Overview
Kevin D. Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Accounting Area. His research interests include information disclosure, corporate governance, and corporate bankruptcy & restructuring. His dissertation studies the role of information disclosure in corporate bankruptcy, and it provides some of the first evidence on how the quality of disclosures made by firms and their creditors affects bankruptcy outcomes. His research in corporate governance has examined issues including board composition, shareholder voting, board committees, and executive compensation. Kevin obtained his BA in Economics and Mathematics (summa cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017 and his PhD in Accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2022.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
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2022 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Recent Publications
Busy directors and shareholder satisfaction
Journal Article Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis · November 1, 2020 Prior research has examined the firm-level performance implications of busy boards. Firm-level analysis, however, masks important heterogeneity in the time constraints and expertise of individual busy directors. We develop and validate shareholder voting a ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Pennsylvania ·
2022
Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
2017
B.A.