Ping Zhang, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Measuring Audit Quality and Rents in Audit Fees
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$136,550
The impact of liquidation costs on leasing and the impact of lease obligations
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$108,120
The capitalization of operating leases
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$68,000

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Measuring Audit Quality and Rents in Audit Fees

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ping

Keywords: audit quality; audit fees; auditor competition

$136,550

The impact of liquidation costs on leasing and the impact of lease obligations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ping

Keywords: lease obligations; lease or purchase; bankruptcy

$108,120

The capitalization of operating leases

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ping

Keywords: operating lease; off-balance sheet liability; financial risk; bankruptcy; loan pricing; firm valuation

$68,000

The impact of investment decisions on earnings, returns and growth rate

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Research Grants - Management, Business and Finance

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ping

Keywords: earnings; growth management; investment decisions

$98,600

Compensation contracts, capital structure and accounting-based debt covenants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Douglas, Alan V.S.

Keywords: debt contracts; compensation contracts; agency conflicts; accounting information; manipulation incentives; simultaneous equation estimation

$60,725

The relevance of accounting information in the bank lending process

Co-investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Mathieu, Robert

Keywords: banking; earnings manipulation

$35,500

The effects of forecast bias on market behaviour: an experimental economic approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ping

Keywords: Forecast bias; individual behaviour; market behaviour; information dissemination; debias forecasts

$51,752

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Zhang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Measuring Audit Quality and Rents in Audit Fees" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]