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Prof. ZHANG, Janus Jian

Associate Professor
Accountancy Discipline
Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance

januszhang@hkbu.edu.hk
3411 6614
WLB 613
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9988-8075
Jian ZHANG public CV
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Janus Jian Zhang is an associate professor of Accounting at the School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University. He obtained his PhD from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a bachelor’s degree from Sun Yat-sen University. He teaches financial and managerial accounting courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research interests include financial accounting, auditing, and banking. 

  • Financial Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Banking

  • Financial Accounting
  • Management Accounting

  • 2015-2020 PhD in Accounting, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2005-2009 B.S. in Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University

Current Expected Credit Loss Model Adoption

with Aurelius Aaron, Xiaoli Jia, and Jeffrey Ng. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2025, 42(4): 2915–2948.

Credit Information Sharing and Firm Innovation: Evidence from the Introduction of Public Credit Registries

with Fangfang Hou, Jeffrey Ng, and Xinpeng Xu. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2025, 42(2): 774–806.

The Effect of Intellectual Property Rights Protection on Stock Price Informativeness

with Fangfang Hou, Jeffrey Ng, and Tharindra Ranasinghe. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Forthcoming

Credit Information Sharing and Investment Efficiency: Cross-country Evidence

with Fangfang Hou, Muhabie M. Mengistu, and Jeffrey Ng. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2024, 41(4): 2099–2133.

Policy Uncertainty and Loan Loss Provisions in the Banking Industry

with Jeffrey Ng, and Walid Saffar. Review of Accounting Studies, 2020, 25(2): 726–777.