Jeff Jiewei Yu Ph.D.

Jeff Jiewei Yu, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Accounting, 2007, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
M.S. in Economics, 2001, The Ohio State University
B.A. in Economics, 1998, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Research Interests

Capital markets and the economic effects of accounting. Specifically, how market participants such as banks, financial analysts, short sellers,
corporate managers and acquirers use accounting information and how financial reporting and disclosure affect their economic behaviors.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Intermediate Financial Accounting II
Corporate Financial Reporting

Professional Experience

 •  M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, Assistant Professor (2007-2008)

Publication

•   “Conservatism and Debt” with Anne Beatty and Joseph Weber, Journal of
     Accounting and Economics, August 2008: 154-174.

Working Papers

•   “Loan Spreads and Unexpected Earnings: Do Banks Know What 
     Analysts Don’t Know?”

•   “Do Short-sellers Arbitrage Accounting-based Stock Market Anomalies?”
      with David Hirshleifer and Siew Hong Teoh.

•   “R&D Investments and Information Benefit of Bank Financing”
     with Yuan Xie and Meng Yan.

•   “Target Country’s Information Environment and Market Reactions
      to Cross-border Acquisitions” with Qi Zhou and Jay Anand

Work in Progress

•    Investment Distortion Benchmarking Peers with Fraudulent
     Financial Reporting, with Scott Liao

•    Investment Anomaly and Short Interest, with David Hirshleifer
     and Siew Hong Teoh

•    Earnings, Cash flow and Default Risk, with Anne Beatty

•    Do Financial Analysts Learn from Bank Loan Contracts?

•    Motives for Selective Disclosure and the Efficacy of Reg FD

•    Cross-listing versus Cross-border Alliance: a Contingency and 
     Dynamic Analysis

Honors and Awards

Fisher College of Business Pace Setter Award, 2007
PwC Doctoral Case Competition National Winner, 2006
FASB Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2006
CIBER Global Competence Research Award, 2004-2006
American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2004
University Fellowship, the Ohio State University, 2000-2001
GXBR Excellence Fellowship, Hong Kong GXBR Foundation, 1997
People’s Scholarship (First Prize), Fudan University, 1996-1998