Chih-Liang Liu

Biography

Chih-Liang Julian Liu is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Business and Management (IBM) of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU). He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from National Taiwan University (NTU).  

His research interests focus on the intersection of financial accounting and corporate finance. Specifically, his research covers the areas of corporate finance (banks, CEO connections, customer-supplier relationship, diversification, peer effects, IPO) and financial accounting (auditor quality, corporate governance, ESG disclosure, investment efficiency, internal control, labor investment, managerial characteristics, non-GAAP disclosures)

His research has been published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Applied Economics, British Accounting Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, European Journal of Finance, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Accounting Review, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Production Planning & Control, Research in International Business and Finance, and Taiwan Accounting Review. 

He has served as an Associate Editor of Corporate Management Review and a reviewer for journals such as Accounting and Finance, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, British Accounting Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, International Review of Financial Analysis, Research in International Business and Finance, and major conferences. 

At IBM, he has taught financial accounting to MBA, part-time MBA, and PhD students. He has received numerous research awards, including the Excellent Award for the 14th UMC Management Thesis Award  (2024), the Thesis Award for IIA Lin Ping Tsang Thesis Award (2023), the Best Paper Award in 2023 Win JCA Academic Paper Awards and Conference, and the Best Paper Award at Taiwan Accounting Association (TAA) Annual Conference (2022, 2021, 2019).