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Xia Chen

Assistant Professor - Accounting & Information Systems

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Xia Chen is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Information Systems department of the Wisconsin School of Business.

Chen’s research interests include analysts’ role in capital markets, institutional investors’ monitoring and trading behavior, voluntary disclosure, family firms, earnings restatements, and corporate governance. She has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance.

Chen previously taught at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. She holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Chicago.

Selected Published Journal Articles

Chen, S., Chen, X., Cheng, Q., & Shevlin, T. (2010). Are family firms more tax aggressive than non-family firms? . Journal of Financial Economics (95), 41-61.

Chen, X., Cheng, Q., & Lo, K. (2010). On the relationship between analyst reports and corporate disclosures: Exploring the roles of information discovery and interpretation. Journal of Accounting and Economics (49), 206-226.

Bowen, R., Chen, X., & Cheng, Q. (2008). Analyst coverage and the cost of raising equity capital: Evidence from underpricing of seasoned equity offerings. Contemporary Accounting Research (25), 657-699.

Chen, S., Chen, X., & Cheng, Q. (2008). Do family firms provide more or less voluntary disclose? . Journal of Accounting Research (46), 499-536.

Chen, X., Li, K., & Harford, J. (2007). Monitoring: Which institutions matter?. Journal of Financial Economics (86), 279-305.

Chen, X., & Cheng, Q. (2006). Institutional holdings and analysts’ stock recommendations. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (21), 399-440.

Selected Submitted Journal Articles

Chen, X., Feng, M., & Li, C. (2010). Internal controls in family firms: Characteristics and consequences. The Accounting Review

Chen, X., Cheng, Q., & Lo, A. (2010). The consequences of earnings restatements: The case of external financing. Contemporary Accounting Research

Cheng, Q., Chen, X., & Wang, X. (2010). Does increased board independence reduce earnings management? Evidence from recent regulatory reforms. Journal of Accounting and Economics

Chen, X., Cheng, Q., & Dai, Z. (2010). Are US family firms subject to agency problems? Evidence from CEO turnover and firm valuation. . Contemporary Accounting Research

Submitted Working Papers

Chen, S., Chen, X., & Cheng, Q. Accounting Conservatism and Ownership Structure.

Presentations

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Accounting restatements and external financing choices

Cass Business School
Does increased board independence reduce earnings management? Evidence from the recent regulatory reform

Financial reporting section mid-year meeting (AAA)
Accounting restatements and external financing choices

HEC-Paris
Does increased board independence reduce earnings management? Evidence from the recent regulatory reform

Nanyang Technological University
Does increased board independence reduce earnings management? Evidence from the recent regulatory reform

Singapore Management University
Does increased board independence reduce earnings management? Evidence from the recent regulatory reform

University of Minnesota
Accounting restatements and external financing choices

University of Toronto
Does increased board independence reduce earnings management? Evidence from the recent regulatory reform

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Internal controls in family firms: characteristics and consequences

Accounting Research Conference of UBC, University of Oregon, and University of Washington
The consequences of aggressive financial reporting: The case of external financing

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
The consequences of aggressive financial reporting: The case of external financing,

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conservative financial reporting in family firms

University of Missouri-Columbia
The consequences of aggressive financial reporting: The case of external financing

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Corporate fraud types and the contagion effect of frauds

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Are US family firms more tax aggressive?

Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Are US family firms more tax aggressive?

European Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Are US family firms more tax aggressive?

the sixth International Symposium on Empirical Accounting Research
Are US family firms more tax aggressive?

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Are US family firms more tax aggressive

University of California-Irvine
Are US family firms more tax aggressive?

Simon Fraser University
Are US family firms more tax aggressive?

Arizona State University
Are US family firms subject to agency problems? Evidence from CEO turnover and firm valuation

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Monitoring? Which institutions matter?

University of Utah
Are US family firms subject to agency problems? Evidence from CEO turnover and firm valuation

Accounting Research Conference of UBC, University of Oregon, and University of Washington
Are analyst research and corporate disclosures substitutes or complements?

University of Alberta
Are analyst research and corporate disclosures substitutes or complements?

the 16th Financial Economics and Accounting Conference (UNC)
Are analyst research and corporate disclosures substitutes or complements?

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Are analyst research and corporate disclosures substitutes or complements?

Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Are analyst research and corporate disclosures substitutes or complements?

University of Arizona
Are analyst research and corporate disclosures substitutes or complements?

the 15th Financial Economics and Accounting Conference
Analyst coverage and the cost of raising equity capital: Evidence from underpricing of seasoned equity offerings

Federal Reserve Bank of New York/Dice Center of the Ohio State University/Journal of Financial Economics conference on “Agency problems and conflicts of interest in financial intermediaries”
Analyst ranking, affiliation, and the market reaction to stock recommendations for IPOs

Purdue University
Analyst ranking, affiliation, and the market reaction to stock recommendations for IPOs

University of British Columbia
Analyst ranking, affiliation, and the market reaction to stock recommendations for IPOs

University of Oregon
Analyst ranking, affiliation, and the market reaction to stock recommendations for IPOs

University of Washington
Analyst ranking, affiliation, and the market reaction to stock recommendations for IPOs

Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Mid-year Conference
Institutional holdings and analysts’ stock recommendations

University of Chicago
Analyst ranking, affiliation, and the market reaction to stock recommendations for IPOs

University of Chicago
Institutional holdings and analysts’ stock recommendations

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abnormal Accrual-Based Anomaly and Managers' Motivations to Record Abnormal Accruals

University of Chicago
What determines analysts' reputation