Faculty and ResearchExpert Guide

Education

• PhD, Accounting
  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
• Master of Science, Accounting
  University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
• Bachelor of Arts, International Finance
  Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Areas of Expertise

• Financial Reporting Issues and Capital Market
• Corporate Communication and Investor Relations
• Earnings Expectation Communication and Management
• Financial Analysts and Other Information Intermediaries

Professional Activities

Dr. Michael (Minye) Tang joined Florida International University (FIU) as an Assistant Professor of Accounting in August 2020. Prior to joining FIU, he worked at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business as an Assistant Professor for eight years. His research focuses on the interactions between managers and capital market participants (such as financial analysts) in communicating financial information, with particular interests in the uncertainty aspect, the multi-period process, and the human factor, that jointly shape earnings expectations. His research papers have been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review (TAR), Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR), Review of Accounting Studies (RAST), Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS), The International Journal of Accounting (TJIA) and Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (JAAF). He has also reviewed papers for most of these journals as well as for other premium academic journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE), Journal of Accounting Research (JAR), and Management Science (MS).

Dr. Tang received his B.A. in Finance from Fudan University in Shanghai, China; his M.S. in Applied Economics, and his Ph.D. in Accounting, from University of Rochester, Simon School of Business. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Tang worked in management consulting, at both McKinsey and Mercer, and in investment banking at China International Capital Corp. (CICC). He has also completed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) curriculum and is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

Courses Taught

• Accounting for Decisions
• Financial Reporting and Analysis

Refereed Journal Articles

Tang, M., Luo, J., Ronen, J., & Shalev, R. (2020). Annual Earnings Guidance and the Smoothing of Analysts’ Multi-Period Forecasts. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. (In Press) View Article

Tang, M., Wang, R., & Zhou, Y. (2020). Labor Market Mobility and Expectation Management: Evidence from Enforceability of Non?Compete Provisions. Contemporary Accounting Research. (In Press) View Article

Tang, M., & Venkataraman, S. (2018). How Patterns of Past Guidance Provision Affect Investors’ Judgments: The Joint Effect of Guidance Frequency and Guidance Pattern Consistency. The Accounting Review, 93(3). View Article

Tang, M., & Zhangh, L. (2018). Range has it: Decoding the information content of forecast ranges. Review of Accounting Studies, 23. View Article

Tang, M., & Yao, L. (2017). The Impact of Economy-wide Sentiment on Analysts’ Research Activities. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 34(3). View Article

Tang, M., Zhang, L., & Zarowin, P. (2015). How Do Analysts Interpret Management Range Forecasts? Accounting, Organizations and Society, 42. View Article

Biz News

FIU Business welcomes seven new faculty across four academic departments for Fall 2020. - 5 Oct 2020 Read More