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Ling Yang

Assistant Professor of Accounting
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Overview

Professor Yang is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Smith School of Business. Her research examines how regulations of financial institutions affect their behaviors in the financial markets. She teaches management accounting in the Commerce program.

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Academic Area

  • Accounting

Interest Topics

  • Accounting
  • Government & Policy
  • Risk

Faculty Details

Profile

Full Bio

Professor Yang earned her PhD in Accounting from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

She also holds an MBA and an MS in Economics from Georgia Institute of Technology and a BEcon in Finance and a BS in Bioengineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Prior to her PhD study, she advised pensions and endowments on selecting fund managers.

She started her career interning at Bear Stearns and Financial Accounting Standards Board in the United States.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Accounting
University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2019)

M.B.A. & M.S. in Economics
Georgia Institute of Technology (2008)

B.Ec. in Finance & B.S. in Bioengineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2005)

Academic Experience

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University 
Assistant Professor of Accounting (2019 - Present)

Publications

Journal Articles

An Information Quality-Based Explanation for Loan Loss Allowance Inadequacy During the 2008 Financial Crisis. Journal of Accounting and Economics, Published January 2022 Vol 73, Issue 1 Item Number 101433

Working Papers

An Information Quality-Based Explanation for Delayed Loan Loss Provisioning

During the 2008 Financial Crisis     

Can Stress Test Disclosure Risk-Discipline Banks?

Teaching

Introduction to Management Accounting (Winter 2020, Spring 2021)

Presentations

Invited Presentations

AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, AAA Annual Meeting (2020)

City University of Hong Kong, HKU, HKUST, Queen’s University (2019)

Awards

Fellowships

Jennifer Jones Ph.D. Fellowship, Chicago Booth (2018-2019)

Katherine Dusak Miller Ph.D. Fellowship, Chicago Booth (2017-2018)

Oscar Mayer Fellowship, Chicago Booth (2015)

Ph.D. Program Fellowship, Chicago Booth (2014-2017)

Research Awards

General Research Grant, Smith School of Business (2019-2020)

Scholarships

Access Scholarship, CFA Institute (2008)

Awareness Scholarship, CFA Institute (2007)

Full Merit-Based Scholarship, Georgia Institute of Technology (2005-2008)

Other Awards

Best Paper by a Doctoral Student, AAA Mid-Atlantic Region Meeting (2017)

Nominated Attendee, AAA FARS Doctoral Consortium (2017)

Postgraduate Technical Assistant, FASB (2008-2009)

Bronze Medal, the 9th China National Biology Olympiad (2000)