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  • Assistant Professor

    Accounting & Finance Department
    Room 446, Drake Centre
    181 Freedman Crescent
    University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus)
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V4

    leah.zheng@umanitoba.ca

Biography

Lingyi (Leah) Zheng is an assistant professor at the Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba. Dr. Zheng obtained her Ph.D. in Accounting from Rutgers University in 2019.

Prior to joining the Asper School of Business, she worked as a research assistant professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Her research focuses on ESG, corporate control markets, and financial reporting.

Teaching Interests

  • Accounting Theory
  • Financial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Taxation

Research Interests

  • ESG
  • Anti-takeover Defenses
  • Cross-listing 
  • Voluntary Disclosure
  • Financial Reporting
  • Executive Compensation

Recent Journal Publications

Tsang, A., Yang, N., & Zheng, L. (2022). Cross-listings, antitakeover defenses, and the insulation hypothesis. Journal of Financial Economics, 145(1), 259-276.