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Jean Zhang

Associate Professor

Area: Accounting

  • Snead Hall
  • 301 W. Main Street
  • Box 844000
  • Richmond, VA, 23284-4000
  • Office: B3139

Expertise

  • Governmental Accounting
  • Accounting Quality
  • Governance

Interests

Teaching
  • International Accounting (Graduate) and Managerial Accounting (Undergraduate)
Research
  • Governance, performance measurement, compensation, and debt contracting.
Bio

Jean X. Zhang obtained her doctoral degree in Accounting from The George Washington University, her MS in Accounting from University of Virginia and her BBA in Accounting from The College of William and Mary.  Her primary research interests include governance, performance measurement, compensation, and debt contracting. She has published in academic journals including Journal of Accounting and Economics, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, European Journal of Operational Research, and Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions
Journal Article
  • Gao, Y., Saad, M., Oest, A., Zhang, J. X., Han, B., Chen, S. (2023). Can I Own Your NFTs? Understanding the New Attack Surface to NFTs. (vol. 61, no. 9, pp. 64-70). IEEE Communications Magazine. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200628
  • Rich, K. T., Roberts, B. L., Zhang, J. X. (2021). Linguistic Tone of Management Discussion and Analysis Disclosures and the Municipal Debt Market. In Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management (4 ed., vol. 33, pp.427-446).
  • Rich, K. T., Roberts, B. L., Wall, J., Zhang, J. X. (2021). Toward an Understanding of Year-over-Year Changes in Municipal Management Discussion and Analysis Disclosures. In Advances in Accounting (September ed., vol. 54, pp.100548).
  • Rich, K. T., Roberts, B. L., Zhang, J. X. (2018). Linguistic Tone and Internal Control Reporting: Evidence from Municipal Management Discussion and Analysis Disclosures. In Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting (1 ed., vol. 7, pp.24-54).
  • Wang, H., Zhang, J. X., Yang, B., Li, F. (2017). On Time-Sensitive Revenue Management and Energy Scheduling in Green Data Centers. In Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (2 ed., vol. 14, pp.1-12).
  • Wang, W., Wang, L., Lan, Y., Zhang, J. X. (2016). Competitive Difference Analysis of the One-Way Trading Problem with Limited Information. In European Journal of Operational Research (3 ed., vol. 252, pp.879-887).
  • Wier, B., Dorminey, J., Zhang, J. X. (2016). Types of Firm-initiated Clawback Provisions and Short- and Long-term Cost of Debt. In Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research (1 ed., vol. 12, pp.54-79).
  • Rich, K. T., Roberts, B. L., Zhang, J. X. (2016). Linguistic Tone of Municipal Management Discussion and Analysis Disclosures and Future Financial Reporting Delays. In Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting (2 ed., vol. 13, pp.93-107).
  • Rich, K. T., Zhang, J. X. (2016). Municipal Audit Committees and Fiscal Policies. In Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management (4 ed., vol. 28, pp.436-466).
  • Rich, K. T., Zhang, J. X. (2016). Municipal Accounting Restatements and Top Financial Manager Turnover. In Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management (2 ed., vol. 28, pp.222-249).
  • Lan, Y., Karaesmen, I., Ball, M., Zhang, J. X., Liu, G. (2015). Analysis of Seat Allocation and Overbooking Decisions with Hybrid Information. In European Journal of Operational Research (2 ed., vol. 240, pp.493-504).
  • Rich, K. T., Zhang, J. X. (2015). Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities and Citizen Oversight. In Accounting Horizons (1 ed., vol. 29, pp.23-39).
  • Rich, K. T., Zhang, J. X. (2014). Does Audit Committee Monitoring Matter in the Government Sector? Evidence from Municipal Internal Control Quality. In Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting (1 ed., vol. 3, pp.58-80).
  • Wang, H., Zhang, J. X., Li, F. (2014). Worst-case Performance Guarantees of Scheduling Algorithms Maximizing Weighted Throughput in Energy-harvesting Networks. In Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (3 ed., vol. 4, pp.172-182).
  • Baber, W. R., Gore, A. K., Rich, K. T., Zhang, J. X. (2013). Accounting Restatements, Governance, and Municipal Debt Financing. In Journal of Accounting and Economics (2-3 ed., vol. 56, pp.212-227).