Luo Zuo

Biography

Luo Zuo is an associate professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, and also serves on the editorial board of The Accounting Review. He has a broad range of interests in research at the intersection of accounting and finance. His current research can be divided into two strands. The first strand explores the individual effects of managers, investors, and auditors. A unifying theme in this strand of research is that an individual''s judgment and decision making are affected by her incentives, information, and behavioral traits. The second strand of his research focuses on corporate taxes. His research has been featured in the Economist, the NBER Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other media sources.

Selected Publications

• He, Xianjie; Kothari, S.P.; Xiao, Tusheng; Zuo, Luo. "Long-Term Impact of Economic Conditions on Auditors’ Judgment" The Accounting Review (forthcoming).
• Solnik, Bruno; Zuo, Luo. "Relative Optimism and the Home Bias Puzzle" Review of Finance. 21.5 (2017): 2045–2074
• Ljungqvist, Alexander; Zhang, Liandong; Zuo, Luo. "Sharing Risk With the Government: How Taxes Affect Corporate Risk Taking" Journal of Accounting Research. 55.3 (2017): 669-707
• Schoar, Antoinette; Zuo, Luo. "Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles" Review of Financial Studies. 30.5 (2017): 1425-1456
• Cen, Ling; Maydew, Edward; Zhang, Liandong; Zuo, Luo. "Customer-Supplier Relationships and Corporate Tax Avoidance" Journal of Financial Economics. 123.2 (2017): 377-394
• Watts, Ross; Zuo, Luo. "Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective" Accounting Horizons. 30.3 (2016): 409-423
• Schoar, Antoinette; Zuo, Luo. "Does the Market Value CEO Styles?" American Economic Review. 106.5 (2016): 262-266
• Zuo, Luo. "The Informational Feedback Effect of Stock Prices on Management Forecasts" Journal of Accounting and Economics. 61.2-3 (2016): 391-413
• Kim, Yongtae; Li, Siqi; Pan, Carrie; Zuo, Luo. "The Role of Accounting Conservatism in the Equity Market: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings" The Accounting Review. 88.4 (2013): 1327-1356
• Solnik, Bruno; Zuo, Luo. "A Global Equilibrium Asset Pricing Model with Home Preference" Management Science. 58.2 (2012): 273-292

Awards and Honors

• Johnson School Teaching Honor Roll (2017) Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
• Best Paper Award (2017) Research Conference of Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America
• Best Paper Award (2016) MIT Asia Conference in Accounting

Recent Courses

• NMI 5000 - Directed Reading and Research
• NCCT 5000 - Financial Accounting
• NBA 5110 - Financial Modeling
• NBA 5060/LAW 6060 - Financial Statement Analysis
• NRE 5310 - PhD Seminar- Research at the Intersection of Accounting and Finance

Academic Degrees

• Ph D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013
• M.Phil Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008
• BBA Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005