Education Background
Ph.D. in Accounting, INSEAD
Master of Accounting, Master of Science in Information Systems, University of Arizona
Research Field
Biography
Cai Chen received her Ph.D. degree in Accounting from INSEAD and her Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Arizona. Prior to her Ph.D., she worked at Ernst & Young in the U.S. and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Singapore. Her research focuses on information frictions in the capital market and how reporting, information intermediaries, and third-party verification help mitigate these frictions. Currently, her research centers on information frictions related to companies' sustainability performance.
1. Scrutinizing ESG Assurance through the Lens of Reporting (solo-author, job market paper)
Under Review
Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4855780
2. Mandated Environmental Liability Recognition and the Voluntary Disclosure of ESG Information
(with Daniel Bens and Peter Joos)
Under Review
Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4065940
3. ESG rating competition and rating quality (with Svenja Dube and Shiran Vaknin Froymovich)
-2nd round Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Accounting Research
4. Bank lending upon global coordination failure of decarbonization (with Yupeng Lin, Joban Sulaeman and Wanrong Xu)
Preparing for submission
Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4386524
5. The Value of NGOs in ESG (with Janja Brendel, Thomas Keusch, and Zacharias Sautner)
Preparing for submission
Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4758829
