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Xiao-Jun Zhang

Emil R. Niemela Chair in Accounting
Associate Professor
Co-chair of Haas Accounting Group
Haas Accounting Group
1-510-642-4789
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Academic Status: Off duty
Office Hours: By appointment only, F481
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Academic Group Homepage: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/accounting/

Education

BA, finance, Renmin University, China
MA, economics, University of Maryland
M.Ph., business administration, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Ph.D., business administration, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

Positions Held

At Haas since 1998
2002-present E.R. Niemela Associate Professor of Accounting, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1998-2002 Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

External Service and Assignments

Reviewer: Referee for Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review
Member, American Accounting Association.
Member, Accounting Group Recruiting Committee
Member, MBA Core Redesign Task Force

Current Research and Interests

Financial statement analysis
Financial accounting theory
International accounting

Selected Papers and Publications

Accounting Conservatism, Quality of Earnings, and Stock Returns, with Stephen Penman, forthcoming in The Accounting Review (April 2002): 237-264.
Revenue Recognition in a Multiperiod Agency Setting, with Sunil Dutta, Journal of Accounting Research (Spring 2002): 67-83.
Conservative Accounting and Equity Valuation, Journal of Accounting and Economics (February 2000): 125-149
Accrual Accounting and Equity Valuation, with James Ohlson, Journal of Accounting Research (Supplement 1998): 85-111
Anomalous Stock Returns Around Internet Firms' Earnings Announcements, with Brett Trueman and Franco Wong.

Teaching

PHDBA 229 Research Seminar in Business Administration, 2002
BA 202, Financial Accounting (MBA core), 2000-2002
BA 120, Financial Accounting (Undergraduate Core), 2000
BA 298, Doctoral Research Seminar, 1998, 1999
E202A, Financial Accounting (Evening MBA core), 1998, 1999

Honors and Awards

Schwabacher Fellowship, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2001
Junior Faculty Research Grant, UC Berkeley, 1999, 2000
Grant, Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, 1997
Paul Montrone Scholarship, Columbia Business School, 1996
Research Enabling Grant, UC Berkeley, 1998-2001

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