Qiyuan (Rachel) Peng, CFA

Assistant Professor of Finance

University of Dayton

Email: qpeng1@udayton.edu

Research Interests:

Empirical Corporate Finance, Executive Compensation, Financial Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Advisor Misconduct

Curriculum Vitae                                         Faculty Webpage

Publication and Forthcoming Articles

Gender, Competition, and Performance: International Evidence (with Kai Li, Rui Shen, and Gabriel Wong)

Executive Compensation Horizon Incentives, Performance Targets, and Auditor Risk Assessment (with Padmakumar Sivadasan and Rui-Zhong Zhang)

Mutual Funds and Stock Fundamentals (with Sheri Tice and Ling Zhou)

Hidden Gem: Performance Expectation in Compensation Disclosure (with Ted Fee and Zhi Li)

Common Institutional Blockholders and Reporting Practices: Evidence from Accounting Comparability (with Sirui Yin and Rui-Zhong Zhang)

The Dark Sides of Pay Duration: Evidence From Mergers and Acquisitions (with Zhi Li) 

Does Executive Labor Market Discipline? Labor Market Incentives and Earnings Management (with Sirui Yin)

Can a Small Fish Become a Big Fish? Modeling Leader-generating Mergers in a Stackelberg Market (with Hong Qiu and Nan Zhu) 

Attention! Distracted Institutional Investors and Stock Price Crash (with Xiaoran Ni, Sirui Yin, and Ting Zhang)

Working Papers

Curbing Financial Advisor Misconduct: The Power of Local Media (with Zhi Li and Rui-Zhong Zhang) 

Information in CEO Take-home Pay: Evidence from Long-term Incentive Plans (with Zhi Li and Lingling Wang)

Can Integrity Reduce Financial Advisers’ Misconduct? The Moderating Role of Subsidiary Managers (with Steven Kaplan, Serena Loftus, and Rui-Zhong Zhang) 

The Real Effect of Authoritative Regulatory Guidance and Attestation Standards: Evidence from Financial Advisor Misconduct (with Russell Williamson and Rui-Zhong Zhang)