Ke Wang, PhD
Contact
Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Accounting and Business Analytics
- kwang6@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-1630
- Address
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3-30D Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
Overview
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.
"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.
"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 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 322 Introduction to Accounting for Management Decision Making
Courses
ACCTG 322 - Introduction to Accounting for Management Decision Making
In contrast to the external orientation of ACCTG 311, 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 311.
ACCTG 705 - Individual Research