Qiu Chen

Associate Professor

CPA Ontario Fellow

B.A. (North China Electric Power University), Master's of Management (Renmin University of China), M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Queen's)

Location: DMS 7160
Telephone: 613-562-5800 x 4790

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Biography

Professor Chen was previously an assistant professor at Carleton's University Sprott School of Business, where she taught financial accounting and managerial accounting. Her research has examined market reactions to accounting disclosures, economic implications of adopting IFRS (the International Financial Reporting Standards), the role of accounting information in decision making, small business debt financing, auditing, and accounting history.

Current projects

Accounting in the nonprofit sector is one of Dr. Chen's main current areas of interest and she is engaged in four ongoing research projects that examine the social responsibility of charitable foundations, accounting standards of nonprofit organizations, political activities and auditing in the nonprofit sector. Her PhD thesis, at Queen's University, investigated the monitoring role of the board of directors in reducing expense misreporting of nonprofit organizations.

Publications

Professor Chen has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, such as Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Corporate Governance: An International Review Journal of Small Business Management, Business History, and International Review of Financial Analysis and European Journal of Finance. Dr. Chen also recognizes the importance of engaging with the practitioner community and in addition to publishing in a professional journal, The Philanthropist, she has presented her work at the Accounting Standard Oversight Council Meeting.

Research Areas

Accounting

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

Ben Amar, W., Chen, Q., Ding, S. and Quon, T.K.S. 2023. The Impact of Accounting Information and its Quality on Government Funding to Nonprofit Organizations. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 34(2): 349–377.
Chen, Q., Ding, S., Jia, C. and Wu, Z. 2017. What Happens When Firms Break Promises? The Case of Information Credibility. The European Journal of Finance, 23(7-9): 606-635.
Ni, N., Chen, Q., Ding, S. and Wu, Z. 2017. Professionalization and Cost Efficiency of Fundraising in Charitable Organizations: The Case of Charitable Foundations in China. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 28(2): 773-797.
Chen, Q. 2016. Director Monitoring of Expense Misreporting in Nonprofit Organizations: The Effects of Expense Disclosure Transparency, Donor Evaluation Focus and Organization Performance. Contemporary Accounting Research, 33(4): 1601-1624 .
Chen, Q., Ding, S., Wu, Z. and Yang, F. 2016. Family Control, International Accounting Standards, and Access to Foreign Banks: Evidence from International Entrepreneurial Firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 54(2): 598-621.
McWatters, C.S., Chen, Q., Ding, S., Hou, W. and Wu, Z. 2016. Family Business Development in Mainland China from 1872 to 1949. Business History, 58(3): 408-432.

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To	Source	Title	*	**	Role	Amount
2023-2025	SSHRC Insight Development Grant	The Application of Time-Driven Activity Based Costing in Canadian Hospitals	R	C	Co-PI	$ 63,763
2022-2024	SSHRC	Sustainable Inventory Management: The Role of Taxes in Corporate Inventory Donations	R	C	PI	$ 69,425
2018-2022	SSHRC Insight Development Grant	Impact Investing by Private Foundations	R	C	PI	$ 65,372
2018-2019	CPA Ontario	Family Owned Enterprises	R	O	PI	$ 30,000
2016-2017	CPA - Canada Accounting and Governance Research Centre	Nonprofit accounting information	R	I	PI	$ 5,000

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Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator