Prof. Zhihong CHEN
Associate Professor aczh@ust.hk




Academic qualifications
PhD 2005 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Sc. 2000 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
BBA 1998 Tsinghua University, beijing, China

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAssociate professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Oct 2013 - present
Associate professor, The City University of Hong Kong, 2011-2013
Assistant professor, The City Universtiy of Hong Kong, 2006- 2011
Visiting assistant professor, The HOng Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005-2006

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PUBLICATIONS Chen, Taiyuan, Zhihong Chen, and Yongbo Li, “Restriction on Managerial Outside Job Opportunities and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, forthcoming.
Chen, Zhihong, Alfred Z. Liu, Gim S. Seow, and Hong Xie, “Does Mandatory Retrospective Hedge Effectiveness Assessment under ASC 815 Provide Risk-Relevant Information.” Accounting Horizons 34 (2020): 61-85.
Chen, Zhihong, Ningzhong Li, and Jianghua Shen, “Litigation Risk and Debt Contracting: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Journal of Law and Economics 63 (2020), 595-630.
Chen, Huili, Zhihong Chen, Dan Dhaliwal, Yuan Huang, “Accounting restatements and corporate cash policy.” Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (2020), pp. 290-317.
Chen, Zhihong, Yuan Huang, Yuanto Kusnadi, and John K.C. Wei, “The real effect of the initial enforcement of insider trading laws.” Journal of Corporate Finance 45 (2017), pp. 687-709.
Chen. Zhihong andHong Zou and Oliver Li, "Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance and the Cost of Equity."Journal of Accounting and Economics, V.61, Issue 1, Feb 2016, pp. 100-120
Chen, Zhihong, Yuyan Guan, and Bin Ke, “Are Stock Option Grants to Directors of State-Controlled Chinese Firms Listed in Hong Kong Genuine Compensation?”The Accounting Review88, pp.1547-1574.
Chen, Zhihong, Bin Ke, and Zhifeng Yang, “Minority shareholders’ control rights and the quality of corporate decisions in weak investor protection countries: a natural experiment from China,”The Accounting Review88, pp.1211-1238.
Chen, Zhihong, Yuan Huang, and John K. C. Wei, “Executive pay disparity and the cost of equity,”Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
Chen, Kevin C. W.,Zhihong Chen, and John K. C. Wei, “Agency costs of free cash flow and the effect of shareholder rights on the implied cost of equity capital,”Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis46 (2011), pp.171-207.
Chen, Zhihong, Dan S. Dhaliwal, and Hong Xie, “Regulation Fair Disclosure and the cost of equity capital,”Review of Accounting Studies15 (2010), pp. 106-144.
Chen, Kevin C. W.,Zhihong Chen, and John K. C. Wei, “Legal protection of investors, corporate governance, and the cost of capital in emerging markets,”Journal of Corporate Finance15 (2009), pp. 273–289.