Professor Fan joined the City University of Hong Kong in 2023, after serving on the faculty of the University of Hong Kong since 2019. His research focuses on corporate disclosure, earnings management, and tax compliance. His work has been published in several leading accounting journals and has received a best paper award from the MIT Asia Conference in Accounting. He is also an inactive CPA in China.
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Publications
| Journal Publications and Reviews |
- Fan, Zhongwen; Jia, Yifan (Yvonne); Wang, Xin / Management Forecasts and Investment Efficiency: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. January 2026; In: Accounting Horizons.
- Ali, Ashiq; Fan, Zhongwen; Li, Siman / Air pollution and managers’ forecasting ability. August 2025; In: Review of Accounting Studies. Vol. 30, pp. 3464-3513
- Fan, Zhongwen; Guo, Jia; Ng, Jeffrey; Zhang, Xiao / Investment portfolio management to meet or beat earnings expectations. June 2025; In: Review of Accounting Studies. Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 2134-2183
- Ali, Ashiq; Fan, Zhongwen / The Role of Capital Expenditure Forecasts in Debt Contracting. May 2024; In: Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.
- CHOW, Travis; FAN, Zhongwen; HUANG, Li; LI, Oliver Zhen; LI, Siman / Reciprocity in Corporate Tax Compliance—Evidence from Ozone Pollution. December 2023; In: Journal of Accounting Research. Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 1425-1477
- Fan, Zhongwen; Radhakrishnan, Suresh; Zhang, Yuan / Corporate Governance and Earnings Management: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals. June 2021; In: Contemporary Accounting Research. Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 1434-1464
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