Ray Zhang
Associate Professor, Accounting
Burnaby
Room: WMC 3373
Phone: 778.782.3140
Surrey
Room: SUR 5042
Phone: 778.782.7446
Email: ray_zhang@sfu.ca
Credentials
Finning Research Fellow, PhD (UBC)Research Interests
Securities Regulation & Enforcement; Bank Loan Contracting; Auditing
Selected Publications
articles and reports
Hrazdil, K., Anginer, D., Li, J., & Zhang, R. (2024). Climate Reputation and Bank Loan Contracting. Journal of Business Ethics, 192(4), 875-896. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05517-7
Hrazdil, K., Li, J., Lobo, G., & Zhang, R. (2024). CFO facial beauty and bank loan contracting. Accounting and Finance, 64(1), 975-1009. http://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13168
Duan, T., Duan, T., Li, K., Li, K., Rogo, R., Rogo, R., & Zhang, R. (2024). The Effects of a U.S. Approach to Enforcement: Evidence from China. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59(1), 121-156. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109023000352
Hrazdil, K., Lobo, G., Zhang, R., & Zhang, W. (2024). The effect of addback statutes on CEO compensation. Accounting and Finance. http://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13349
Cao, W., Naughton, J. P., Rogo, R., & Zhang, R. (2022, March). Are CEO Political Donations Linked to the Risk of SEC Enforcement Actions? Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog. https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2022/03/02/is-ceo-political-engagement-linked-to-the-risk-of-sec-enforcement-actions/
Hrazdil, K., Novak, J., Rogo, R., Wiedman, C., & Zhang, R. (2020). Measuring executive personality using machine-learning algorithms: A new approach and audit fee-based validation tests. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 47(3-4), 519-544. http://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12406
Naughton, J. P., Rogo, R., Sunder, J., & Zhang, R. (2018). SEC monitoring of foreign firms’ disclosures in the presence of foreign regulators. Review of Accounting Studies, 23(4), 1355-1388. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-018-9467-x
Hrazdil, K., Trottier, K., & Zhang, R. (2014). An intra- and inter-industry evaluation of three classification schemes common in capital market research. Applied Economics, 46(17), 2021-2033. http://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.892200
Hrazdil, K., Trottier, K., & Zhang, R. (2013). A comparison of industry classification schemes: A large sample study. Economics Letters, 118(1), 77-80. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.022
Hrazdil, K., & Zhang, R. (2012). The importance of industry classification in estimating concentration ratios. Economics Letters, 114(2), 224-227. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.10.001