Elaine Wang
James P. O’Connell Endowed Professor
Accounting
Education
PhD, Accounting, Nanyang Technological University, 2011
BS, Renmin University of China, 2006
Professional Experience
Auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2005-2006
Analyst, Asset Management Department, Renmin University of China, 2004-2005
Academic Appointments
James P. O’Connell Endowed Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022 - present
Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2021-present
Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017-2021
Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011-2017
Recent Honors / Awards
Isenberg School of Management College Research Excellence Award, May 2022
Isenberg School of Management College Outstanding Researcher Award, May 2021
Isenberg School of Management College Research Excellence Award, May 2020
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
Research Interests
Individual Judgment and Decision Making in Accounting
Managerial Operational Distortion
Disclosure Linguistics
Teaching Interests
General
- Financial Management
- Financial Statement Analysis
Undergraduate
- Financial Accounting
- International Accounting
Selected Publications
Kuselias, S., Agoglia, C. P., and Wang, E. Y. (2022). The Effect of Team Member Proximity and Assignment Length on Audit Staff Reliance on a Supervisor’s Preferences. Accounting, Organizations and Society, forthcoming.
Buchanan, J. L., Commerford, B. P., and Wang, E. Y. (2021). Auditor Actions and the Deterrence of Manager Opportunism: The Importance of Communication to the Board and Consistency with Peer Behavior. The Accounting Review, 96 (3), 141-163.
Bentley, J. W., Lambert, T. A., and Wang, E. Y. (2021). The Effect of Increased Audit Disclosure on Managers’ Real Operating Decisions: Evidence from Disclosing Critical Audit Matters. The Accounting Review, 96 (1), 23-40.
Saiewitz, A., and Wang, E. Y. (2019). Using Cultural Mindsets to Reduce Cross‐National Auditor Judgment Differences. Contemporary Accounting Research, 37 (3), 1854-1881.
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.
Editorial and Review Activities
Ad Hoc Editor/Editorial Board for Contemporary Accounting Research, 2022 - present
Editorial Board for Journal of International Accounting Research, 2020 - present
Editorial Board for Accounting, Organizations, and Society, 2017 - present
Editorial Board for Behavioral Research in Accounting, 2017 - present
Editorial Board for Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2014 - present
