Skip to main content
The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Yao Yu

Assistant Professor

Accounting

Education

PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2015
BBA, Xiamen University, 2009

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2015-Present

Recent Honors / Awards

Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, 2019
Innovation Fellow, UMass Amherst, 2018
Commendable Performance in the PhD Program, Nanyang Technological University, 2016
Grant Recipient: Mellon Mutual Mentoring Grant, UMass Amherst, 2015

Research Interests

Internal Control Disclosure
Financial Information Comparability
Corporate Social Responsibility

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate
  • Financial Accounting
Masters
  • Financial Accounting

Selected Publications

Tan, H.-T., T. Xu, and Y. Yu. 2023. Language, perceived warmth, and investors’ reactions to audit committee reports. Contemporary Accounting Research, 40 (2), 1388–1417. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12857

Guiral, A., D. Moon, H.-T. Tan, and Y. Yu. 2020. What Drives Investor Response to CSR Performance Reports? Contemporary Accounting Research 37 (1): 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12521 

Tan, H.-T., and Y. Yu. 2018. Management's Responsibility Acceptance, Locus of Breach, and Investors' Reactions to Internal Control Reports. The Accounting Review 93 (6): 331–355. https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-52077