Lin Cheng

Contact Information

• 520.621.0148 office
• 520.621.3742 fax
• lincheng@email.arizona.edu
• McClelland Hall 301Q

Curriculum Vitae

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SSRN Author Page

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Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2012
• MAcc, The Ohio State University, 2007
• Accounting, Summa Cum Laude, York University (Toronto, Canada), 2006

Current Courses

• Acct 400C, Intermediate Financial Accounting, Fall 2012
• Acct 400E, Intermediate Accounting, Fall 2012

Research Interests

• Corporate Disclosure
• Debt Contracting
  
• Financial Constraints
  
• Textual Analysis

Working Papers

• “The Commitment Effect versus Information Effect of Disclosure - Evidence from Smaller Reporting Companies” (with Scott Liao and Helen Zhang)
  Conditionally Accepted at The Accounting Review
• “The Information Content of Differences in Financial Constraints Risk Disclosure Requirement” (with Anne Beatty and Helen Zhang)
• “Non-Recurring Items in Debt Contracts” (with Anne Beatty and Tzachi Zach)
• “Organized Labor and Debt Contracting” (sole-authored)
• “Loan Loss Provisioning and Differences of Opinion” (sole-authored)

Professional Associations

• American Accounting Association (AAA)
  
• Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA)
  
• European Accounting Association (EAA)
  

Awards and Honors

• The Pace Setter Award for Ph.D. Students, The Ohio State University, 2012
  
• National Center for the Middle Market Scholar, 2012
  
• AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2011
  
• Graduate Associate Teaching Award Nominee, The Ohio State University, 2011
  
• University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2007
  
• Summa Cum Laude, York University, 2006