Jing Chen (jchen4)

Jing Chen

Associate Professor

School of Business

Education

  • PhD (2014) New York University (Accounting)
  • BBA (2009) Renmin University of China (Accounting)

Research

Corporate Disclosures
Media
Financial Analysts
Supplier-Customer Relationship
Textual Analysis

Experience

Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024 - Present
Assistant Professor of Accounting, School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2019 - 2024
Assistant Professor of Accounting, School of Management, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 2014 - 2019

Institutional Service

  • Investment committee of the board of trustees Member
  • Research and Entrepreneurship Committee Member
  • ACC 510/FIN 510 Financial Statement Analysis Course Coordinator Chair
  • ACC 215 Managerial Accounting Course Coordinator Chair
  • Accounting External Speaker Series Coordinator Chair
  • Stevens CFA Student Scholarship Selection Committee Member
  • SSB Ethics Committee Member
  • SSB Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member
  • Graduate Student Faculty Advisor Member
  • Freshman Faculty Advisor Member
  • Institute Undergraduate Studies Committee Member
  • Employee Recognition Committee Member
  • Faculty Search Committee, Accounting Lecturer Member
  • Employee Recognition Committee Chair
  • Faculty Search Committee, Accounting TT Member
  • Faculty Search Committee, Accounting Visiting Professor Member
  • Employee Recognition Committee Member
  • Faculty Search Committee, Marketing TT Member
  • Faculty Liaison for FIN615 Chair
  • Faculty Search Committee, Accounting NTT Member
  • Faculty Search Committee, Accounting TT Member

Professional Service

  • The International Journal of Accounting Editorial board
  • AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting Conference reviewer
  • NSF Science of Organizations program Ad hoc reviewer
  • American Accounting Association AAA Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award selection committee
  • British Accounting Review Ad hoc reviewer
  • Contemporary Accounting Review Ad hoc reviewer
  • Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management Ad hoc reviewer
  • Journal of Accounting and Public Policy Ad hoc reviewer
  • Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Ad hoc reviewer
  • Management Science Ad hoc reviewer
  • Business and Society Ad hoc reviewer
  • AAA Annual Meeting Conference reviewer
  • AAA Joint Midyear Meeting of the AIS and SET Sections Conference reviewer
  • Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America Annual Conference Conference reviewer

Honors and Awards

Photios T. Paulson ’59 Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2022 – 2024
Jack Howe Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2019 – 2022
Vice Provost’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2020
FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award, American Accounting Association, 2018
Marcus Nadler Fellowship, NYU Stern School of Business, 2013 - 2014
AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2013
Doctoral Fellowship, NYU Stern School of Business, 2009 - 2013
Letter of Commendation for Teaching Excellence, NYU Stern School of Business, 2012
National Scholarship, Renmin University of China, 2008

Professional Societies

  • CFA Institute Member
  • CFA Society New York Member
  • AAA – American Accounting Association Member

Grants, Contracts and Funds

CRAFT Ignition Grant ($10,000). 2023. “Comprehensive Financial Disclosure Lexicon.” with Arion Cheong, Elaine Henry, and Joon Ho Kong.

Selected Publications

1. Jing Chen, Yiwei Dou, Stephen Ryan, Youli Zou. “Does the Current Expected Credit Loss Approach Decrease the Procyclicality of Banks’ Lending?” Forthcoming at The Accounting Review.
2. Jing Chen, Michael J. Jung, Michael Tang. 2023. “Does Lowball Guidance Work? An Analysis of Firms That Consistently Beat Their Guidance by Large Margins.” The British Accounting Review, 55(6).
3. Jing Chen, Elaine Henry, Xi Jiang (PhD student). 2023. “Is Cybersecurity Risk Factor Disclosure Informative? Evidence from Disclosures Following a Data Breach.” Journal of Business Ethics, 187, 199-224.
4. Jing Chen, Yiwei Dou, Youli Zou. 2021. “Information Externalities of SFAS 161: Evidence from Supply Chains.” The Accounting Review, 96 (4), 179-202.
5. Zahn Bozanic, Jing Chen, Michael J. Jung. 2019. “Analyst Contrarianism.” Journal of Financial Reporting, 4(2), 61-88.
6. Jing Chen, Elizabeth Demers, Baruch Lev. 2018. “Oh What a Beautiful Morning! Diurnal Influences on Executives and Analysts: Evidence from Conference Calls.” Management Science, 64(12), 5899-5924.
7. Jing Chen, Michael J. Jung, Joshua Ronen. 2017. “The Confirmation Effect of Analyst Recommendation Reiterations.” Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 32(4), 576-592.
8. Jing Chen, Michael J. Jung. 2016. “Activist Hedge Funds and Firm Disclosure.” Review of Financial Economics, 29, 52-63.
9. Jing Chen, Elizabeth Demers, Baruch Lev. 2013. “The Dangers of Late-Afternoon Earnings Calls.” Harvard Business Review, October.

Courses

ACC 215 Managerial Accounting
ACC/FIN 510 Financial Statement Analysis
ACC 311 Intermediate Accounting I (before 2023)