Dr. ZHANG, Xu

Assistant Professor of Accounting

 

Faculty of Business Administration
University of Macau
Avenida Padre Tomás Pereira, Taipa,
Macau, China.

Room: L322

Telephone: (853) 8397- 4186

Fax: (853) 28838320

Email: xuzhang@umac.mo

 

 

 

Academic Qualifications

 

·         Ph.D. in Accounting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 2008

·         Master in Accounting, Central University of Finacial and Economics, China, 2002

·         BSc in Mathematical Statistics, Fu Dan University, China, 1989

 

Teaching

 

BBA Courses

·         Principles of Accounting I (ACC200)

·         Principles of Accounting II (ACC201)

·         Management Accounting (ACC302)

·         Cost Accounting (ACC303)

 

Research Interests

 

·         Financial accounting

·         Corporate governance

·         Corporate finance

·         Emerging Markets Study

 

Publications

 

Journals, Books and Book Chapters

1.      Haw, I.M.; Ho, Simon S.M.; Hu, B.B.; and Zhang, X., (2010), "The Contribution of Stock Repurchases to the Value of the Firm and Cash Holdings around the World", Journal of Corporate Finance (Forthcoming).

2.      Yuen,Desmond C.Y.; Liu, M.; Zhang, X.; and Lu, C., (2009)," A Case Study of Voluntary Disclosure by Chinese Enterprises", Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting ,Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.118-145

3.      Lin, Z.; Liu, M.; and Zhang, X., (2007)"The Development of Corporate Governance in China", The Company Lawyer, V28, pp.195-203

 

Conference Papers

1.          Zhang, X. and Liang, X., (2010), “Individualism-Collectivism, Private Benefits of Control, and Earnings Management”, World Business Ethics Forum 2010, Macau

2.          Haw,I., Ho,S., Hu,B., and Zhang,X., (2008), "Investor Protection, Ownership Concentration, and Mimicking Repurchases around the world", AAA Anual Meeting 2008, USA

 

Working Papers and Other Publications

1.      So, Stella,; Smith, Malcolm; Zhang, Xu; and Zhang, Feida, “Value Relevance of Proportionate Consolidation versus Equity method: Evidence from Hong Kong

 

Grants and Awards

 

1.      Short Sale Restrictions and the Informativeness of Stock Prices about Future Earnings around the World, funded by the Research Committee of University of Macau, 2009-10, Co-Principal Investigator

 

Faculty of Business Administration

University of Macau