Associate Professor Li Chen | Research School of Accounting

RSA

Research School of Accounting

Position

Associate Professor

li.chen1@anu.edu.au

Phone number

+61 2 612 57388

Office

Room 3.27, CBE Bld (26C)

Link

https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/lily-chen

Research areas

Financial accounting; Sustainability accounting and Reporting; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate governance.

Biography

Lily Chen is an Associate Professor in Accounting. She joined ANU in July 2023 and previously worked at the University of Auckland Business School where she obtained her PhD. Lily’s research interests are in the areas of financial reporting and disclosure, financial analysts, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, integrated reporting, and machine learning. Her research has been published in international journals such as The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting and Finance, Journal of International Accounting Research, and Meditari Accountancy Research. Her work has been widely cited by regulatory bodies, major accounting firms, and professional bodies in their publications, and has received several manuscript awards and conference best paper awards. Lily is an editor for Pacific Accounting Review and serves on the editorial board for Accounting and Finance, and Meditari Accountancy Research. She is also serving on the board of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.

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Research publications

Selected Refereed Journal Articles:

2023. Hou, F. Wang, R. Ng, S., Zhu, F., Witbrock, M., Cahan, C., Chen, L., Jia, X. Anistropic span embeddings and the negative impact of higher-order inference for coreference resolution: an empricial analysis. Natural Language Engineering. Forthcoming.

2023. Cahan, C., Chen, C., Chen, L. In Financial statements we trust: Institutional investors’ stockholdings after restatements. The Accounting Review. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2019-0654. Journal ranking: ABDC A*; FT 50.

2023. Dimes, R., de Villiers, C., Chen, L. How Integrated Thinking Can Be Detected in Management Disclosures in Annual Reports: Insights from a Large-Scale Text-Analysis Approach. Journal of Management Accounting Research, first online July 2023. https://doi.org/10.2308/JMAR-2022-082. Journal ranking: ABDC A*.

2022. Khoo, E., Chen, L., Monroe, G. Shareholder election of CSR committee members and its effects on CSR performance. Best Paper Award at the 2021 AFAANZ annual conference. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. First published: 22 July 2022. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12643. Journal ranking: ABDC A*.

2022. Chen, L., Hu, F, Krishnan, A, Li, Z. Business strategy, financial reporting violations, and audit pricing in an emerging market – evidence from China. Journal of International Accounting Research, forthcoming. doi: 10.2308/JIAR-2021-054. Journal ranking: ABDC A.

2022. Wang, R., Hou, F.,Cahan, Chen, L., Jia, X., S., Ji, W. Fine-grained entity typing with a type taxonomy: a systematic review. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, first online February 2022. doi: 10.1109/TKDE.2022.3148980. Journal 2021 impact factor: 6.98.

2022. Prasad, N., Hay, D., & Chen, L. Use of In-house Internal Audit Functions in New Zealand. Meditari Accountancy Research, first online February 2022. doi: 10.1108/MEDAR-03-2020-0803. Journal ranking: ABDC A.

2021. Cahan, S., Chen, C., & Chen, C. Do local social norms affect investors’ involvement in social activism? Revisiting the case of US institutional investors. 2021 Peter Brownell Manuscript Award. Accounting and Finance, 61, 1957-1992. doi: org/10.1111/acfi.12649. Journal ranking: ABDC A.

2021. Tidbury, D., Cahan, S., & Chen, L. Does deal size moderate the effects of board faultlines? Evidence from acquisitions?. Meditari Accountancy Research, publication date: 25 June 2021, doi: 10.1108/medar-06-2020-0919. Journal ranking: ABDC A.

2020. Chen, L., Hay, D., & Zhuang, J. Initial public offering prospectus forecast errors and mandatory explanations: evidence from New Zealand. Accounting and Finance, 60, 2167-2202. doi:10.1111/acfi.12428. Journal ranking: ABDC A.

2019. Qin, Y., Harrison, J., & Chen, L. A framework for the practice of corporate environmental responsibility in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 426-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.245. Journal ranking: ABDC A.

2017. Barth, M., Cahan, S., Chen, L., & Venter, E. The economic consequences associated with integrated report quality: Capital market and real effects. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 62, 43-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2017.08.005. Journal ranking: ABDC A*; FT 50.

2017. Cahan, S. F., Chen, C., & Chen, L. Social norms and CSR performance. Best Paper Award at the 2013 AFAANZ annual conference. Journal of Business Ethics, 145, 493-508. doi:10.1007/s10551-015-2899-3. Journal ranking: ABDC A; FT 50.

2015. Cahan, S. F., Chen, C., Chen, L., & Nguyen, N. H. Corporate social responsibility and media coverage. Best Paper Award at the 2014 AFAANZ annual conference. Journal of Banking & Finance, 59, 409-422. doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2015.07.004. Journal ranking: ABDC A*.

Book Chapter:

2020. Barth, M., Cahan, S., Chen, L., Venter, E. Archival research informing the dual objective of integrated reporting. Book chapter of Routledge Handbook of Integrated Reporting. Print ISBN: 9780367233853. doi: 10.4324/9780429279621-12.

PhD Thesis:

2012. Chen, L. ‘Financial analysts' underreaction and reputation-building incentives’. PhD Thesis, Dean’s List, University of Auckland. doi: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/19643

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Research grants and awards

Grants:

Lily's research has been funded by funders including the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Awards:

2022 The University of Auckland Business School Research Excellence Award

2022 Wiley 2021 Peter Brownell Manuscript Award – 2021 best article published in Accounting and Finance

2021 AFAANZ Best Paper Award

2019 New Zealand Centre at Peking University 2020 Visiting Fellowship

2017 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence – Highly Commended paper published in Pacific Accounting Review

2015 The Accounting and Finance Department Staff Award - Outstanding Contribution Award

2015 The University of Auckland Business School Teaching Excellence Award

2014 AFAANZ Best Paper Award

2013 AFAANZ Best Paper Award

Research engagement and outreach

Editor, Pacific Accounting Review

Editorial board member, Accounting and Finance

Editorial board member, Meditary Accountancy Research

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand board member

CAANZ member

Teaching

Current Teaching:

BUSN2015 Company Accounting