Xindong Zhu

Qualifications

• PhD - Accounting (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• MA - International Accounting and Financial Management (University of Glasgow)
• BA - International Finance (Renmin University of China)

Research Areas

• Auditing
• Financial Reporting
• Corporate Governance

Professional Qualifications

ACCA Affiliate
he Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Teaching Areas

• Accounting Information System
• Taxation
• Financial Accounting

Research Grants

PI: "The Role of Auditors' Judgment-related Traits on Audit Quality: Analysis combining Survey Data with Archival Information on Individual Auditor Characteristics in China", General Research Fund (GRF) - Research Grants Council (RGC), Amount: $331,193 (2015-2018), Dr. Xindong Zhu, Dr. Simon Fung, and Prof. Ferdinand A. Gul

PI: "Big 4 Auditor Independence and Audit market Concentration", Start-up Grant - City University of Hong Kong, Amount: $200,000 (2012-2014), Dr Xindong Zhu

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

Kim, Yongtae; Su, Lixin Nancy; Zhou, Gaoguang Stephen; Zhu, Xindong Kevin / PCAOB international inspections and Merger and Acquisition outcomes. August 2020; In: Journal of Accounting and Economics. Vol. 70, No. 1

Lai, Karen M.Y.; Saffar, Walid; Zhu, Xindong (Kevin); Liu, Yiye / Political institutions, stock market liquidity and firm dividend policy: Some international evidence. April 2020; In: Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics. Vol. 16, No. 1

Chen, Wanyu(Tina); Zhou, Gaoguang(Stephen); Zhu, Xindong(Kevin) / CEO tenure and corporate social responsibility performance. February 2019; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 95, pp. 292-302

Fung, Simon Yu Kit; Raman, K.K.; Zhu, Xindong (Kevin) / Does the PCAOB international inspection program improve audit quality for non-US-listed foreign clients?. August 2017; In: Journal of Accounting and Economics. Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 15-36

Kim, Yongtae; Su, Lixin (Nancy); Zhu, Xindong (Kevin) / Does the cessation of quarterly earnings guidance reduce investors’ short-termism?. June 2017; In: Review of Accounting Studies. Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 715-752

Fung, Simon Yu Kit; Zhou, Gaoguang (Stephen); Zhu, Xindong (Kevin) / Monitor objectivity with important clients: Evidence from auditor opinions around the world. April 2016; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 263-294

Gul, Ferdinand A.; Zhou, Gaoguang Stephen; Zhu, Xindong Kevin / Investor protection, firm informational problems, big n auditors, and cost of debt around the world. August 2013; In: Auditing. Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 1-30

Zhou, Gaoguang; Zhu, Xindong / Client Importance and Auditor Independence: The Effect of the Asian Financial Crisis. December 2012; In: Australian Accounting Review. Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 371-383

Cheng, Peter; Su, Lixin Nancy; Zhu, Xindong Kevin / Managerial ownership, board monitoring and firm performance in a family-concentrated corporate environment. December 2012; In: Accounting and Finance. Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 1061-1081

Fung, Simon Yu Kit; Su, Lixin; Zhu, Xindong / Price divergence from fundamental value and the value relevance of accounting information. September 2010; In: Contemporary Accounting Research. Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 829-854

Conference Papers

KIM, Eunhee; Radhakrishnan, Suresh; WANG, Zheng; ZHU, Xindong / Social Capital, Product Market Competition and Corporate Disclosure of Proprietary Information. April 2019; Seoul National University Accounting Seminar, 26/04/2019 - 26/04/2019, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.

ZHU, Xindong (Kevin); Fung, Simon Yu-Kit; Gul, Ferdinand A.; Raman, K. K. / Audit Market Concentration And The Reputation Effect of PwC Global- And Country-Level Market Leadership: Some Evidence From Investor-Perceived Audit Quality. May 2013; European Accounting Association Annual Conference, 06/05/2013 - 08/05/2013, Paris, France.