Xue Wang

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, The Accounting Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Accounting Studies and Contemporary Accounting Research. She serves as a member of the Editorial Boards of The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Accounting Horizons.

AWARDS

• The Emerald Citation for Excellence Reward for the work (with Ellen Engel and Rachel Hayes) on “the Sarbanes Oxley Act and Firms’ Going-Private Decisions” published in Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2011.
• Outstanding Reviewer, recognized for the manuscript reviews provided to The Accounting Review during the three-year term of 2017-2020.
• Full-Time MBA Outstanding Core Professor, Fisher College of Business, OSU, 2022.