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	Xiao-Jun Zhang Emil R. Niemela Chair in Accounting Associate Professor Co-chair of Haas Accounting Group Haas Accounting Group 510-642-4789 Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address Academic Status: Off duty Office Hours: By appointment, F481

Education

BA, Finance, Renmin University, China
MA, Economics, University of Maryland
MPh, Business Administration, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
PhD, 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
1998 - 2002, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business

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. 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

Research Seminar in Business Administration, PHDBA 229, 2002
Financial Accounting, MBA 202, 2000-2002
Financial Accounting, UGBA 120, 2000
Doctoral Research Seminar, BA 298, 1998, 1999
Financial Accounting, E202A, 1998, 1999

Honors and Awards

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

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