Qi Chen

Qi Chen is the L. Palmer Fox Distinguished Professorship of Business Administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. His 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.

Qi Chen is a Professor of Business Administration -- Accounting at Duke University, specializing in Banking, Transparency, Fragility, and Accounting. Their research explores the interplay between financial transparency, corporate governance, and banking fragility, with a focus on how accounting information influences investment decisions and corporate behavior. Chen's work examines the role of accounting standards, audit quality, and information disclosure in shaping market efficiency and financial stability. Key areas of interest include the sensitivity of corporate cash holdings to governance structures, the impact of bank mergers on information disclosure, and the relationship between conservatism in accounting and earnings management incentives.