Joanna Wu

Joanna Wu

Susanna and Evans Y. Lam Professor
Area(s) of Expertise
Accounting
Bio

Professor Wu’s research speaks to issues related to financial disclosure and regulations as well as the behavior of financial institutions and intermediaries. Her work has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, and Review of Financial Studies, among others. She has been named to the Simon School Dean’s Teaching Honor Roll numerous times. Professor Wu is an editor of the Journal of Accounting and Economics.

Courses
Accounting Research I
Accounting Seminar
Financial Accounting
Research Interests

Financial disclosure and regulation; the behavior of financial institutions and intermediaries

Teaching Interests

Corporate financial reporting

Publications
A review of China-related accounting research in thepast 25 years
2022
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Good Buffer, Bad Buffer: Smoothing in banks’ loan loss provisions and the response to credit supply shocks
2020
Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting
Issue
4 (2)
Should I Stay or Should I Grow? Using Voluntary Disclosure to Elicit Market Feedback
2020
Review of Financial Studies
Issue
8
Volume
33
Is Silence Golden? Real Effects of Mandatory Disclosure
2019
Review of Financial Studies
Issue
6
Volume
32
Mandatory IFRS Adoption and the Role of Accounting Earnings in CEO Turnover
2019
Contemporary Accounting Research
Issue
1
Volume
36
Idiosyncratic Shocks to Firm Underlying Economics and Abnormal Accruals
2017
The Accounting Review
Issue
2
Volume
92
Quarter-end Repo Borrowing Dynamics and Bank Risk Opacity
2015
Review of Accounting Studies
Do Analyst Stock Recommendations Piggyback on Recent Corporate News? An Analysis of Regular-Hour and After-Hours Revisions
2015
Journal of Accounting Research
Issue
4
Volume
53
The Adoption of Internationally Recognized Accounting Standards: Implications for the Credit Markets
2014
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
Issue
2
Volume
29
Why Do Mutual Fund Advisory Contracts Change? Fund versus Family Influences
2011
Journal of Finance
Issue
1
Volume
66
Why Do Mutual Fund Advisory Contracts Change? Performance, Growth, and Spillover Effects
2011
Journal of Finance
Issue
February 2011
What Determine Financial Analysts' Career Outcomes During Mergers?
2009
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue
March 2009
The Voluntary Adoption of Internationally Recognized Accounting Standards and Firm Internal Performance Evaluation
2009
The Accounting Review
Issue
July 2009
Unintended Consequences of Granting Small Firms Exemptions from Securities Regulation: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
2009
Journal of Accounting Research
Issue
May 2009
Discussion of 'Will Harmonizing Accounting Standards Really Harmonize Accounting? Evidence from Non-U.S. Firms Adopting US GAAP'
2008
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
Issue
2008
Asymmetric Sensitivity of CEO Cash Compensation to Stock Returns
2006
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue
October 2006
Why do Managers Voluntarily Issue Cash Flow Forecasts?
2006
Journal of Accounting Research
Issue
May 2006
Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle Co., Ltd: A Case Study
2004
Journal of Accounting Education
Issue
2004
Incentives versus Standards: Properties of Accounting Income in Four East Asian Countries
2003
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue
December 2003
Earnings Skewness and Analyst Forecast Bias
2003
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue
April 2003
Accounting Standards, the Institutional Environment and Issuer Incentives: Effect on Timely Loss Recognition in China
2000
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics
Issue
December 2000
Truth in Mutual Fund Advertising: Evidence on Future Performance and Fund Flows
2000
Journal of Finance
Issue
April 2000
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