UMass Boston

Wan-Ting Wu

Department:
Accounting & Finance
Title:
Associate Professor
Location:
McCormack Hall Floor 05
Phone:
617.287.7766
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Area of Expertise

Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting

Degrees

PhD, Accounting, Arizona State University

MBA, Accounting, National Taiwan University

BBA, Accounting (major) and Economics (minor), National Taiwan University

Professional Publications & Contributions
  • "Can a Hybrid Method Improve Equity Valuation? An Empirical Evaluation of the Ohlson and Johannesson (2016) Model." (co-authored with Z. Gao, J. Myers, L. Myers), 2019 The Accounting Review. 94: 227-252.
  • “Performance Periods in CEO Performance-Based Equity Awards: Theory and Evidence.” (co-authored with J. H. Evans III., Y. Hwang, and Z. Gao), The Accounting Review, 93 (2): 161-190.
  • “Contractual Features of CEO Performance-Vested Equity Compensation.” (co-authored with Y. Hwang and Z. Gao). Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 13 (3): 282-303.
  • “Choice of Performance Measures in Performance-Vested Equity Compensation and Future Performance.” Corporate Ownership and Control, 15 (1): 174-192.
  • “WhyteGlov Services: IRC Section 1060 Asset Acquisition,” (co-authored with D. Goldman and V. Makridis), 2016, Journal of Accounting Education 37: 24-37.
  • “Predicting Long-Term Earnings Growth from Multiple Information,” (co-authored with Z. Gao), 2014, International Review of Financial Analysis 32: 71-84.
  • “The Forward E/P Ratio and Earnings Growth”, 2014, Advances in Accounting 30: 128-142.
  • “The P/E Ratio and Profitability,” 2014, Journal of Business & Economics Research, 12: 67-76.
  • “Long-term cash incentives and performance shares awards in executives’ compensation,” 2013, Journal of Finance and Accountancy 14: 1-18.
  • “Relationships of independent directors, independent supervisors, accounting regulations and quality of financial reporting: A multiple method approach,” (co-authored with Duh, R. and Y. Liu), 2006, Journal of Contemporary Accounting 7 (November): 135-170.

Additional Information

Research Interests

Capital Markets Research, Executive Compensation, Equity Valuation, Analysts' Forecasts

Courses Taught

  • Accounting for Managers
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Financial Accounting
  • Intermediate Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Cost Accounting