Yanhua Sunny Yang Vita October 2014
Accounting Department University of Connecticut 2100 Hillside Rd, Unit 1041A Storrs, CT 06269-1041 Email:
[email protected] Office phone: (860) 486-4696 Cell phone: (512) 584-0616
EDUCATION PhD in Accounting, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006 Master of Accounting, Tsinghua University, China, 1999 Bachelor of Finance, Tsinghua University, China, 1997
EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor in Accounting, University of Connecticut, 2012 - present Assistant Professor in Accounting, University of Texas at Austin, 2006 -2012 Financial Analyst and Accountant, IBM China Company Limited, Accounting Dept., Finance & Planning Dept., 1999–2001
RESEARCH Publications Do Financial Analysts’ Long-term Growth Forecasts Matter? Evidence from Stock Recommendations and Career Outcomes, with Boochun Jung and Philip Shane, 2012. Journal of Accounting and Economics (53): pp55–76. Earnings Smoothing Activities of Firms to Manage Credit Ratings, with Boochun Jung and Naomi Soderstrom, 2013. Contemporary Accounting Research (30): pp645-676. Do Financial Analysts Add Value by Facilitating More Effective Monitoring of Firms' Activities? with Boochun Jung and Kevin Sun, 2012. Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (27): pp61-99 Horizon-Dependent Underreaction in Financial Analysts' Earnings Forecasts, with Philip Shane and Jana Smith Raedy, 2006 Contemporary Accounting Research (23): pp291-322. Working Papers Do Dividend Increases Convey Information about Future Earnings Changes? Evidence for Firms with Weak Credit Ratings, with Boochun Jung and Ross Jennings. Revise and Re-submit at the Contemporary Accounting Research (2nd round). The Impact of Dividend Covenants on Investment and Operating Performance, with Boochun Jung and Woo-Jong Lee. The Interpretive Information Content of Credit Rating Changes for Stock Investors, with
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Michael Clement and Boochun Jung. In preparation for submission to Contemporary Accounting Research. Earnings Quality and Product Market Competition: A Non−Linear Relationship, with Ying Guo and Boochun Jung. Awarded the Best Paper at the 2014 American Accounting Association Northeast Region meetings. The Influence of Financial Report Readability on Credit Rating Effort and Rating Quality. With Bjorn Jorgensen and Qiuhong Zhao. In preparation for submission to the 2015 American Accounting Association annual meeting. The Effect of Scaled Regulation on Financing Choices: Evidence from Small Public Companies and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. With Dave Weber. Work in Progress The Impact of Accounting information aggregation on its informativeness. With Logan Steele.
TEACHING Advanced Accounting (Fall 2012, Spring 2014), University of Connecticut. Intermediate Financial Accounting (equivalent to I and II), 2006 to 2012. University of Texas at Austin. Introductory Financial Reporting, 2004 - 2005. University of Colorado at Boulder.
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AND PRESENTATION 2014
2013
2013 2012 2012 2011
2009
2009
2009
AAA 2014 Northeast Region Meeting. Presenter and discussant. Presented “Earnings Quality and Product Market Competition: A Non−Linear Relationship.” Discussed “Securitization and Accounting Restatements.” AAA annual meeting. Moderator, discussant, and presenter. Presented “The Impact of Dividend Covenants on Investment and Operating Performance.” Discussed “Large Price Changes and Subsequent Returns.” Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference the fourth Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America. Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference AAA annual meeting. Presenter. Presented “Costly Dividend Increases and Future Profitability: Evidence for Firms with Weak Credit Ratings.” Presentation at the 20th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting. Presented “Do Analysts’ Long-term Growth Forecasts Signal Effective Effort Underlying Informative Stock Recommendations and Positive Career Outcomes?.” AAA annual meeting. Presenter. Presented “Do Financial Analysts’ Long-term Growth Forecasts Reflect Effective Effort towards Informative Stock Recommendations?” Presentation at the second Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America.
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2009
Presented “Earnings Smoothing Activities of Firms to Manage Credit Ratings.” Presentation at the 4th Annual Lone Star Accounting Research Conference. Presented “Do Financial Analysts Add Value by Facilitating More Effective Monitoring of Firms' Activities?”
2008
Presentation at the 19th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, discussant. Discussed “Value of cash holdings and accounting conservatism.”
2008
Presentation at AAA annual meeting. Presented “Earnings Smoothing Activities of Firms to Manage Credit Ratings.”
2008
Presentation at the University of Arizona. Presented “Earnings Smoothing Activities of Firms to Manage Credit Ratings.”
2007
University of Texas at Austin Accounting-Finance Mini Conference. Presented “Earnings Smoothing Activities of Firms to Manage Credit Ratings.” Presentation at the 17th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting. Presented “Do “At-Risk” Firms with Good Prospects Manage Accruals to Avoid Delisting?” AAA-financial accounting mid-year meeting. AAA Annual Meeting. Oklahoma University School of Accounting Conference. Presentation at the AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Mid-Year Meeting and Doctoral Consortium. Presented “Horizon-Dependent Underreaction in Financial Analysts' Earnings Forecasts.” AAA-Deloitte Doctoral Consortium. Presention at Tsinghua University. Presented Horizon-Dependent Underreaction in Financial Analysts' Earnings Forecasts. PAC 10 Consortium in accounting at the University of Washington in Seattle. University of Colorado Winter Accounting Research Conference.
2006
2006 2005 2005 2004
2004 2003
2003 2002
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION Licensed as a C.P.A. in China, 1998 Member of American Accounting Association
SERVICES Ad hoc reviewer for JAAP, AAA annual meetings, FARs conference, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics conference, Hong Kong research grant.
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