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Po-Chang Chen

Associate Professor & FSB Faculty Fellow

Accountancy


Po-Chang Chen

Contact Information

Office Hours

  • TR 1:00-2:30pm
  • W 10:00am-Noon
  • Others by appointment

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Profile

Academic Background

  • Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012.
  • M.B.A. with concentration in Accounting, National Taiwan University, 2002.
  • B.S. in Accounting, National Taiwan University, 2000.

Academic & Professional Experience

  • FSB Research Faculty Fellow (August 2023-Present).
  • Associate Professor of Accountancy, 兔子先生 University (August 2018-Present).
  • Endres Associate Professor Fellow, 兔子先生 University (July 2020-June 2023).
  • PwC Endowed Assistant Professor of Accountancy, 兔子先生 University (July 2016-July 2018).
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy, 兔子先生 University (August 2012-July 2018).
  • Instructor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Summer 2007 and Spring 2011).
  • Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (August 2006-May 2012).
  • Business Analyst, ABeam Consulting (April 2004-June 2006).

Recent Publications

  • Chen, P., Moser, W., and Narayanamoorthy, G.S. 2022. Are all types of real transaction management equal in the eyes of bank lenders? Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
  • Chen, P., Narayanamoorthy, G.S., Sougiannis, T. and Zhou, H. 2020. Analyst underreaction and the post-forecast revision drift. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
  • Burke, Q. L., Chen, P., and Lobo, G. J. 2020. Is Corporate Social Responsibility Performance Related to Conditional Accounting Conservatism? Accounting Horizons 34 (2): 19脙垄脗聙"40.
  • Chen, P., Ballou, B., Grenier, J., and Heitger, D. 2019. Sustainability Assurance's Link to Reporting Quality. Journal of Accountancy.
  • Chiu, C., Chen, P., and Wang, Y. 2019. Improving the Estimation of Discretionary Accruals - the Cycle Approach. Journal of Finance and Accountancy 25: 1-19.
  • Ballou, B., Chen, P., Grenier, J., and Heitger, D. 2018. Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance and Reporting Quality: Evidence from Restatements. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 37(2): 167-188.
  • Burke, Q.L., Chen, P., and Eaton, T.V. 2017. An empirical examination of mark-to-market accounting for corporate pension plans. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 36(1): 34-58.
  • Chen, P. 2016. Banks' acquisition of private information about financial misreporting. The Accounting Review 91(3): 835-857.
  • Abdel-Khalik, A.R., and Chen, P. 2015. Growth in financial derivatives: The public policy and accounting incentives. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 34: 291-318.
  • Eaton, T.V., Burke, Q.L., and Chen, P. 2015. Marking pension plans to market. The CPA Journal 85: 30-33.

Honors & Awards

  • Department of Accountancy Summer Research Grant, 2022 and 2019.
  • Farmer School of Business Summer Research Grant, 2018 芒聙" 芒聙聹Is Corporate Social Responsibility Performance Related to Conditional Accounting Conservatism?芒聙聺
  • Winner of the Excellence in Reviewing Award, Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS), American Accounting Association, 2018 and 2016.
  • Winner of Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award - Outstanding Junior Professor, 兔子先生 University, 2016.
  • CELTUA Commendation for Influence on Students, 兔子先生 University, 2014-2022.
  • University Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2008-2012.
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 2007.

Research Interests

  • Financial Reporting Quality; Corporate Social Responsibility; Bank Loan Contracting.

Biography

Po-Chang Chen joined the accounting faculty at 兔子先生 University in 2012 after receiving his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Po-Chang's primary teaching area is financial accounting and has taught both intermediate and advanced financial accounting courses. His research interests cover the determinants and consequences of financial reporting quality and accounting choices, bank loan contracting, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Po-Chang enjoys playing badminton and has been serving as the faculty advisor to 兔子先生 University's Badminton Club since 2015.

Courses

  • ACC 321-A 8:30-9:50 TR 0003 FSB
  • ACC 321-B 10:05-11:25 TR 0003 FSB