Hangu Chen

Hangu Chen

Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting

Daniels College of Business, University of Denver · Starting Fall 2026

Accounting researcher studying information and decisions inside and outside the firm

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About

I will join the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting in Fall 2026. I earned my Ph.D. in Management Science (Accounting) from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas in 2026. Before that, I completed an M.S. in Accounting at Boston College and a B.B.A. in Professional Accountancy (Global Accounting Stream) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

My research examines how information is produced, processed, and used inside and outside firms. I study how organizational design shapes firms’ internal information environments and operating decisions, how firms produce and disclose information, and how investors and policymakers process that information when making capital allocation and monetary policy decisions. My work primarily uses archival empirical methods, including machine learning, textual analysis, and generative AI.

Outside of research, I enjoy rock climbing.

Research

Firm Decentralization and Resource Adjustment

Dissertation

Committee: Suresh Radhakrishnan (co-chair), Gil Sadka (co-chair), Miao Liu, Ram Natarajan, and Federico Siano

managerial accounting firm organization resource adjustment decisions cost behavior

Federal Reserve Attention to Firms’ Macroeconomic Disclosures: Implications for Monetary Policy

with Suresh Nallareddy, Gil Sadka, and Federico Siano

financial accounting monetary policy decisions textual analysis

Manuscript in progress

Attention as the Catalyst of Market Efficiency: Evidence from Anomalies

with Yang Cao, Ed deHaan, and Miao Liu

financial accounting machine learning portfolio allocation decisions

Analysis substantially complete

External Information Environment and Firm Boundaries: Evidence from the Banking Industry

with Miao Liu

financial accounting firm organization banking M&A decisions

Presented at the 2023 AAA Annual Meeting (Panel on ESG in Banking) and the 2024 FARS Midyear Meeting

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Teaching

Instructor — University of Texas at Dallas

2024–2025

Undergraduate

  • Introductory Financial Accounting — Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Teaching evaluation: 4.7/5 · class size ~40 students

Teaching Assistant — University of Texas at Dallas

2021–2026

Undergraduate

  • Introductory Financial Accounting
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting
  • Introductory Management Accounting
  • Fundamentals of Taxation
  • Cost Management Systems

Graduate & Executive Education

  • Financial Accounting
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting
  • Analytical Reviews Using Audit Software
  • Advanced Auditing
  • Accounting for Managerial Decision Making

Conferences

* Presenter

2026
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting
  • American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting
  • European Accounting Association (EAA) Talent Workshop *
2025
  • American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting
  • Lone Star Accounting Conference
  • Rutgers Accounting Doctoral Symposium
2024
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting *
  • American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting
  • Lone Star Accounting Conference
2023
  • American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting *
  • Lone Star Accounting Conference
  • Labor and Accounting Group Conference
2021
  • AES Summer School in Accounting Theory and Empirical Research

Honors & Awards