Yuan Zou

Yuan Zou is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit. She teaches Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Zou conducts theoretically-motivated empirical studies aimed at furthering the understanding of capital markets, with an emphasis on issues of practical relevance to practitioners and regulators. She is especially interested in understanding the economic link between passive investing, price efficiency, and firm behavior. Her research in this area has been cited in one SEC commissioner speech and one SEC proposed rule. Professor Zou also examines the interaction between different types of disclosures. Her work has been published in Journal of Accounting and Economics and Management Science.

Professor Zou earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from Columbia Business School, an M.S. in Finance from Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Finance from Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU).

Journal Articles

• Glosten, Lawrence, Suresh Nallareddy, and Yuan Zou. "ETF Activity and Informational Efficiency of Underlying Securities." Management Science (forthcoming). View Details
• Ferri, Fabrizio, Ronghuo Zheng, and Yuan Zou. "Uncertainty about Managers' Reporting Objectives and Investors' Response to Earnings Reports: Evidence from the 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosures." Journal of Accounting & Economics 66, nos. 2-3 (November–December 2018): 339–365. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials

• Healy, Paul M., and Yuan Zou. "Brown and Coconut." Harvard Business School Case 122-011, July 2021. (Revised August 2021.) View Details

Areas of Interest

• accounting
• disclosure
• financial statement analysis
• mutual funds