Zhao, Meiling（趙美玲）

Biography

Prof. Meiling Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD in accounting from The University of Arizona. Her primary research interests relate to both financial accounting and auditing, with a focus on information intermediaries, corporate disclosure, regulation, and auditing.

Teaching Areas

Auditing
Financial and Managerial Accounting

Research Interests

Auditing
Information Intermediaries
Corporate Disclosure
Regulation

• Publications & Working Papers
  • Paul Michas, Dan Russomanno, and Meiling Zhao (2024), “The Opportunity for Partner Industry Knowledge Sharing within Audit Offices and Audit Quality,” Review of Accounting Studies.
  • Paul Michas, Mei Cheng, and Meiling Zhao (2024), “Auditor Office Reputation Damage and their Audit Clients’ Voluntary Disclosures,” Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
  • Mei Cheng, Yuan Zhang, and Meiling Zhao (2023), “The Role of Equity Underwriters in Shaping Corporate Disclosure,” Review of Accounting Studies.

• Awards & Honours
  • Best Midyear Meeting Doctoral Student Paper Award (AMYM), 2023
  • FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award, American Accounting Association, 2021