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Xu (Frank) Wang, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Accounting

Education

Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Texas at Arlington
Master in Information Systems Management, Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor in Economics, Beijing Technology and Business University-China

Research Interests

Investor Trading, Financial Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Financial Technology

Publications and Media Placements

Chakrabarty, B., Moulton, P.C., Pugachev, L., Wang, X. 2025. Catch Me If You Can: In Search of Accuracy, Scope and Ease of Fraud Prediction. Review of Accounting Studies 30:1268–1308.

Kimbrough, M., Paharia, N., Wang, X., Wei, S. 2024. The Brand Value of Earnings: An Event Study of Consumer Responses to Earnings Announcements. The Accounting Review 99 (3): 259–285.

Kimbrough, M., Wei, S., Wang, X., Zhang, J. 2022. Does voluntary ESG reporting resolve disagreement among ESG rating agencies? European Accounting Review 33(1): 15–47. Excerpted in Columbia Law School's Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets: https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2022/12/22/can-corporate-esg-reports-clear-up-esg-ratings-confusion/.

Jia, Y., Seetharaman, A., Sun, Y., Wang, X. 2022. Relative Performance Goals and Management Earnings Guidance. Journal of Business Ethics 183: 1045–1071.


Bhattacharya, N., Chakrabarty, B., Wang, X. 2020. High-Frequency Traders and Price Informativeness during Earnings Announcements? Review of Accounting Studies 25: 1156–1199.

Chakrabarty, B., Seetharaman, A., Swanson, Z., Wang, X. 2018. Management Risk Incentives and the Readability of Corporate Disclosures. Financial Management 47(3): 583-616.

Honors and Awards

  • Chaifetz School of Business Diamond Publication Award - 2025
  • European Accounting Review Best Paper Award - 2024
  • Chaifetz School of Business Graduate Business Faculty of the Year Award - 2023
  • Most cited paper at Financial Management - 2020.
  • Best Paper Award, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting (JIFMA) - 2013. 

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Accounting Association (Member)
  • American Finance Association (Member)
  • Financial Management Association (Member)