Elaine Wang

Education

PhD, Accounting, Nanyang Technological University, 2011 BS, Renmin University of China, 2006

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017-Present Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011-2017

Research Interests

• Individual judgment and decision making in accounting and auditing contexts
• Managerial Operational Distortion
• Group Audit
• Disclosure Linguistics

Teaching Interests

• Financial Management
• Financial Statement Analysis

Undergraduate

• Financial Accounting
• International Accounting

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Auditor, 2005-2006, PricewaterhouseCoopers Analyst, 2004-2005, Asset Management Department, Renmin University of China

Recent Honors & Awards

Isenberg School of Management College Outstanding Researcher Award, May 2013 Isenberg School of Management College Research Excellence Award, May 2014 Center for Audit Quality Grant Isenberg School of Management Summer Research Stipends Faculty Research Grant/Healy Endowment Grant UMass Amherst Exceptional Merit Award

Selected Publications

Saiewitz, A., and Wang, E. Y. (2019) Using cultural mindsets to reduce cross-national auditor judgment differences. Contemporary Accounting Research, forthcoming

Tan, H. T., Wang, E. Y., and Yoo, G-Song. (2019). Who likes jargon? The joint effect of jargon type and industry knowledge on investors’ judgments. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 67 (2-3), 416-437.

Tan, H. T., Wang, E. Y., and Zhou, B. (2015). How does readability influence investors’ judgments? Consistency of benchmark performance matters. The Accounting Review, 90 (1), 371–393.

Tan, H. T., Wang, E. Y., and Zhou, B. (2014). When the use of positive language backfires: The joint effect of tone, readability, and investor sophistication on earnings judgments. Journal of Accounting Research, 52 (1), 273–302.

Wang, E. Y., and Tan, H. T. (2013). The effects of guidance frequency and guidance goal on managerial decisions. Journal of Accounting Research, 51 (3), 673–700.

Chen, W., Tan, H. T., and Wang, E. Y. (2013). Fair value accounting and managers’ hedging decisions. Journal of Accounting Research, 51(1), 67–103.