Areas of Expertise

Corporate Control, Corporate Restructuring, Corporate Governance, and Macro Finance

Academic Degrees

• Visiting doctoral student, University of Pennsylvania, 2011 - 2013
• Ph.D. in Finance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009 - 2013

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• “The Incentives of SPAC Sponsors”, Bureau Van Dijk Prize, Best Paper in Corporate Finance, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, 2023
• “Dissecting Bankruptcy Frictions”, Winner of Jacobs Levy Center Outstanding Research Paper Prize, 2020
• Kelley School of Business Research Award 2017, Indiana University
• “Durable Goods, Inflation Risk, and Equilibrium Asset Prices”, Best Paper Award in Asset Pricing, Midwest Finance Association Meeting (MFA), 2012
• “Bid Anticipation, Information Revelation, and Merger Gains”, Semi-Finalist, Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, Financial Management Association Meeting (FMA), 2012

Selected Publications

• Gao, J., Wang, W., and Wu, Y. (2024). Human Capital Portability and Careers in Finance. Review of Financial Studies, 37(9), 2732–2778.
• Feng, F., Wang, W., Wu, Y., and Zhang, G. (2024). Ignorance Is Bliss: The Screening Effect of (Noisy) Information. The Accounting Review, in press.
• Gao, J., Wang, W., and Yu, X. (2023). Big Fish in Small Ponds: Human Capital Mobility and the Rise of Boutique Banks. Management Science, in press.
• Wang, W., Celik, M., and Tian, X. (2022). Acquiring Innovation Under Information Frictions. Review of Financial Studies, 35(10), 4474–4517.
• Goldman, E., and Wang, W. (2021). Weak Governance by Informed Large Shareholders. Review of Financial Studies, 34(2), 661–699.
• Dou, W., Taylor, L., Wang, Wei, and Wang, Wenyu (2021). Dissecting Bankruptcy Frictions. Editor’s choice, Journal of Financial Economics, 142(3), 975-1000.
• Wang, W., and Wu, Y. (2020). Managerial Control Benefits and Takeover Market Efficiency. Journal of Financial Economics, 136(3), 857-878.
• Chu, Y., Tian, X., and Wang, W. (2019). Corporate Innovation along the Supply Chain. Management Science, 65(6), 2445-2466.
• Wang, W. (2018). Bid Anticipation, Information Revelation, and Merger Gains. Journal of Financial Economics, 128(2), 320-343.
• Li, D., Taylor, L., and Wang, W. (2017). Inefficiencies and Externalities from Opportunistic Acquirers. Journal of Financial Economics, 130(2), 265-290.
• Fang, V., Huang, A., and Wang, W. (2017). Imperfect Accounting and Reporting Biases. Journal of Accounting Research, 55(4), 919-962.
• Eraker, B., Shaliastovich, I., and Wang, W. (2016). Durable Goods, Inflation Risk and Equilibrium Asset Prices. Review of Financial Studies, 29(1), 193-231.

Edited on September 23, 2024