Ming Taylor

(Ming Fang)

Associate Professor, Martin Tuchman School of Management
Education
Ph.D.; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Accounting; 2015
M.S.; Johns Hopkins University; Applied Mathematics and Statistics; 2010
M.S.; Tsinghua University; Management Science and Engineering; 2008
B.A.; Tsinghua University; Finance; 2006
Awards & Honors
2023 The British Accounting Review Best Paper Award for 2022, The British Accounting and Finance Association
2021 MTSM Faculty Research Award , MTSM, NJIT
2020 Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel, Jewish National Fund
2018 Vernon Zimmerman Best Paper Award, 30th Asian-Pacific Conference on international accounting issues
2018 Leir Research Prize 1st Place, NJIT
2026 Fall Courses
ACCT 615 - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
BDS 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BDS 725 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH I
ACCT 117 - PRINCIPLES OF FIN ACCOUNTNG
Teaching Interests
Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Finance
Past Courses
ACCT 115: FUND OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
ACCT 115: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
ACCT 117: PRINCIPLES OF FIN ACCOUNTNG
ACCT 325: INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I
ACCT 335: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING II
ACCT 340: ACCOUNTING DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION
ACCT 615: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
ACCT 640: BIG DATA ANALYTICS FOR ACCOUNTING
BDS 791: DOCTORAL SEMINAR
Research Interests
Earnings Management, Financial Reporting, Fraud and Regulation, Tax Avoidance Behavioral Accounting, Social Networks, Corporate Innovation, Emerging Markets
Journal Article
Ming Fang, Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Qiang Wu. 2025. "CFO Social Networks and Corporate Taxation." Journal of Financial Stability, vol. 78, pp. 101405.
Ming Fang, Iftakhar Hasan, Zenu Sharma, An Yan. 2022. "Firm Social Networks, Trust, and Security Issuance." The European Journal of Finance, vol. 28, no. 4-5, pp. 514-549.
Stephen M. Taylor, Ming Fang Taylor, Ajim Udinn. 2022. "The Network Structure of Overnight Index Swap Rates." Finance Research Letters, vol. 14; Part B.
Ming Fang, Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Qiang Wu. 2022. "External Social Networks and Earnings Management." British Accounting Review, vol. 54, no. 2.
Stephen M. Taylor, Ming Fang Taylor. 2021. "A Machine Learning Based Asset Pricing Factor Model Extension." Economics Letters, vol. 204.
Zhipeng Yan, Yan Zhao, Ming Fang. 2020. "Immediate and Subsequent Market Responses to Earnings Announcements." China Accounting and Finance Review, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 35-53.
Conference Proceeding
"Performance of Mortgage-Backed Securitization-A New Practice of Real Estate Finance"
13th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2008.