Xue Wang

Background

Xue Wang joined the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University as an Associate Professor of Accounting in July 2012. Prior to coming to Fisher, she was on the faculty of Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta.

Her research is centered on the understanding of corporate governance mechanisms and the economic consequences of securities regulations. A unifying feature of her research is that it uses firm level data to ask and explore new questions within corporate financial reporting and corporate governance. Her research has appeared in leading accounting and finance journals such as Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Accounting Studies. She received the 2011 Emerald Citation for Excellence Award for her work with Ellen Engel and Rachel Hayes on “The Sarbanes Oxley Act and Firms’ GoingPrivate Decisions” published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics.

AWARDS

Emerald Citation for Excellence, 2011, recognized by the Emerald Management Reviews Editorial Judging Panel as the authors of one of the top 50 management, business, and economics articles of 2007 for the paper “The SarbanesOxley Act and Firms'' GoingPrivate Decisions." Research Grants, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Fall 2006. Charles T. Horngren Fellowship, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 2004. Doctoral Fellowship, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 20002004. First Year Summer Research Award, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 2001.

Courses

MBA 6211 Accounting for Decision Making

Examines the role of accounting and financial reporting by investors and managers for decisionmaking and performance evaluation. Prereq: Enrollment in MBA program or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 800 or 801.

MBA 6210 Accounting for Decision MakingEMBA

Uses of Accounting by Managers. Prereq: Enrollment in Executive MBA program or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 802.