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Yinqi Zhang Associate Professor Accounting

Additional Positions at AU
Department Chair
Degrees
Ph.D., Accounting, Temple University; M.S., Economics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; B.S., Accounting, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Favorite Spot on Campus
The Woods Brown Amphitheatre
Bio
Yinqi Zhang is an Associate Professor in Accounting at the Kogod School of Business of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×÷Æ·. Her main research interest is in the determinants of audit quality, regulator scrutiny, and ESG disclosure. Her work has been published in Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. She is on the editorial board of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. She has taught introductory and intermediate financial accounting, introductory managerial accounting, and data analytics in the past.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call Â鶹ÊÓƵ×÷Æ·Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Teaching

Fall 2024

  • ACCT-241 Principles of Managerial Acct

Spring 2025

  • ACCT-681 Data Analytics for Accounting

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

How Aggressive Tax Planning Facilitates the Diversion of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Path AnalysisÌý(with Andrew M. Bauer, Junxiong Fang, Jeffery Pittman and Yuping Zhao), 2020, Contemporary Accounting Research 37 (3): 1882-1913.

Economic Determinants and Consequences of Voluntary Disclosure of Internal Control Effectiveness: Evidence from Initial Public Offerings (with Sudipta Basu, Jagan Krishnan and Jong Eun Lee), 2018, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 37 (4): 1-24.

Auditing Related Party Transactions: Evidence from Audit Fees and Audit Opinions (with Junxiong Fang, Gerald Lobo and Yuping Zhao), 2018, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 37(2): 73-106.

The Importance of Audit Quality to Group-Affiliated Firms (with Junxiong Fang, Jeffery Pittman and Yuping Zhao),Ìý2017, Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 34 (1): 39-82.

Investor perceptions of the earnings quality consequences of hiring an affiliated auditor (with William Baber and Jagan Krishnan),Ìý2014, Review of Accounting Studies,ÌýVolume 19 (1): 69-102.

Is There a Relation Between Audit Fee Cuts during the Global Financial Crisis and Banks’ Financial Reporting Quality? (with Gopal Krishnan), 2014, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Volume 33 (3): 279-300.

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