Name

（姓名）

Zijian CHENG

Department

（所在系）

Accounting Department

Professional Ranks and Titles

（职称）

Associate Professor

Supervisor

（导师）

Master Supervisor

Administrative position

（职务或学术兼职）

Anonymous reviewer of China Finance Review International

Contact information

（联系方式）

chengzijian@sdu.edu.cn

Research interests

（研究领域）

Cross-listings; Reverse Merger; Dividend   Policy; FDI

Courses offered

（主讲课程）

For undergraduate: Preliminary   Accounting(Bilingual), Professional English for Accounting(Bilingual),   Financial Statement Analysis( in Chinese)

For master Student: Special Issues on   IFRS (Bilingual), Advanced Financial Statement Analysis (Bilingual)

Educational   background

（教育经历）

BCom: Shandong University, Weihai   (21/05/2008),

PhD: Xi’an Jiatong University   (25/09/2014)

Publications

（主要论著）

Selected   Publications:

[1] Cheng Z, Cullinan CP, Liu Z,   Zhang J. Cross-listings and dividend size and stability: evidence from   China[J]. Accounting & Finance, Forthcoming (SSCI JCR Q2)

[2] Cheng, Z., G. Fleming and Z.   Liu, 2019, Going Public in China: Reverse Mergers vs IPOs on Chinese Stock   Markets, in D. Cumming and S. Johan (eds) Handbook of IPOs, Oxford University   Press.

[3] Cheng Z, Fleming G, Liu Z.   Financial constraints and investment thirst in Chinese reverse merger   companies[J]. Accounting & Finance, 2017, 57 (5): 1315-134 (SSCI JCR Q2 Journal)

[4] Cheng Z, Cullinan C.P., Zhang   J. Free Cash Flow, Growth Opportunities, and Dividends: Does Cross-listing of   Shares Matter? [J] Journal of Applied Business Research, 2014(2):587-598.

[5] Cheng Z, Zhang J.   Cross-listings, Ownership Property and Cash Dividend Policy: Analysis Based   on PSM Method [J] Accounting Research (In Chinese), 2015(7)34-41. (Accounting   Research is the best journal in accounting research area in China. It is a   CSSCI journal with impact factor of 8.192)

[6] Zhang J., Yu S., and Cheng Z.   Does stock rights pledging of blockholders affect auditor’s decision?:   Evidence from audit fee and audit opinion [J] Auditing Research (In Chinese),   2017(03):65-73. (Auditing Research is the best journal in auditing research   area in China. It is a CSSCI journal with impact factor of 4.298)

Research project

（课题项目）

Selected Projects:

[1] 2017: PI of Social Science Shandong Social Science   Planning Fund Program : overseas listings and outward FDI: An Empirical Study   of Shandong Listed companies(Project No.:17DJJJ02)

[2] 2015: PI of China Postdoctoral   Science Foundation project: Overseas Listing, Financial   Constraints and M&A (Project No:2015M570599)

Awards & Honors

（获奖）

Selected Awards:

[1] 2017：BHP Billiton   Grant Awards and Visiting Scholar Awards of University of Western Australia