Yao Yu
Assistant Professor Accounting
Office: Isenberg 355
Tel: 413.545.7615
Academic Background
Education
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2015
BBA, Xiamen University, 2009
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2015-Present
Research Interests
- Internal Control Disclosure
- Financial Information Comparability
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate
- Financial Accounting
Masters
- Financial Accounting
Recent Honors & Awards
Innovation Fellow, UMass Amherst, 2018
Commendable Performance in the PhD Program, Nanyang Technological University, 2016
Grant Recipient: Mellon Mutual Mentoring Grant, UMass Amherst, 2015
Selected Publications
“Locus of Causality, Management’s Responsibility Acceptance, and Investors’ Reactions to Internal Control Reports” (with Hun Tong Tan) The Accounting Review, November 2018, Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 331-355.
"Do Investors React Differently to Material versus Immaterial CSR Activities?” with Hun-Tong Tan, Andres Guiral, and Doocheol Moon. Accepted at Contemporary Accounting Research