Flora Zhou

Education

• PhD Cornell University
• Masters Cornell University
• Masters of Philosophy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Bachelor of Arts Fudan University

Teaching Interests

Cost and managerial accounting; Performance management and evaluation; Research seminar

Research Interests

Behavioral research in managerial accounting

Awards and Honors

• 2022, 2022 MAS Midyear Meeting Outstanding Discussant Award, AAA
• 2021, JMAR Outstanding Reviewer Award , AAA
• 2017, Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award, American Accounting Association-Management Accounting Section
• 2016, Outstanding Management Accounting Paper Award, American Accounting Association-Management Accounting Section
• 2010, Outstanding Management Accounting Paper Award, American Accounting Association-Management Accounting Section
• 2006, Graduate Student Fellowship, Cornell University
• 2005, Graduate Student Fellowship, Cornell University
• 2004, American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, American Accounting Association
• 2003, Graduate Student Fellowship, Cornell University
• 2002, Graduate Student Fellowship, Cornell University
• 2001, Graduate Student Fellowship, Cornell University

Publications

Journal Articles

• Potsaid, T., Venkataraman, S., Zhou, F. (2023). Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOTs): How Characteristics of Requests for PILOTs Impact Nonprofits’ Fairness Perceptions and Likelihood of Compliance . Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Forthcoming.
• Tafkov, I., Towry, K., Zhou, F. (2021). The Impact of Knowledge Transfer on Investments in Knowledge Creation in Firms. Contemporary Accounting Research.
• Newman, A., Tafkov, I., Zhou, F. (2020). The Effects of Incentive Scheme and Task Difficulty on Employees' Altruistic Behavior Outside the Firm. Contemporary Accounting Research.
• Chen, X., Nichol, J., Zhou, F. (2017). The Effect of Incentive Framing and Descriptive Norms on Internal Whistleblowing. Contemporary Accounting Research, (34) 4 1757-1778.
• Chen, X., Trotman, K., Zhou, F. (2015). Electronic Fraud Brainstorming in Hierarchical Audit Teams: Does Interaction Help or Hurt?. The Accounting Review, (90) 1 175-198.
• Chen, X., Rennekamp, K., Zhou, F. (2015). The Effects of Forecast Type and Performance-based Incentives on the Quality of Management Forecast. Accounting, Organizations and Society, (46) 8-18.
• Chen, X., Williamson, M., Zhou, F. (2012). Reward System Design and Group Creativity: An Experimental Investigation. The Accounting Review, (87) 6 1885-1911.
• Bloomfield, R., Tayler, W., Zhou, F. (2009). Momentum, Reversal, and Uninformed Traders in Laboratory Markets. The Journal of Finance, (64) 6 2535-2558.
• Wang, S., Zhou, F. (2004). Staged Financing in Venture Capital: Moral Hazard and Risks. Journal of Corporate Finance, (10) 1 131-155.