Luo Zuo

Biography

Luo Zuo is an associate professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of Accounting and Economics and serves on the editorial board of The Accounting Review. He has a broad range of interests in research at the intersection of accounting and finance. His current research can be divided into two strands. The first strand explores the individual effects of managers, investors, auditors, and financial advisors. A unifying theme in this strand of research is that an individual's judgment and decision making are affected by her incentives, information, and behavioral traits. The second strand of his research focuses on corporate taxes. His research has been featured in the Economist, the NBER Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other media sources.

Selected Publications

• He, Xianjie; Kothari, S.P.; Xiao, Tusheng; Zuo, Luo. "Long-Term Impact of Economic Conditions on Auditors’ Judgment"The Accounting Review. 93.6 (2018): 203-229
• Solnik, Bruno; Zuo, Luo. "Relative Optimism and the Home Bias Puzzle"Review of Finance. 21.5 (2017): 2045–2074
• Ljungqvist, Alexander; Zhang, Liandong; Zuo, Luo. "Sharing Risk With the Government: How Taxes Affect Corporate Risk Taking"Journal of Accounting Research. 55.3 (2017): 669-707
• Schoar, Antoinette; Zuo, Luo. "Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles"Review of Financial Studies. 30.5 (2017): 1425-1456
• Cen, Ling; Maydew, Edward; Zhang, Liandong; Zuo, Luo. "Customer-Supplier Relationships and Corporate Tax Avoidance"Journal of Financial Economics. 123.2 (2017): 377-394
• Watts, Ross; Zuo, Luo. "Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective"Accounting Horizons. 30.3 (2016): 409-423
• Schoar, Antoinette; Zuo, Luo. "Does the Market Value CEO Styles?"American Economic Review. 106.5 (2016): 262-266
• Zuo, Luo. "The Informational Feedback Effect of Stock Prices on Management Forecasts"Journal of Accounting and Economics. 61.2-3 (2016): 391-413
• Kim, Yongtae; Li, Siqi; Pan, Carrie; Zuo, Luo. "The Role of Accounting Conservatism in the Equity Market: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings"The Accounting Review. 88.4 (2013): 1327-1356
• Solnik, Bruno; Zuo, Luo. "A Global Equilibrium Asset Pricing Model with Home Preference"Management Science. 58.2 (2012): 273-292

Awards and Honors

• Best Teaching Award (2020) Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBA Program
• AMBA Core Faculty Award (2020) Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
• Best Teaching Award (2019) Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBA Program
• Faculty Research Award (2019) Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
• Best Paper Award (2019) Conference of Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America

Academic Degrees

• PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013
• PhM Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008
• BBA Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005