Ciao-Wei Chen

Associate Professor of Accountancy and PwC Faculty Fellow

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4070 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

Associate Professor of Accountancy, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016-2024
Lecturer, University of Washington-Seattle, 2015-2016

Chen, C., Melessa, S., Mergenthaler, R., & Ohn, H. Forthcoming. Measuring Cash Flows: A Guide for Researchers. The Accounting Review.
Chen, C., Heflin, F., Ryu, P., & Wang, J. Forthcoming. Right on Target: Is Public Disclosure of Non-GAAP Earnings Associated with M&A Efficiency. Contemporary Accounting Research.
Chen, C., & Li, L. (2023). Is Hiring Fast a Good Sign? The Informativeness of Job Vacancy Duration for Future Firm Profitability. Review of Accounting Studies, 28 1316-1353.
Chen, C., Correia, M., & Urcan, O. (2023). Accounting for Leases and Corporate Investment. The Accounting Review, 98 (3), 109-133.

Chen, C. (2019). The Disciplinary Role of Financial Statements: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions of Privately Held Targets. Journal of Accounting Research, 57 (2), 391-430.
Chen, C., Hepfer, B., Quinn, P., & Wilson, R. (2018). The Effect of Tax-Motivated Income Shifting on Information Asymmetry. Review of Accounting Studies, 23 958-1004.
Chen, C., Collins, D., Kravet, T., & Mergenthaler, R. (2018). Financial Statement Comparability and the Efficiency of Acquisition Decisions. Contemporary Accounting Research, 35 (1), 164-202.

Chen, C., & Li, L. (2022). Is Hiring Fast a Good Sign? The Informativeness of Job Vacancy Duration for Future Firm Profitability. Review of Accounting Studies Annual Conference, Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Chen, C., Hepfer, B., Quinn, P., & Wilson, R. (2017). The Effect of Income Shifting on the Information Environment: Evidence from Two-Stage Least Squares and SFAS 131. Review of Accounting Studies Annual Conference.
Chen, C. (2017). The Disciplinary Role of Financial Statements: Evidence from Mergers and Acquistitions aof Privately Held Targets. Journal of Accounting Research Conference.
Chen, C. (2015). Financial Statement Comparability and the Efficiency of Acquisition Decisions. 30th Contemporary Accounting Research Conference.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Faculty Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Research Support Award, Campus Research Board, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016-2018

Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis

Capital Markets; Financial Reporting; Corporate Investments; Merger and Acquisitions; Disclosures

Advanced Financial Reporting (ACCY 410) Current authoritative accounting standards and applications to accounting practice. Topics do not represent the full range of financial reporting issues, but are selected based on relevance of the underlying business transaction, complexity of the topic, consistency of applicable standard with underlying reporting concepts, and transferability of the standard to other accounting issues.

4070 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820