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Jieying Zhang
Assistant Professor of Accounting

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-8705
jieying@marshall.usc.edu
Education: 
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, Northwestern University; MS, BS, Peking University

Overview

Jieying Zhang conducts research in the broad area of empirical financial accounting, with a current focus on accounting conservatism, the use of accounting information by debt holders (banks and bondholders), and auditor reputation. Professor Zhang's research has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics and Journal of Accounting Research.

Research

A Review of Archival Auditing Research • 2013
Affiliated bankers on board and conservative accounting • 2012
Are rating agencies misled by earnings management? Evidence from credit watch resolutions • 2012
U. S. Cross-Listing, Rating Conservatism, and the Cost of Debt • 2012
Accrual quality, bond liquidity, and cost of debt • 2012
An investigation of the role of accounting in the credit watch process • 2011
U. S. Cross-Listing, Rating Conservatism, and the Cost of Debt • 2011
Earnings quality, information asymmetry, and the stock return • 2011
Was Sarbanes Oxley Good News for the Bond Market? • 2011
Affiliated bankers on board and conservative accounting • 2011
Accrual quality, bond liquidity, and cost of debt • 2011
The impact of financial covenants on the use of accounting conservatism in debt contracting: International evidence • 2009
Conservatism and litigation risk • 2009
Does Auditor Reputation Matter? The Case of KPMG Germany and Comroad AG • 2008
The Contracting Benefits of Accounting Conservatism to Lenders and Borrowers • 2008