&A comment letter and the effect is stronger if the firm receives more than one letter, a longer letter, and the slow a firm responds to the letter. Companies that receive the comment letter during M&A also have lower completion rates. The textual analysis of the letter content shows price reactions are more negative if the issues raised in the letter refer to bidder’s corporate governance quality and business. Investors react more positively if the regulator questions bidder’s accounting quality and M&A deal conditions. Our results are robust to controlling for selectivity in the type of firm that receives a comment letter. Jointly, the results suggest investors perceive regulatory scrutiny to reduce the risk a transaction is value-destroying by increasing deal transparency, which suggests positive benefits from regulatory monitoring of M&A deals.
1st supervisor
- Dr Pawel Bilinski, Reader
2nd supervisor
- Dr Ivana Raonic, Senior Lecturer in Accounting & Finance
Publications
Working papers (2)
- Zhang, J., Shao, J., Zhou, H. and Gong, N. The Economic Consequences of Compensation Regulation and its Contagion Effect: Evidence from China.
- Zhang, J., Bilinski, P. and Raonic, I. Do M&A comment letters improve M&A information transparency?
Professional activities
Events/conferences (4)
- 43rd EAA Annual Meeting. (Conference) ROMANIA (2020). Invited speaker.
Paper: DO M&A COMMENT LETTERS IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY
Author: JUNZI ZHANG
Co-authors: PAWEL BILINSKI, IVANA RAONIC - EAA 36TH DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM IN ACCOUNTING. (Conference) Romania (2020). Invited speaker.
Paper: Do M&A comment letters improve transpancy
Author: JUNZI ZHANG
Co-authors: Pawel Bilinski, Ivana Raonic - AAA Annual Meeting. (Conference) SAN FRANCISCO (2019). Invited speaker.
Paper: When Main Street Meets Wall Street: Can Network Relations between the Two Foster Innovation?
Author: JUNZI ZHANG
Co-authors: CHONG WANG, JUN SHAO, NA GONG - 42nd EAA Annual Conference. (Conference) Cyprus (2019). Invited speaker.
Paper: When Main Street Meets Wall Street: Can Network Relations between the Two Foster Innovation?
Author: JUNZI ZHANG
Co-authors: CHONG WANG, JUN SHAO, NA GONG