UMass Boston

Ting Chen, Associate Lecturer, English

Ting Chen

Department:
Accounting & Finance
Title:
Assistant Professor
Location:
McCormack Hall Floor 05 00254
Phone:

Phone: 617.287.7880

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Biography

Ting Chen is an assistant professor of accounting at College of Management. Her research focuses on financial analysts, corporate disclosure and regulation, and the roles of financial information and social connections in governance, contracting, and product markets. Her work appears in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Review of Accounting Studies. Previously, she was an assistant professor at Baruch College, CUNY.

Area of Expertise

Financial accounting; Financial analysts; Corporate disclosure and regulation

 

Degrees

Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting), Carnegie Mellon University, 2008

M.S. in Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003

B.A. in Accounting, Fudan University, 2000

Professional Publications & Contributions
  • “Clan Culture and Gender Diversity in Top Management Teams: Evidence from China,” with Qi Gao, Nan Li, and Xiaoyu Wang. China Accounting and Finance Review (2026): 1-25.
  • “Do Executives Exhibit Fixed Effects on Firm-Level Stock Price Crash Risk? Evidence From CEOs and CFOs,” with Yu Zhou, Jiaxin Liu, and Yakun Wang International Review of Finance 26(1) (2026): e70056.
  • “The Spillover of Shareholder Litigation Risk and Corporate Voluntary Disclosure,” with Senlin Miao, Mengchao Ai, John (Jianqiu) Bai, and Amy Sun. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 40(3) (2025): 799-831.
  • “Platform-Provided Disclosure on Investor Base and Entrepreneurial Success: Evidence from Crowdfunding,” with John (Jianqiu) Bai, Xiumin Martin, and Chi Wan. The Accounting Review 99(5) (2024): 97-122.
  • “Customer Satisfaction and Internal Control,” with Xiaotao (Kelvin) Liu, Chi Wan, and Yakun Wang. Journal of Management Accounting Research 36(1) (2024): 27-53.
  • “The Failure of Online Endorsement Systems in Investment Communities: Evidence from Yahoo! Finance,” with Xie Peng, Hongwei Du, and Jiming Wu. Information Technology & People 37(5) (2024): 2127-2152.
  • “Buying Products from Whom You Know: Personal Connections and Information Asymmetry in Supply Chain Relationships,” with Hagit Levy, Xiumin Martin, and Ron Shalev. Review of Accounting Studies 26 (2021): 1492-1531.
  • “The Value and Credit Relevance of Multiemployer Pension Plan Obligations,” with Xiumin Martin, Christina Mashruwala, and Shamin Mashruwala. The Accounting Review 90(5) (2015): 1907-1938.
  • “Do Bank-Affiliated Analysts Benefit from Lending Relationships?,” with Xiumin Martin. Journal of Accounting Research 49(3) (2011): 633-675.
  • “Analysts' Treatment of Nonrecurring Items in Street Earnings,” with Zhaoyang Gu. Journal of Accounting and Economics 38 (2004): 129-170

Additional Information

Teaching

Undergraduate: Financial Accounting (AF210); Intermediate Accounting I (AF310); Intermediate Accounting II (AF311).

Graduate: Accounting for Management (MBA AF610); Intermediate Accounting (MBA AF611);  Financial and Managerial Auditing (MBA AF614). 

Professional service

Served as referee for The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, and Management Science.

Honors and awards

Faculty Research Award, College of Management, UMass Boston (2021).

PSC-CUNY 43 Research Award (2012-2015) and PSC-CUNY 40 Research Award (2009-2011).

Outstanding Research Manuscript, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College (2011).

Irving Weinstein Scholar, Baruch College-CUNY (2010).