
L. Palmer Fox Distinguished Professorship of Business Administration
Academic Area:
Accounting
Teaching / Research Interests
Mailing Information
Duke University: The Fuqua School of Business
100 Fuqua Drive
Durham, NC 27708
Bio
Professor Chen's research interests lie in the intersections between economics, finance. and accounting, with a focus on the role of information and incentives in financial markets and within firms, including the effect of information on firms’ investment decisions, the role of incentive on accounting systems, corporate governance, and security analysts’ behaviors. His recent research focuses on issues related to depositors' behaviors and banking stability.
His research has been published in leading finance and accounting journals, including Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and The Accounting Review. He has taught Managerial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Accounting PhD seminars at Duke. He holds a PhD and an MBA degree from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, an MA in economics from University of Maryland at College Park and a BA in economics from Wuhan University in China.