Yifei Lu

Yifei Lu

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

  • Email

Contact

361 Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

yifeilu@illinois.edu

Update Your Profile Refresh Your Profile

Listings

Educational Background

  • Ph.D, Business Administration, Accounting, University of Rochester, 2023
  • M.S., Business Administration, University of Rochester, 2019
  • B.A., Mathematical Economics, Fudan University, 2017

Positions Held

  • Instructor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023-2023
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present

Recent Publications

  • Gao, R., & Lu, Y. Forthcoming. Aggregated Compensation Peer Group Disclosure and Managerial Labor Market Competition: A Network Analysis. Journal of Accounting Research.
  • Lu, Y., Wu, J., & Wang, J. Forthcoming. Does Foreign Investors’ Information Access Vary with Geopolitical Tensions? Evidence from Corporate Conference Calls. Journal of Accounting Research.

Current Courses

  • Data Analytics Foundations (ACCY 570) Concepts and foundations underlying data analytics for accounting. Provides fundamental knowledge of how to acquire, organize, synthesize and analyze (possibly large) volumes of data to address questions and problems. After completing this course, students should (1) have a foundational understanding of the techniques underlying data analytics, (2) recognize scenarios and identify appropriate tools for various types of data analysis and (3) use Python and Tableau to perform data analysis.

Contact

361 Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

yifeilu@illinois.edu

Update Your Profile Refresh Your Profile