Jia Yin Yu

Jia Yin Yu

Asst Professor

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Stan Ross Dept Accountancy

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: elisha.yu@baruch.cuny.edu

Education

Ph.D., Accounting, Cornell University Ithaca United States

M.S., Operations Research, Columbia University New York United States

BCOM, Accounting, University of Toronto Toronto Canada

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Spring 2025ACC3000Financial Accounting I

Journal Articles

Audit Partners’ Cultural Heritage and Audit Outcomes.

New Accounting Standards and the Performance of Quantitative Investors. Journal of Accounting and Economics,

Presentations

Yu, J., Bhojraj, S., Guest, N., & Wang, E. (2025, July 15). Adding Fuel to the Fire: Media Coverage of ESG and Earnings News. Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference. Canada: University of Calgary.

Yu, J. (2025, January 15). Discussion of "Human Capital Disclosure and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Regulation S-K". Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia: American Accounting Association.

Yu, J. (2025, July 15). Discussion of “When IR Meets AI: The Impact of Generative AI on Corporate Information Environments”. Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference. Canada: University of Calgary.

Yu, J. (2025, April 15). Discussion of “Do Jurors Care Who the Auditor Is? Outcome Bias in Juror Assessments of Auditor Negligence”. PhD Project Baruch College Research Symposium. : Baruch College.

Yu, J. (2025, June 15). Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. RRBM Junior Faculty Summit. New York: Cornell University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Nanyang Technological University. : Nanyang Technological University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Singapore Management University. : Singapore Management University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Hong Kong University. : Hong Kong University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Hong Kong Baptist University. : Hong Kong Baptist University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. INSEAD. : INSEAD.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. University of Alberta. : University of Alberta.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Baruch College. : Baruch College, CUNY.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Texas A&M University. : Texas A&M University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Boston College. : Boston College.

Yu, J. (2025, October 15). Discussion of "Front-Loaded Equity Awards: An Efficient Contracting or Rent Extraction Tool?". The 34th Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting.

Yu, J., Dyer, T., & Guest, N. New Accounting Standards and the Performance of Quantitative Investors. Fox and Haskayne Accounting Conference. Philadelphia, PA

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Cornell University. : Cornell University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Simon Fraser University. : Simon Fraser University.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. Chinese University of Hong Kong. : Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Yu, J. Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital. City University of Hong Kong. : City University of Hong Kong.

Yu, J., Dyer, T., & Guest, N. New Accounting Standards and the Performance of Quantitative Investors. AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium. Dallas, TX

Yu, J., Khurana, I., Li, B., & Yeung, K. Audit Partners’ Cultural Heritage and Audit Outcomes. Cornell University. : Cornell University.

Research Currently in Progess

Yu, J.(n.d.). Real Earnings Management and Innovation Externalization: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital . In Progress.

Yu, J., Bhojraj, S., Guest, N., & Wang, E.(n.d.). Adding Fuel to the Fire: Media Coverage of ESG and Earnings News. In Progress.

Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Outstanding Discussion Award2025 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear Meeting2025-04-13
AAA/ Deloitte Foundation/ J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium FellowAmerican Accounting Association2023-06-14
FinTech@Cornell Student FellowshipCornell University2022-02-01
Byron E. Grote Johnson Professional ScholarshipCornell University2021-11-15
Bartholomew Family Charitable Fund Ph.D. Student ScholarshipCornell University2020-11-02
Robert J. and Pamela B. Swieringa Faculty Fellowship AwardCornell University2019-08-01

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
PwC Accounting and Tax SymposiumAttendee, Meeting8/1/2025
KPMG Baruch Alumni Corporate NetworkAttendee, Meeting5/5/2025
ACC 70600 Financial Accounting and Reporting SeminarGuest Speaker2/26/2025
Pre-workshop for Accounting PhD studentsFaculty Mentor11/13/2024
Lunch with Ernst & Young (EY) partnersAttendee, Meeting9/26/2024

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Hawaii Accounting Research ConferenceReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/1/2023PresentInternational
American Accounting Association Annual MeetingReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer2/10/2025PresentInternational
Hawaii Accounting Research Conference Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/2/2024PresentInternational
Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear MeetingReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer10/2/202410/28/2024International