Dr Zhifang Zhang
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Corporate governance, Executive compensation, Executive characteristics, Financial accounting and international issues in accounting, Interdisciplinary research
Teaching in 2019-2020
Accounting and Finance
- IB9120: Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting
Distance Learning MBA
- IB801P: Accounting and Financial Management
Undergraduate
- IB1460: Accounting for Business
- IB2330: Financial Reporting 1
- IB2340: Financial Reporting 2
Accounting Group
Email: Zhifang.Zhang@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 23771 / Room: 1.202
Biography
Zhifang Zhang joined Warwick Business School in July 2019 as an Assistant Professor of Accounting. Prior to that she was a Lecturer in Accounting at Essex Business School. She holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University Management School. Her research interests are in the area of corporate governance and financial accounting.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Conyon, M. J., Haß, L. H., Vergauwe, S. and Zhang, Z. (2019) "Foreign experience and CEO compensation", Journal of Corporate Finance, 57, 102-121
- Fu, X. and Zhang, Z. (2019) "CFO cultural background and stock price crash risk", Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
- Haß, L. H., Vergauwe, S. and Zhang, Z. (2019) "State-ownership and bank loan contracting : evidence from corporate fraud", The European Journal of Finance, 25, 6, 550-567
- Conyon, M. J., Haß, L. H., Peck, S. I., Sadler, G. V. and Zhang, Z. (2019) "Do compensation consultants drive up CEO pay? Evidence from UK public firms", British Journal of Management, 30, 1, 10-29
- Fu, X., Wu, X. and Zhang, Z. (2019) "The information role of earnings conference call tone : evidence from stock price crash risk ", Journal of Business Ethics
