Professor Cheng’s research interests include voluntary disclosure, corporate governance, equity valuation, and earnings management. He has published in the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research, among others. Professor Cheng is on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research.

Professor Cheng previously taught at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia as well as the University of Washington.

Publications

1. Chen, S., X. Chen, Q. Cheng, and T. Shevlin. 2009. Are family firms more tax aggressive than non-family firms? Forthcoming at Journal of Financial and Economics. [working paper version]
2. Cheng, Q., and D. Farber. 2008. Earnings restatements, changes in CEO compensation, and firm performance. The Accounting Review 83 (5): 1217-1250. [TAR][working paper version]
3. Chen, S., X. Chen, and Q. Cheng. 2008. Do family firms provide more or less voluntary disclose? Journal of Accounting Research 46 (3): 499-536. [working paper version]
4. Bowen, B., X. Chen, and Q. Cheng. 2007. Analyst coverage and the cost of raising equity capital: Evidence from underpricing of seasoned equity offerings. Contemporary Accounting Research 25 (3). Forthcoming at the Fall 2008 issue. [working paper version]
5. Cheng, Q., and K. Lo. 2006. Insider trading and voluntary disclosures. Journal of Accounting Research 44 (4): 815-848. [working paper version]
6. Chen, X., and Q. Cheng. 2006. Institutional holdings and analysts’ stock recommendations. Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 21 (4): 399-440. [working paper version]
7. Cheng, Q., and T. Warfield. 2005. Equity incentives and earnings management. The Accounting Review 80 (2): 441-476. [working paper version]
8. Cheng, Q. 2005. The role of analysts’ forecasts in accounting-based valuation: A critical evaluation. Review of Accounting Studies 10 (1): 5-31. (Note: this is a research paper, not a review or discussion.) [working paper version]
9. Cheng, Q. 2005. What determines residual income? The Accounting Review 80 (1): 85-112. [working paper version]
10. Cheng, Q., P. Frischmann, and T. Warfield. 2003. The market perception of corporate claims. Research in Accounting Regulation 16: 3-28.

Editorial boards

• The Accounting Review
• Contemporary Accounting Research

Recent service activities related to research

Organize the 2009 CAPANA conference to be held in Beijing on July 2-3, 2009

• Information about CAPANA
• Information about the 2009 CAPANA conference