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Lin Nan

Business, Management and Accounting · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1972
Corporate Finance and GovernanceAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceFinancial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyAuction Theory and Applications

Publications

80

Citations

541

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

55

Publishing since 1972

Research summary
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Lin Nan's research focuses on how accounting and disclosure practices affect corporate decision-making, including whistleblowing systems, auditing, financial reporting quality, and mergers and acquisitions. Much of this work uses analytical or empirical models to study how information transparency influences firms, investors, and capital markets. The research is aimed at understanding the economic effects of accounting standards, governance mechanisms, and disclosure timing.

Whistleblowing and auditing systemsCorporate governance and mergers & acquisitionsFinancial reporting quality and disclosureCapital markets and information economicsAccounting standards and regulation

Publication output was higher around 2017-2019, then declined and has remained lower and more variable (averaging about 3-4 per year) over the past five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 9 publications9182019: 6 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×14
  • Contemporary Accounting Research×3
  • The Accounting Review×2
  • Management Science×2
  • Journal of Management Accounting Research×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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