Ping Wang
Graduate Program Chair
Biography
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Dr. Ping Wang is an Associated Professor of Accounting at the Lubin School of Business. She joined Lubin in 2011 and has served as the faculty advisor for ALPFA Pace chapter since then. She is the co-editor of Lubin Business Review.
Her research focuses on executive compensation, voluntary disclosure, and financial regulation. Her dissertation, entitled 鶹ýConsequences of Voluntary Disclosure for CEOs: Evidence from Issuing Earnings Guidance in the Face of an Earnings Surprise鶹ý, received best doctoral student award at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Meeting in 2011. Her co-authored paper, entitled 鶹ýHeartland Payment Systems: Cybersecurity Impact on Audits and Financial Statement Contingencies鶹ý, received Best Contribution to Teaching Award at the 22nd Annual Ethics Research Symposium in August 2017. She has published in 鶹ýJournal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance鶹ý, 鶹ýJournal of Business Finance & Accounting鶹ý, 鶹ýAccounting Horizons鶹ý, and 鶹ýResearch in Accounting Regulation鶹ý. Her research was featured on Harvard Law School Corporate Governance forum and Dow Jones Institutional News. She presented several papers at American Accounting Association section and regional meetings in the past years, and served as an ad hoc reviewer for these meetings as well.
She regularly teaches Intermediate Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Accounting Research Project at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She has served as a core course coordinator at the Accounting Department since 2013.
Education
Accounting
Publications and Presentations
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Darrough, M., Wang, P., Shi, L. (2017). Do Peer Warnings Affect CEO Compensation?. Accounting Horizons. 31(4), 71-91.
Shi, L., Wang, P., Zhou, N. (2017). Enhanced disclosure of other comprehensive income and increased usefulness of net income: The Implication of Accounting Standards Update 2011-05. Research in Accounting Regulation. 29(2), 139-144.
Wang, P. (2017). An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Accounting-Based Debt Covenant Disclosures on Shareholder Wealth. International Journal of Business and Finance Research, The. 11(2), 61-78.
Wang, P., Darrough, M., Shi, L., (2016). Earnings warnings and CEO welfare. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 43(9-10), 1197-1243.
Wang, P., Darrough, M., Guler, L. (2014). Goodwill Impairment Losses and CEO Compensation. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.