麻豆国产

Long Chen

George Mason 麻豆国产 Costello College of Business Faculty Long Chen

Area Chair, Accounting
Additional Roles: Associate Professor, Accounting

Contact Information

Email: lchenk@gmu.edu
Phone: (703) 993-4532
Office Location: Enterprise Hall 234
Office Hours: By appointment

Biography

Long Chen is Accounting Area Chair and Associate Professor of Accounting at the Costello College of Business, George Mason 麻豆国产. She conducts empirical archival research on topics related to financial reporting and disclosure, corporate social responsibility, executive profiles, artificial intelligence, and international accounting. Her work has been published or forthcoming in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Reporting, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Advances in Accounting, Accounting Forum, Current Issues in Auditing, etc. She has taught Managerial and Cost Accounting at the undergraduate level, Advanced Issues in Managerial Accounting and Global Accounting Environment in the Master's in Accounting program, and Independent Studies/Directed Readings to graduate students with research interests. Professor Chen received her PhD in Accounting from Washington 麻豆国产 in St. Louis in 2008 and worked as a management accountant at Lenovo and Hewlett Packard (China) before pursuing her graduate studies.听

Research Interests

  • Effects of the institutional environment on accounting choices
  • Capital market consequences of accounting choices and managerial decisions

Education

  • PhD - Accounting, Olin Business School, Washington 麻豆国产 in St. Louis
  • MSBA - Accounting, Olin Business School, Washington 麻豆国产 in St. Louis

Research and Awards

Research

  • Can generative AI help identify peer firms?鈥, with Y. Cao, J. W. Tucker, and C. Wan, 2025. 听
  • 鈥淐EO Career Concerns in Early Tenure and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting鈥, with C. Liao, A. Tsang, and L. Yu. 2023. Contemporary Accounting Research. . *Top 10 most-cited papers published by the journal in 2023
  • 听鈥淒oes CEO debt-like compensation mitigate corporate social irresponsibility?鈥, with G. He and G. Krishnan. 2023. Accounting Forum.
  • 鈥淐ross-listings and Voluntary Disclosure: International Evidence鈥, with Y. Dong, J. Ng, and A. Tsang, 2019. Journal of Financial Reporting 4 (2): 89鈥113. .听
  • 鈥淭he Relation between Audit Fee Cuts during the Global Financial Crisis and Earnings Quality and Audit Quality鈥, with G. Krishnan and W. Yu, 2018. Advances in Accounting 43: 14鈥31. 听
  • 鈥淎udited Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reports鈥, with B. Srinidhi, A. Tsang, and W. Yu, 2016. Journal of Management Accounting Research 28 (2): 53鈥76. 听
  • 鈥淥utsourcing the Information System: Determinants, Risks, and Implications for Management Control Systems鈥, with M. Christ, N. Mintchik, and J. Bierstaker, 2015. Journal of Management Accounting Research 27 (2): 77鈥120. 听
  • 鈥淭he Effect of Mandatory IFRS Adoption on International Cross-Listings鈥, with J. Ng and A. Tsang, 2015. The Accounting Review 90 (4): 1395鈥1435. 听听
  • 鈥淒ebtholders鈥 Demand for Conservatism: Evidence from Changes in Directors鈥 Fiduciary Duties鈥, with J. K. Aier and M. Pevzner, 2014. Journal of Accounting Research 52 (5): 993-1027 [Lead Article]. 听Top 10 cited articles published between 2014-2015 that contributed to JAR鈥檚 2016 Impact Factor听
  • 鈥淥btaining Assurance for Financial Statement Audits and Control Audits when Aspects of the Financial Reporting Process are Outsourced鈥, with J. Bierstaker, M. Christ, M. Ege, and N. Mintchik, 2013. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 32 (supplement 1): 209-250. 听
  • 鈥淐omments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the IAASB Proposal: Improving the Auditor鈥檚 Report鈥, with K. Jones, L. Lisic, P. Michas, R. Pawlewicz, and M. Pevzner, 2013. Current Issues in Auditing 7 (1): C11-20. 听
  • 鈥淧ro Forma Disclosures, Audit Fees, and Auditor Resignations鈥, with G. Krishnan and M. Pevzner, 2012.听 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 31 (3): 237-257 [Lead Article]. 听

Awards

  • Outstanding Research and Publication Award, School of Business, 2024, 2016, 2015
  • Faculty Service Award, School of Business, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019听
  • Thank-A-Teacher Recognition, GMU, 2024, 2020, 2017听
  • Online Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, GMU, 2024听
  • AAA FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award, 2022听
  • Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, GMU, 2021听
  • Dean鈥檚 Scholar Award, School of Business, 2020-2023, 2017鈭2020
  • Career Connection Faculty Award Nominee, GMU, 2018, 2017, 2015听
  • Study Leave Award, GMU, 2017鈭2018听
  • Competitive Summer Research Grant, School of Business, 2016, 2015, 2011听听
  • Competitive Summer Research Funding, Provost Office, 2014, 2011听

Media Clippings

  • April 27, 2025 - Psychology Today
  • February 21, 2025 - Bloomberg (media contribution; chose not to be quoted)
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  • October 25, 2024 - Bloomberg (media contribution; chose not to be quoted)
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  • August 23, 2023 - Management Today
  • July 26, 2023 - Accounting Today