Zhefeng Frank Liu
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Zhefeng Liu is an Associate Professor of Accounting, joined the Faculty of Business in 2010. He received his Ph.D. in Accounting from Queen's University (Ontario), MBA from Case Western Reserve University (Ohio), and MA from Kent State University (Ohio) . Prior to joining Brock, Dr. Liu taught at the University of Saskatchewan. He also worked as a project manager for PolyOne Corporation (Ohio) from 2000-2003. He has taught Introduction to Financial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting and Advanced Financial Accounting as well as graduate level courses.
Research Interest
Accounting conservatism, earnings quality, earnings management, corporate disclosures, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, shareholder litigation, accounting regulation, market pricing of accruals, and international accounting.
Publications
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Liu, Z., Thornton, D and Elayan, F.. Litigation Cost, Market-to-Book, and Asymmetric Timeliness, International Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies. Volume 1, Number 1, Winter, 2013.
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Alam, P, Liu, Z., Peng, X and Qi, Y. Legal Origin, Investor Perception, and Pricing of Accruals for Cross-listed Firms, Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting. 2015.
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Liu, Z. and Elayan, F.. Litigation risk, Information Asymmetry and Conditional Conservatism, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Volume 45, Number 4, January, 2015.
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Liu, Z.. Stock options, idiosyncratic volatility, and earnings quality, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies. Forthcoming.
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Elayan, F., Felton, S., Li, J. and Liu, Z.. Changes in the Covalence Ethical Quote, Financial Performance and Financial Reporting Quality, Journal of Business Ethics. Forthcoming.
