Hello! I am Sheryl Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in Accounting at Washington University in Saint Louis. I am on the job market in 2023-2024.

My research primarily focuses on regulation, ESG, and disclosure. My dissertation investigates the short-termism in mandated frequent environmental disclosure, offering a new perspective to understand the conventionally long-term outlook of ESG disclosure. Using project-level data, this study examines whether increasing the frequency of mandatory emission disclosure induces firms to shift from long-term beneficial initiatives (clean technology) to short-term oriented environmental projects (end-of-pipe solutions). 

I am very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Jeremy Bertomeu, Prof. Richard Frankel, Prof. Jared Jennings, and Prof. Xiumin Martin (Chair).

Feel free to reach me at xinz@wustl.edu. Also, I would like to mention my colleague Ernest Pan, also on the job market, whose work and profile can be found here.