Po-Chang Chen

Associate Professor

Accountancy

Profile

Academic Background

Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
M.B.A. National Taiwan University, 2002
B.S. in Accounting, National Taiwan University, 2000

Academic & Professional Experience

Associate Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (August 2018 - Present)
PwC Endowed Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (July 2016 - July 2018)
Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (August 2012 - July 2018)
Instructor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (2007 - 2011)
Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (August 2006 - May 2012)
Business Analyst, ABeam Consulting (April 2004 - June 2006)

Recent Publications

Burke, Q. L., Chen, P., and Lobo, G. J. 2020. Is Corporate Social Responsibility Performance Related to Conditional Accounting Conservatism? Accounting Horizons (In Press).
Chen, P., Ballou, B., Grenier, J., and Heitger, D. 2019. Sustainability Assurance's Link to Reporting Quality. Journal of Accountancy.
Chiu, C., Chen, P., and Wang, Y. 2019. Improving the Estimation of Discretionary Accruals - the Cycle Approach. Journal of Finance and Accountancy 25: 1-19.
Ballou, B., Chen, P., Grenier, J., and Heitger, D. 2018. Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance and Reporting Quality: Evidence from Restatements. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 37(2): 167-188.
Burke, Q.L., Chen, P., and Eaton, T.V. 2017. An empirical examination of mark-to-market accounting for corporate pension plans. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 36(1): 34-58.
Chen, P. 2016. Banks' acquisition of private information about financial misreporting. The Accounting Review 91(3): 835-857.
Abdel-Khalik, A.R., and Chen, P. 2015. Growth in financial derivatives: The public policy and accounting incentives. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 34: 291-318.
Eaton, T.V., Burke, Q.L., and Chen, P. 2015. Marking pension plans to market. The CPA Journal 85: 30-33.

Honors & Awards

Winner of the Excellence in Reviewing Award, Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS), American Accounting Association, 2018 and 2016
Winner of Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award - Outstanding Junior Professor, Miami University, 2016
CELTUA Commendation for Influence on Students, Miami University, 2014-2019
University Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2008 - 2012
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 2007

Research Interests

Financial Reporting Quality; Accounting Choices; Corporate Social Responsibility; Loan Contracting

Biography

Po-Chang Chen joined the faculty at Miami in 2012 after receiving his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Po-Chang's primary teaching area is financial accounting and has taught both intermediate and advanced financial accounting courses. His research interests relate to the determinants/consequences of firms' financial reporting quality and accounting choices, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) which has become an integral part of modern businesses and corporate reporting.