Yao Yu

Education

PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2015 BBA, Xiamen University, 2009

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2015-Present

Research Interests

• Internal Control Disclosure
• Financial Information Comparability
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

• Financial Accounting

Masters

• Financial Accounting

Recent Honors & Awards

Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, 2019 Innovation Fellow, UMass Amherst, 2018 Commendable Performance in the PhD Program, Nanyang Technological University, 2016 Grant Recipient: Mellon Mutual Mentoring Grant, UMass Amherst, 2015

Selected Publications

“Locus of Causality, Management’s Responsibility Acceptance, and Investors’ Reactions to Internal Control Reports” (with Hun Tong Tan) The Accounting Review, November 2018, Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 331-355.

“What Drives Investor Response to CSR Performance Reports?” (with Hun Tong Tan, Andres Guiral, and Doocheol Moon) Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring 2020, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 101-130.