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Baohua Xin

 Baohua Xin

Baohua Xin

Associate Professor of Accounting  
Accounting PhD Program Coordinator

Degrees:

PhD, University of Minnesota 2008

Phone:

(416) 946-7166

Bio

Baohua Xin is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Accounting PhD Program Coordinator at Rotman. His research areas are information economics and capital markets. His recent work has been focused on how human brains process ambiguous and risky information, whether investors exhibit higher order reasoning in the presence of both fundamental and strategic uncertainties, and how accounting disclosure affects firm investment and the trust and trustworthiness among market players. He utilizes a combination of research methods in his research (analytical, archival, and experimental).

Baohua Xin teaches at undergraduate (Rotman Commerce), master (EMBA, MFIN), and PhD programs at Rotman.

Other Info

Courses Taught: RSM3023 Selected Topics in Accounting Research (PhD Level); RSM220 Intermediate Financial Accounting I; RSM425 Financial Reporting and Control.

Academic Positions

  • 2015-present

    Associate Professor (with tenure), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • 2008-2015

    Assistant Professor (Conditional 2007), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Selected Publications - Papers

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

Research and Teaching Interests

Research Interests: Information Economics; Experimental Economics; Accounting Disclosure and Regulation.
Teaching Interests: Financial Accounting; Managerial Accounting; Financial Statement Analysis

Honors and Awards

  • 2022-2027

    Insight Grant (Principal Investigator), The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  • 2017-2021

    Insight Grant (Principal Investigator), The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  • 2015-2017

    Research Grant, Canadian Academic Accounting Association

  • 2011-2015

    Standard Research Grants (Co-Investigator), with F. Wong, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  • 2010-2014

    Standard Research Grant (Principal Investigator), with Callen and Chen, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  • 2013-2015

    CAAA/CGA Research Grant, Canadian Academic Accounting Association

  • 2012-2014

    Steve Berlin/CITGO Grant, American Accounting Association

  • 2008-2014

    Rotman Commerce Excellence in Teaching Award , Rotman School of Management

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

  • American Accounting Association

  • Canadian Academic Accounting Association

  • European Accounting Association

Academic / Professional Service

  • 2023 -

    Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research

  • 2010 -

    Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Accounting Research; The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Review of Accounting Studies; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Journal of Banking and Finance; European Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance