Sanjian Zhang

Sanjian (Bill) Zhang

Professor, Accountancy (ACCT)
Email: sanjian.zhang@csulb.edu
Campus Phone: 562.985.5753
Office: COB-404 (Hours)
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Bill joined CBA in 2014 as an associate professor of accountancy. He was an American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2005 and a Paul Merage School of Business Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, from 2000 to 2004. He served as the referee of Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Banking & Finance, JAAAF, Journal of Financial Stability (JFS), JFR, Quantitative Finance, and Review of Accounting and Finance, etc. As a sole applicant, he won a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) research grant for 2011-2014 and also served as a SSHRC reviewer in 2012-2018. In 2013, he was interviewed by Economia on topics related to bank regulation and the 2007-2009 credit crisis.

Auditing, Financial Statement Analysis, Introductory Financial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, IFRS and U.S. GAAP, and Managerial Accounting

Bond credit rating, credit derivative pricing, banking, earnings management, auditing, the 2007-2009 credit crisis, executive compensation, and financial distress

  • PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2006
    Major/Concentration: Management and Accounting
  • Master, Catholic University of Leuven, 2000
    Major/Concentration: Master of Business Administration
  • Bachelor, Shanghai International Studies University, 1997
    Major/Concentration: Economics
    Academic
  • California State University Long Beach (2019 - Present) Professor
  • California State University, Long Beach (2014 - 2018) Associate Professor
  • McGill University, Desaults Faculty of Management (2008 - 2014) Assistant Professor
  • Lehigh University, College of Business and Economics (2006 - 2008) Assistant Professor
  • University of California, Irvine (2005 - 2005) Instructor
  • "“Involvement in Offshore Financial Centers and Audit Fees: Evidence from U.S. Multinational Firms”", European Accounting Review , Feb-2022
  • "IFRS Convergence and Stock Market Impact: Evidence from the 2007 China Reform", Journal of Accounting and Finance, Jan-2020
  • "CDS pricing and accounting disclosures: Evidence from U.S. bank holding corporations around the recent financial crisis", Journal of Financial Stability, Feb-2016
  • "Exploring risk containment among Big 4 firms through credit derivatives", International Journal of Services and Standard (The), Dec-2014
  • "Incentive Alignment through Performance-Focused Shareholder Proposals in Management Compensation", Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Aug-2014
  • "Aggregate Accounting Earnings and Security Returns: China Evidence and the Replication of U.S Results", China Accounting and Finance Review, Jun-2014
  • "An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Accounting Expertise in Audit Committees on Non-GAAP Earnings Exclusions", Accounting Horizons , Mar-2014
  • "Information Efficiency of the Credit Default Swap Market: Evidence from Earnings Surprises", Journal of Financial Stability, Dec-2013
  • "Shareholder Activism and Earnings Management Incentives", Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting , Sep-2013
  • "AKM Mortgages Inc.", Issues in Accounting Education , Jun-2013
  • "The Role of Operating Cash Flow in Credit Rating: Investment-grade Firms vs. Speculative-grade Firms", Risk Governance and Control, Jan-2012
  • "Inventory Accounting Choice and Bond Issue Premium: Evidence from the US Corporate Bond Market", Western Decision Science Institute (WDSI) Meeting , Waikoloa, HI , Apr-2022
  • "Reviewer", Western Decision Sciences Institute - Reviewer , Hawaii, USA , Apr-2022
  • "Involvement In Offshore Financial Centers, Audit Risk, And Audit Fees: Evidence From U.S. Multinational Firms", Western Decision Science Institute (WDSI) Meeting , Portland, Oregon , Apr-2020
  • "Reviewer", Western Decision Sciences Institute - Reviewer , Portland, Oregon , Apr-2020
  • "The Spillover Effect of Accounting Quality on Debt Contracting along the Supply Chain", Western Decision Science Institute (WDSI) Meeting , Hawaii , Apr-2018
  • "IFRS Convergence and Stock Market Impact: Evidence from the 2007 China Reform", Western Decision Science Institute (WDSI) Meeting , Hawaii , Apr-2018
  • "Do Equity Investors Benefit from the 2007 IFRS Convergence in China", American Accounting Association - Western Conference , Apr-2016
  • "Do Equity Investors Benefit from the 2007 IFRS Convergence in China", American Accounting Association , Jul-2015
  • "Involvement of Offshore Financial Centers and Audit Pricing", American Accounting Association , Jan-2015
  • "Not all Big-4 Firms Are Equally Good in Business Risk Containment: Evidence from the Credit Default Swaps Market", Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (Conference) , Jan-2014
  • "The Determinants and Consequences of Pay-Performance Activism— Evidence from Shareholder Proposals", American Accounting Association , Jan-2013
  • "Reviewer", Journal of Financial Research , Dec-2023
  • "Editorial Board Member", Review of Accounting Studies , Dec-2023
  • "Reviewer", Journal of Financial Stability , Dec-2023
  • "Reviewer", Journal of Banking and Finance , Dec-2023
  • "A banking research project", Office of Research and Sponsored Project, Jan-2018
  • "Special Invited Grant Reviewer ", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Jan-2018
  • "Special Invited Grant Reviewer ", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Jan-2016
  • "Research Grant Winner for a Funded Research Project ", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Feb-2014
  • "Special Invited Grant Reviewer ", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Jan-2014
  • "Special Invited Grant Reviewer ", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Jan-2012
  • "Harvard Business Case Workshop" (Mar-2015) , Case Workshop Harvard Business Boston
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