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
“What Drives Investor Response to CSR Performance Reports?” (with Hun Tong Tan, Andres Guiral, and Doocheol Moon) Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring 2020, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 101-130.
“Management’s Responsibility Acceptance, Locus of Breach, and Investors’ Reactions to Internal Control Reports” (with Hun Tong Tan) The Accounting Review, November 2018, Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 331-355.
