Zhifeng Yang

Zhifeng Yang, Ph.D., CFA, earned his Ph.D. from University of Alberta. His teaching interests cover corporate governance, financial accounting, and financial statement analysis. The foci of Dr. Yang’s research have been on corporate governance, finance, and auditing issues in emerging markets. Dr. Yang has published in all top four accounting journals - Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Dr. Yang is an associate editor of China Journal of Accounting Research and he is a member of the editorial board of China Journal of Accounting Studies.

Research: corporate governance and auditing issues

Teaching: Corporate governance, financial statement analysis, financial accounting