Kai Du

Assistant Professor of Accounting
Department: Accounting
Office: 306 Business Building
Phone: 814-863-4001
Fax: 814-863-8393
E-mail: kxd30@psu.edu

Introduction

Professor Du studies the relationship between accounting information and economic fundamentals in dynamic settings and the financial services industry. He also conducts empirical investigations of earnings management and market use of information. His research has been recognized by a Best Paper Award from the 9th Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference at the London Business School, accepted for publication at The Accounting Review, and reported in business media such as the New York Times. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for Accounting, Economics, and Law, American Accounting Association Annual Meetings, and FARS Mid-year Meetings.

Professor Du holds a PhD in accounting from Yale. He was a Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellow (2011-2012) and a Harry and Heesun You Fellow (2011-2012). He currently teaches Intermediate Financial Accounting I at Penn State.

Publication List

(With Frank Zhang), "Orphans Deserve Attention: Financial Reporting in the Missing Months When Corporations Change Fiscal Year", The Accounting Review, Forthcoming.

Media Mention

Hiding Losses, Via the Calendar,  New York Times

Education

PhD, Accounting, Yale University,  2012 
MA, Economics, Georgetown University,  2007 
BA, Finance, Peking University,  2004 

Courses

ACCTG 471, Intermediate Financial Accounting I