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Cheng (Colin) Zeng is an Associate Professor of Accounting at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to joining PolyU, he held academic positions as an Assistant Professor at the University of Bristol and as an Associate Professor at the University of Manchester. His research interests are broad, encompassing accounting, finance, economics, and operations management. Specific areas of focus include the influence of political and regulatory factors on financial reporting, accounting standards, and labor-related topics.
His work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Management Science, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Production and Operations Management and Journal of Law and Economics, among others. In addition to his research, Colin serves as an Associate Editor of Abacus and the British Accounting Review. He is also Chair of the Scientific Committee for the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Annual Conference and a Guest Editor of the China Accounting and Finance Review.
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- Jie Chen, Yang Gao & Cheng Zeng. (2026). Inequality grows in silence: The impact of newspaper closures on CEO-Worker pay disparity The Accounting Review
- Yongtae Kim, Lisa Sun, Yi Xiang & Cheng Zeng. (2026). Cross-border impact of ESG disclosure mandate: Evidence from foreign government procurement contracts. The Accounting Review
- Huijuan Cao, Xiaohui Li, Qiang Wu & Cheng Zeng. (2026). The fear of divorce: The unintended consequence of Unilateral Divorce Laws on corporate innovation. Journal of Law and Economics
- Li, C., Liu, Q., Wang, W., Zeng, C., & Zhou, P. (2025). Customer concentration and suppliers’ blockchain technology adoption: Evidence from China. Production and Operations Management, 34(10), 3082-3100.
- Pappas, K., Walker, M., Xu, L. A., & Zeng, C. (2024). Do government subsidies affect income smoothing. Contemporary Accounting Research, 41(3), 1477-1512.
- Qiu, B., Xu, F., Yeung, A. C., & Zeng, C. (2024). Contagious stock price crashes along the supply chain. Production and Operations Management, 33(8), 1679-1699.
- Cao, C., Cheng, C. S., Xia, C., Xie, J., & Zeng, C. (2024). Corporate Tax Benefits from Hometown-Connected Politicians. The Accounting Review, 1-28.
- Liu, J., Shi, W., Zeng, C., & Zhang, G. (2023). Does public firms’ mandatory IFRS reporting crowd out private firms’ capital investment? Journal of Accounting Research, 61.4 (2023): 1263-1312.
- Li, Z., Ye, K., Zeng, C., & Zhang, B. (2023). Ending at the wrong time: The financial reporting consequences of a uniform fiscal year-end. The Accounting Review, 98(3), 367-396.
- Chen, T., Tan, Y., Wang, J., & Zeng, C. (2022). The unintended consequence of land finance: Evidence from corporate tax avoidance. Management Science, 68(11), 8319-8342.
- Christensen, H. B., Lee, E., Walker, M., & Zeng, C. (2015). Incentives or standards: What determines accounting quality changes around IFRS adoption?. European Accounting Review, 24(1), 31-61.
- EAR most read article (all time)
- Do Chinese government subsidies affect firm value?" with Edward Lee and Martin Walker. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 39(3), (2014), 149-169.
