Ling Cen

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ling Cen is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Cen has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Accounting, 22 papers in Finance and 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ling Cen's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers). Ling Cen is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers). Ling Cen collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and Canada. Ling Cen's co-authors include Luo Zuo, Liandong Zhang, Edward L. Maydew, Sudipto Dasgupta, K.C. John Wei, Gilles Hilary, Rik Sen, Raunaq S. Pungaliya, Redouane Elkamhi and Liyan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ling Cen

36 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Customer–supplier relationships and corporate tax avoidance 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Customer–supplier relationships and corporate tax avoidance
    2016 288 citations Ling Cen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ling Cen Hong Kong 14 804 501 402 229 111 38 1.1k
David Tripe New Zealand 16 455 0.6× 581 1.2× 327 0.8× 268 1.2× 133 1.2× 52 1.0k
Luis Ferruz Agudo Spain 12 281 0.3× 400 0.8× 321 0.8× 185 0.8× 51 0.5× 117 776
Maria Psillaki Greece 12 1.3k 1.6× 471 0.9× 381 0.9× 427 1.9× 105 0.9× 21 1.5k
Neophytos Lambertides Cyprus 18 699 0.9× 285 0.6× 391 1.0× 338 1.5× 72 0.6× 66 1.1k
Rachita Gulati India 16 426 0.5× 432 0.9× 427 1.1× 125 0.5× 454 4.1× 57 960
Pengdong Zhang China 18 446 0.6× 397 0.8× 141 0.4× 240 1.0× 58 0.5× 34 870
Xiangkang Yin Australia 16 412 0.5× 372 0.7× 222 0.6× 292 1.3× 61 0.5× 86 906
Hatem Rjiba France 13 454 0.6× 420 0.8× 372 0.9× 332 1.4× 64 0.6× 26 1.0k
Wanli Li China 18 667 0.8× 287 0.6× 232 0.6× 279 1.2× 21 0.2× 64 995

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Cen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Cen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Cen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ling Cen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ling Cen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ling Cen. Ling Cen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cen, Ling, Michael G. Hertzel, & Christoph Schiller. (2025). Speed Matters: Limited Attention and Supply Chain Information Diffusion. Management Science. 71(10). 8642–8669.
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2024). Equal Employment Opportunity in Supply Chains. Production and Operations Management. 34(3). 524–540. 4 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Yuk Ying Chang, & Sudipto Dasgupta. (2023). Do Analysts Learn from Each Other? Evidence from Analysts’ Location Diversity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2023). Presidential Particularism (and the Trump Anomaly): Evidence from Federal Contract Awards and Capital Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2023). The Golden Revolving Door: Hedging through Hiring Government Officials. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2022). Equal Employment Opportunity in Supply Chains. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Jing Chen, Sudipto Dasgupta, & Vanitha Ragunathan. (2020). Do Analysts and Their Employers Value Access to Management? Evidence from Earnings Conference Call Participation. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 56(3). 745–787. 30 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2020). What Do Questions Reveal? Analyst Topic-Specific Skill and Forecast Accuracy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Michael G. Hertzel, & Christoph Schiller. (2019). Speed Matters: Supply-Chain Information Diffusion and Price Feedback Effects. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Michael G. Hertzel, & Christoph Schiller. (2017). Speed Matters: Limited Attention and Supply-Chain Information Diffusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2017). Strategic Disclosures of Litigation Loss Contingencies When Customer-Supplier Relationships Are at Risk. The Accounting Review. 93(2). 137–159. 75 indexed citations
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Doidge, Craig, et al.. (2016). Do Countries Matter for Information Diffusion in Financial Markets? Evidence from Global Supply-Chain Networks.. TSpace. 3 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Hai Lu, & Liyan Yang. (2013). Investor Sentiment, Disagreement, and the Breadth–Return Relationship. Management Science. 59(5). 1076–1091. 82 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, et al.. (2013). Customer-Supplier Relationships and Strategic Disclosures of Litigation Loss Contingencies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Kalok Chan, Sudipto Dasgupta, & Ning Gao. (2013). When the Tail Wags the Dog: Industry Leaders, Limited Attention, and Spurious Cross-Industry Information Diffusion. Management Science. 59(11). 2566–2585. 13 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Gilles Hilary, & K.C. John Wei. (2011). The Role of Anchoring Bias in the Equity Market: Evidence from Analysts' Earnings Forecasts and Stock Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, Kalok Chan, Sudipto Dasgupta, & Ning Gao. (2010). When the Tail Wags the Dog: Industry Leaders, Limited Attention and Spurious Cross-Industry Information Diffusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Cen, Ling, K.C. John Wei, & Jie Zhang. (2007). Dispersion in Analysts' Earnings Forecasts and the Cross Section of Stock Returns: What is the Driving Factor?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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