Email Address:
christinexin@southalabama.edu
Location:
MCOB 250
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Google Scholar profile: Hua Xin

JRFM Special Issue Guest Editor: Financial Reporting and Auditing

Dr. Hua (Christine) Xin

Associate Professor

Accounting

Research Interests

Dr. Xin鈥檚 research interests are in financial accounting and auditing areas, which include: disclosure; accounting conservatism; insider trading; financial analysts; audit fee; audit market, etc. She is also interested in cutting edge topics like blockchain; whistleblowing; ESG; remote audit; religiosity, etc.

Education

Ph.D. Accounting, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, 2015
M.S. Business Management, Beijing Technology and Business University, 2010
B.B.A. Human Resource Management, Beijing Technology and Business University, 2006

Publications

鈥淢andatory Monthly Sales Disclosure and the Information Content of Earnings鈥� with Hsueh-Tien Lu (2024). The International Journal of Accounting: 59 (01): 2450002.
"Would Managers Sacrifice Conservative Financial Reporting to Meet/Beat Market Earnings Expectations?" with Anthony C. Ng and Bikki Jaggi (2024). Journal of Risk and Financial Management: 17 (7): 280.
- Best Paper Award at International business research conference 2012 Melbourne Australia.
"Relationship Institutions: Evidence from IPOs" with Xudong Fu, Qin Lian, Tian Tang, and Qiming Wang (2023). Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Forthcoming.
鈥淎 Research Note on Textual Disclosures About Blockchain Technology in 10-Ks.鈥� with Ben Foster (2022). Journal of Accounting, Ethics, and Public Policy 23 (1): 1-11.
鈥淓arnings Management in the Short- and Long Term Post-regulation periods鈥� with Hassan Espahbodi, Reza Espahbodi and Kose John (2021). Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 58(1), 217-244.
鈥淭he Spread and Use of Blockchains: Investigating Mentions in 10-K Reports鈥� with Ben Foster (2021). The CPA Journal 91 (5/6): 42-47.

鈥淎symmetric Timing of Gain and Loss Recognition and Insider Trading Profitability鈥� with Michael Tang (2021). Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Forthcoming.
- Best Paper Award at Global Finance Association 2018
鈥淩eligiosity, Shareholder Lawsuits, and Employee Whistleblowing鈥� with Ying Huang and Kose John (2021). Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy 22 (1): 27-58
鈥淏old Stock Recommendations: Informative or Worthless?鈥� with Dan Palmon and Bharat Sarath (2020). Contemporary Accounting Research 37 (2): 773-801.
鈥淢anagement Earnings Forecasts and Accounting Conservatism鈥� with Bikki Jaggi and Joshua Ronen (2020). Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Forthcoming.
鈥淭he Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics on the Choice of Earnings Management Strategies: Evidence from China鈥� with Baolei Qi, Jerry Lin and Gaoliang Tian (2018). Accounting Horizons 32 (1): 143-164.
鈥淚mpact of Religiosity on Auditors鈥� Behavior and Audit Fees鈥� with Bikki Jaggi (2017). Journal of Accounting, Ethics, and Public Policy 18 (3): 439-493.

Courses

ACC 451 Auditing
ACC 452 Advanced Auditing & Analytics
ACC 461 Acc for Gov and Not-For-Profit