PUBLICATION

“Does U.S. Immigration Policy Facilitate Financial Misconduct?” 

Journal of Accounting Research (2025), with Xuanjun Dong, Nemit Shroff, Qin Tan

“Understanding Analysts’ Use of Macroeconomic News” 

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance (2024), with Hui Ding and Frank Zhang


SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

Accounting Talent Gap: Implications for the Audit Market

with Yiwen Li, Xiumin Martin, Qin Tan

CPA Licensing and Economic Inequality in the Accounting Labor Market

with Curtis Hall, Amanda Marino, Eric Rapley

“The Morality of Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Felony Larceny Thresholds”

with Thomas Steffen, Qin Tan, Xuan Wu

“Do Innovators Walk Away? The Talent Cost of Corporate Misconduct”

with Min Gao, Yaping Zheng, Yuxiang Zheng


SELECTED WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Freedom of Research and Analyst Optimism

with Mark Bradshaw, Yiwen Li, and Yaping Zheng

“Coasting into Retirement? Retirement Horizon and Auditor Skepticism & Effort”

with Xuanjun Dong, Xianjie He, Linda Myers and Tim Seidel

When Research Dollars Ignite Local Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the NSF Grant Threshold”

with Xuanjun Dong and Seojin Kim