Her research focuses on the effect of various stakeholders such as competitors, employees, and large shareholders on firms’ financial reporting incentives. Her work has won the FARS Best Dissertation Award and she has published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics. In her award-winning paper, Zou examines strategic entry decisions in response to competitors’ cash flow hedging outcomes and related disclosure in the airline industry using an innovative identification strategy. Professor Zou teaches Intro Financial Accounting to undergraduate students. She completed her PhD at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto in 2013 where Professor Ole-Kristian Hope served as her Chair. In addition, she has a Master of Arts in Economics from University of Guelph, Canada and a Bachelor in Finance from Peking University, China.