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Dr. Chen earned his PhD in Accounting from the University of Waterloo in 2017 and his master's and bachelor's degree in Economics from Fudan University in China.
Prior to joining Laurier, he was a financial auditor at PwC (2003–2006) and a financial advisor at KPMG (2006–2011). He is a certified public accountant in China.
Managerial discretion in financial reporting and disclosure, information content of accounting information, issues in accounting standard setting, and capital markets.
- Matthew Cedergren, Changling Chen, and Kai Chen. (2019). “The implication of unrecognized asset value on the relation between market valuation and debt valuation adjustment.” Review of Accounting Studies, 24(2), 426–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-019-9486-2.
- Kai Chen. (2021). “Press release management around accelerated share repurchases.” European Accounting Review, 30(1), 197–222. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2020.1756885.
- Kai Chen, Darren Henderson, and Christine Wiedman. (2022). “Voluntary disclosure of disaggregated balance sheet and cash flow information around restatements.” Accounting Horizons, 36(3), 45–70. https://doi.org/10.2308/HORIZONS-19-043.
- Kai Chen. (2022). "Suppliers’ relationship-specific investments and customers’ management forecasts." Advances in Accounting, 59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adiac.2022.100626.
- BU127 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- BU387 Intermediate Accounting I
- BU827 Seminar in Financial Accounting (co-teach)
Contact Info:
T: 548.889.4481
Office location: LH4105
Office hours: booking page
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin
Website: kaichen.work