Christina Zhu

Christina Zhu is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Her research interests include technology and new forms of information, information availability frictions, and information processing frictions. She focuses on how technological advancements impact these frictions in empirical financial accounting. Professor Zhu serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and the Review of Accounting Studies. She has published in top-tier accounting and finance journals. Her work explores the informational value of trading networks, the role of financial reporting in consumer behavior, and information-processing frictions in investment decisions.

Christina Zhu is an associate professor at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, specializing in financial markets and corporate governance. Her research explores how information flows and disclosure practices influence investor behavior and market outcomes. Key areas include the impact of media synthesis on capital markets, the role of information awareness in investor decision-making, and the economic consequences of transparency regulations. She also investigates the effects of ESG news on retail investors and the dark side of investor conferences. Her work highlights the interplay between information asymmetry, corporate governance, and financial reporting, with a focus on how firms manage knowledge distribution and workload across board committees.