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Ling Lin

faculty

Ling Lin, DBA

Professor

Accounting & Finance

Contact

508-999-8053

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Charlton College of Business 320

Education

2010Boston UniversityDBA

Teaching

  • Introductory accounting
  • Intermediate accounting
  • International accounting

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

The first of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The first of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The second of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The second of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The second of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The second of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

Study of increasing globalization of business and capital markets, emphasizing the quintessential position of International Accounting as a discipline. More than before, multinational corporations and many of their stakeholders continue to use cross-border financial information in their strategic corporate and investment decision making. International Accounting as a vehicle for international financial reporting has become indispensable in such a global context. Topics in this course, including international harmonization of reporting standards will enhance students' understanding of the dynamics of financial information that crosses national borders.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

The first of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The second of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.

The first of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.
Register for this course.

Study of increasing globalization of business and capital markets, emphasizing the quintessential position of International Accounting as a discipline. More than before, multinational corporations and many of their stakeholders continue to use cross-border financial information in their strategic corporate and investment decision making. International Accounting as a vehicle for international financial reporting has become indispensable in such a global context. Topics in this course, including international harmonization of reporting standards will enhance students' understanding of the dynamics of financial information that crosses national borders.
Register for this course.

The second of two courses that provide a comprehensive treatment of financial reporting topics. The course focuses on the conceptual, procedural, and regulatory issues involved in preparing and understanding corporate financial statements.
Register for this course.

Research

Research interests

  • Institutional investors
  • Accounting conservatism
  • Earnings management
  • Audit quality
  • Auditor independence

Dr. Lin is a Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Finance. She came to UMass Dartmouth from Boston University where she received her Doctoral Degree in Business Administration. She received the Thomas J. Higginson Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Charlton College of Business.

Her research focuses on ownership structure, accounting conservatism, cash holdings, audit quality, and auditor independence. Her work has been published or accepted for publication in accounting and finance journals such as Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Finance Research Letters, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, The CPA Journal, Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, and Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies.