Yifei Chen

Accounting · Finance · Management

Yifei Chen 陈逸飞

Assistant Professor of Accounting

School of Accounting
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

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Portrait of Yifei Chen
Chengdu, China SWUFE School of Accounting

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About

I am an accounting scholar at the School of Accounting, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE). I earned my Ph.D. in Management from Rutgers Business School in 2020.

My work examines corporate disclosure, corporate social responsibility, human capital, textual analysis, capital markets, and financial market investment. My research has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Regulation & Governance, and Investment Analysts Journal.

Affiliation
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Department
Accounting
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Corporate information

Disclosure, earnings conference calls, social media, and whistleblowing.

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People & responsibility

Human capital, employee welfare policies, and corporate social responsibility.

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Capital markets

Brand value, analyst forecasts, corporate valuation, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Research methods

Archival research, web data collection, Python, and text-based modeling.

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Research

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. 2026

    Social safety nets and corporate tax avoidance: Evidence from paid family leave programs

    Yifei Chen and Dan Palmon

    Regulation & Governance, forthcoming.

  2. 2026

    Work-life balance and earnings management: Evidence from paid family leave policies

    Yifei Chen, Dan Palmon, and Siyang Tian

    Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 59, 107469.

  3. 2026

    Product-harm crises and corporate tax reporting

    Yifei Chen, Dan Palmon, An Qin, and Dan Ding

    Journal of Business Research, online.

  4. 2026

    Workers’ voices matter: Crowdsourced employee reviews and insider trading

    Yifei Chen and Dan Palmon

    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 53(3), 1235–1262.

  5. 2026

    Corporate social responsibility and employee information sharing

    Yifei Chen, Dan Palmon, Chenyu Shan, and Qi Zhang

    Journal of Business Ethics.

  6. 2026

    Performance-induced CEO turnover in China

    Linyin Xie, Yifei Chen, Wai Kin Leung, and Kam C. Chan

    Journal of Business Research, 204, 115865.

  7. 2025

    Financial analysts’ information role on brand capital

    Yifei Chen, Dan Palmon, and Li Zhang

    Investment Analysts Journal, 54(4), 540–560.

  8. 2024

    Corporate social responsibility and information asymmetry: Do earnings conference calls play a role?

    Dan Palmon, Yifei Chen, and Biao Chen

    Journal of Business Ethics, 194(1), 77–101.

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Teaching

Courses taught at SWUFE and Rutgers Business School.

  • Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsFundamental Accounting I
  • Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsAccounting Theory
  • Rutgers Business SchoolIntroduction to Financial Accounting
  • Rutgers Business SchoolIntermediate Accounting II

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Education

2020

Ph.D. in Management

Rutgers Business School
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Advisor: Dan Palmon

2015

B.Econ. in Finance

School of Finance
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

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Academic service

Ad hoc reviewer for journals in accounting, business ethics, finance, and emerging technologies.

  • Journal of Business Ethics
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
  • Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
  • Global Finance Journal
  • Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
  • Investment Analysts Journal

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Get in touch

For research correspondence, seminars, or academic collaboration.

yfchen@swufe.edu.cn
School of Accounting
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
555 Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District
Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
Official SWUFE profile