About
Haiyan Jiang serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University Business School, where she contributes to the Emerging Risks Research Centre. Her academic profile is supported by an ORCID identifier (0000-0002-1806-5511) and demonstrates substantial research impact with an h-index of 20 and 1248 citations according to Scopus metrics.
Her educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Accounting from Lincoln University (awarded April 9, 2009) focusing on 'Three Essays on Ownership Concentration'
- Honors in Accounting from Lincoln University (awarded April 9, 2006)
Jiang specializes in international accounting research examining financial reporting quality, capital markets dynamics, and governance structures within accounting and auditing frameworks. Her work particularly investigates how regulatory changes and country-specific institutional environments affect corporate reporting practices, information quality, and auditing standards. A significant portion of her research focuses on Chinese market contexts, exploring relationships between ownership concentration, corporate governance mechanisms, and financial outcomes. Her fingerprint analysis reveals strong connections to China-related research (100%), cash flow analysis (66%), corporate governance (65%), industry dynamics (65%), information asymmetry (63%), firm performance (61%), state-owned enterprises (59%), and ownership structure (57%).
Analysis of her publication trends shows consistent scholarly output since 2009, with recent work (2023-2025) demonstrating expansion into interdisciplinary areas connecting accounting with environmental economics, political science, and legal studies. Her research maintains strong methodological rigor with frequent use of difference-in-differences approaches, regression discontinuity designs, and analysis of large-scale international datasets.
Professional service includes membership on editorial boards of several international accounting journals, reflecting her standing in the academic community. While specific award names aren't detailed in the provided text, her biography notes receipt of 'a few international research awards and grants' supporting her scholarly work.
Jiang brings substantial supervision experience to higher degree research students, combining academic expertise with prior industry practice and teaching experience at multiple New Zealand universities before joining Macquarie. Her research network shows significant international collaboration, particularly with Chinese institutions, and her work has attracted attention across academic platforms with mentions on X and readership on Mendeley.
