Ke Wang, PhD

About

Education

PhD, Accounting, City University of Hong Kong, 2015

BBA (Hons), Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2010

Research

Research interest

Capital markets 

Textual analysis of corporate disclosures 

Stakeholder relations

Publications

"Do family firms issue more readable annual reports? Evidence from the United States" with Qunfeng Liao and Bin Srinidhi, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (forthcoming), https://doi.org/10.1177/0148558X231198894.

"How do investors perceive corporate general counsel? The role of monitoring and advising demand" with Zhihong Chen and Yun Ke, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2024, 43, 107175, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2023.107175.

"Short-sale constraints and firm investment efficiency: Evidence from a natural experiment" with Zhihong Chen and Siwen Fu, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2023, 42(6), 107149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2023.107149.

"Is the tone of risk disclosures in MD&As relevant to debt markets? Evidence from the pricing of credit default swaps" (solo-authored), Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021, 38(2), 1465–1501, https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12644.

• Featured in: Alberta School of Business "Speaking of Research" Audio Podcast Series

"Why do banks favor employee-friendly firms? A stakeholder–screening perspective" with Cuili Qian, Donal Crilly, and Zheng Wang, Organization Science, 2021, 32(3), 605–624, https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1400.

"Readability of 10-K reports and stock price crash risk" with Chansog (Francis) Kim and Liandong Zhang, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2019, 36(2), 1184–1216, https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12452.

• Featured in: Folio - the University of Alberta's brand journalism site, Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology
• Data on modified readability indices: SAS, STATA, Readme
• Word lists: Compustat, Industry, Combined

Research grants

SSHRC Insight Grant, 2024–2028, principal investigator, C$85,821 (2024)

Canadian Utilities Faculty Fellowship (internal), 2024–2025, principal investigator, C$15,000 (2023)

SSHRC General Research Fund (internal), 2023–2025, principal investigator, C$10,000 (2023)

China Institute Travel Grant (internal), 2023–2025, principal investigator, C$2,000 (2023)

General Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2024–2026, co-investigator, HK$431,292 (2023)

General Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2023–2025, co-investigator, HK$290,663 (2022)

The Edmonton Journal Fellowship (internal), 2022–2023, principal investigator, C$15,000 (2021)

General Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2021–2023, co-investigator, HK$242,000 (2020)

SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2019–2021, principal investigator, C$54,670 (2019)

Canadian Utilities Faculty Fellowship (internal), 2019–2020, principal investigator, C$15,000 (2018)

Early Career Scheme of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2019–2021, collaborator, HK$318,518 (2018)

SSHRC Bridge Funding (internal), 2018–2019, principal investigator, C$5,000 (2018)

CAAA Research Grant, 2018–2019, principal investigator, C$6,667 (2017)

Teaching

Teaching interest

Managerial accounting

Financial accounting

Current courses

ACCTG 222 Introduction to Accounting for Management Decision Making

ACCTG 222 - Introduction to Accounting for Management Decision Making

In contrast to the external orientation of ACCTG 211, this course focuses on how to prepare and use accounting information for management decision making. Major topics include: the role of corporate goals, planning and control concepts, how costs behave and how to analyze and manage them, budgeting and performance measures. Prerequisite: ACCTG 211 or 311. Students may not receive credit for both ACCTG 222 and ACCTG 322.

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