Prof. Xin WANG
Accounting and Law

Assistant Dean (Taught Postgraduate)
Professor
3917 8354
wangxacy@hku.hk
KK 1215


Academic & Professional Qualification
PhD in Accounting, Duke University, Durham NC, USA
MS?in Accounting, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
BA in Accounting, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Professional Experience
Professor, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), 2019 – present.
Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), 2014 – 2019.
Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), 2011 – 2013.
Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), 2006 – 2011.
Biography
Dr. Wang joined HKU in 2011 and was promoted to full professor of accounting in 2019. Prior to joining HKU, he worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Wang has taught a wide variety of accounting courses for the undergraduate, Master of Accounting, MBA and PhD programs, including the course of Management Accounting for the IMBA program and the course of Intermediate Financial Accounting for the undergraduate program. As an accounting researcher, he has published articles in leading academic journals, including?The Accounting Review,?Journal of Accounting and Economics,?Review of Accounting Studies?and?Contemporary Accounting Research. Topics of his research focus on the issues of firms’ financial reporting quality, sell-side analysts, management earnings forecasts, corporate governance and insider trading. Dr. Wang holds a PhD degree from Duke University and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Tsinghua University.
Teaching
Intermediate Financial Accounting I (ACCT2102, undergraduate course)
Management Accounting (IMBA6081, MBA course)
Management Accounting (MACC7002, Master of Accounting course)
Research Methods for Business Studies (co-instructor, BUSM6001, PhD course)
Research Interest
Financial reporting quality;
Management earnings forecasts;
Sell-side analysts;
Corporate governance;
Insider trading;
Selected Publications
Cheng, Q., F. Du, B. Y. Wang, and?X. Wang. 2019. “Do Corporate Site Visits Impact Stock Prices?”?Contemporary Accounting Research?36 (1): 359-388.
Chen, C., X. Martin, S. Roychowdhury,?X. Wang, and M. Billett. 2018. “Clarity Begins at Home: Internal Information Asymmetry and External Communication Quality.”?The Accounting Review?93 (1): 71-101.
Chen, F., O.-K. Hope, Q. Li, and?X. Wang. 2018. “Flight to Quality: Political Uncertainties and Investors’ Demand for Financial Reporting Transparency.”?Contemporary Accounting Research?35 (1): 117-155.
Chen, F., O.-K. Hope, Q. Li, and?X. Wang. 2018. “Earnings Opacity and Closed-End Country Fund Discounts”?Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance?33(3): 324-354.
Hu, X.,?X. Wang, and B. Xin. 2017. “Insider Trading: Does Being a Neighbor of the SEC Matter?”?Managerial and Decision Economics?38 (2): 144-165.
Cheng, Q., F. Du,?X. Wang, and Y. Wang. 2016. “Seeing is Believing: Analysts’ Corporate Site Visits.”?Review of Accounting Studies?21 (4): 1245-1286.
Chen, X., Q. Cheng, A. Lo, and?X. Wang. 2015. “CEO Contractual Protection and Managerial Short-termism.”?The Accounting Review?90 (5): 1871-1906.
Chen, X., Q. Cheng, and?X. Wang. 2015. “Does Increased Board Independence Reduce Earnings Management? Evidence from Recent Regulatory Reforms.”?Review of Accounting Studies?20 (2): 899-933.
Chen, C., X. Martin, and?X. Wang. 2013. “Insider Trading, Litigation Concerns, and??? Auditor Going Concern Opinions.”?The Accounting Review?88 (2): 365-393.??
Chen, F., O.-K. Hope, Q. Li, and?X. Wang. 2011. “Financial Reporting Quality and??? Investment Efficiency of Private Firms in Emerging Markets.”?The Accounting Review?86 (4): 1255-1288.
Francis, J., D. Nanda, and?X. Wang. 2006. “Re-examining the Effects of Regulation Fair Disclosure Using Foreign Listed Firms to Control for Concurrent Shocks.”?Journal of Accounting and Economics?41 (3): 271-292.
Awards and Honours
Best Paper Award, 2013. The Sixth Annual Research Conference of CAPANA.
Best Paper Award, 2010. American Accounting Association International Section Midyear Meeting.
Service to the University/Community
Faculty Higher Degrees Committee (FHDC) (PhD program) (2017 – present)
Faculty Research Committee (FResC) (2018 – present)
Chairman of Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee (DRPC) (PhD program) (2015 – 2017)
Chairman of Faculty Review Committee (FRC) (2014 – 2018)