Frank Zhang

Professor of Accounting at Yale School of Management

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  • Yale School of Management

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PROFESSOR ZHANG'S RESEARCH FOCUSES on empirical capital market researches, including stock anomalies, fundamental analysis, investor and analyst behavior, management incentives, and corporate financial reporting. He is interested in both rational and behavioral approaches in studying stock anomalies and cross-sectional variations in stock returns.

Yale School of Management

Professor Zhang''s research focuses on empirical capital market researches, including stock anomalies, fundamental analysis, investor and analyst behavior, management incentives, and corporate financial reporting. He is interested in both rational and behavioral approaches in studying stock anomalies and cross-sectional variations in stock returns.

Education

  • PhD , University of Chicago, 2006
  • MBA , University of Chicago, 2005
  • BS , Nankai University, 1993

SELECTED ARTICLES

Does financial reporting above or below the operating income matter to firms and investors? The case of investment income in China F. Zhang, M. Luo and S. Shao Review of Accounting Studies Forthcoming

GDP management to meet or beat growth targets F. Zhang, C. Lyu, K. Wang, and X. Zhang Journal of Accounting and Economics Forthcoming

Buy-side analysts and earnings conference calls F. Zhang, M. Jung and F. Wong Journal of Accounting Research 2018

The characteristics that provide independent information about average U.S. monthly stock return F. Zhang, J. Green and J. Hand Review of Financial Studies 2017

Spring-loading when no one is looking? Earnings and cash flow management around acquisition F. Zhang, S. Chen, and J. Thomas Review of Accounting Studies 2016

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

Information content of earnings announcements: A different perspective F. Zhang, J. Thomas and W. Zhu

Off-exchange trading and post earnings announcement drift F. Zhang, J. Thomas and W. Zhu

The power of firm fundamentals in explaining stock returns F. Zhang, S. Shao and R. Stoumbos

Understanding analysts’ use of macroeconomic news F. Zhang, D. Dai and H. Ding

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