Weimin Wang John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University 3674 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108 (314) 977-3861 wwang4@slu.edu PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012-present Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO John Cook School of Business Associate Professor of Accounting 2006-2012 Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO John Cook School of Business Assistant Professor of Accounting 2000-2006 Tulane University New Orleans, LA A.B. Freeman School of Business Assistant Professor of Accounting EDUCATION 2000 Washington University St. Louis, MO Ph.D. in Accounting 1999 Washington University St. Louis, MO M.S.in Business Administration 1995 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL M.A. in Journalism 1990 Tsinghua University Beijing, China B.A. in English RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Research: Financial Reporting and Capital Markets, Intangibles Valuation Teaching: Financial Accounting, Cost/Managerial Accounting
RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED ACADEMIC JOURNALS "Predicting Earnings in a Poor Information Environment." 2014 (forthcoming). Frank X. Wang and Weimin Wang. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics. Are Small Investors Confused by Accounting Restatements after SOX?. 2014 (forthcoming). Bidisha Chakrabarty, Ananth Seetharaman and Weimin Wang. Research in Accounting Regulation. Are CFOs Trades More Informative than CEOs Trades?. 2012. Weimin Wang (lead author), Yong- Chul Shin, and Bill Francis. The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 47(4): 743-762. The Effect of Shareholder Rights and Insider Ownership on Earnings Management. 2013. Henry Huang, Weimin Wang, and Jian Zhou. Abacus, 49(1): 46-73. Shareholder Activism, Earnings Management, and Insider Trading. 2013(forthcoming). Yan Sun, Weimin Wang, Xue (Frank) Wang, and William (Bill) Zhang. Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting. The paper won the JIFMA Best Paper Award. Discretionary Accruals, Insider Trading, and the Break of Good Earnings Strings, 2012. Yong-Chul Shin and Weimin Wang. The Journal of Business and Economic Studies, 18(2): 26-48. Tax-Related Financial Statement Restatements and Auditor-Provided Tax Services. 2011. Ananth Seetharaman, Yan Sun, and Weimin Wang (corresponding author). The Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 26(4): 677-698. The Timing of Insider Trades around Earnings Announcements: Evidence from CEOs, CFOs, and COOs (lead article). 2011. Yong-Chul Shin and Weimin Wang (corresponding author). International Review of Accounting, Banking and Finance 3(1): 1-23. Intangible Assets, Information Complexity, and Analysts Earnings Forecasts (lead article and the 5th most read article on the journal s website for 24 months since publication). 2005. Feng Gu and Weimin Wang. Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting 32 (9 & 10 November/ December):1673-1702. PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Predicting Earnings in a Poor Information Environment. 2013. Xu (Frank) Wang and Weimin Wang. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim and Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Shareholder Activism, Earnings Management, and Insider Trading. 2012. Yan Sun, Weimin Wang, Xue (Frank) Wang, and William (Bill) Zhang. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC and Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The Effect of R&D Investment on Future Earnings Uncertainty. 2012. Feng Gu and Weimin Wang. Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, Prince Edward Island, Canada. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Are Small Investors Confused by Accounting Restatements after SOX?. 2011. Bidisha Chakrabarty, Ananth Seetharaman and Weimin Wang. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Denver. Tax-Related Financial Statement Restatements and Auditor-Provided Tax Services. 2009. Ananth Seetharaman, Yan Sun, and Weimin Wang. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York. The Effect of Shareholder Rights and Insider Ownership on Earnings Management. 2008. Henry Huang, Weimin Wang, and Jian Zhou. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim. Are CFOs Trades More Informative than CEOs Trades?. 2008. Weimin Wang, Yong-Chul Shin, and Bill Francis. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim. The Long and the Short of Accrual Based Trading Strategies. 2005. David Lesmond and Weimin Wang. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Discretionary Choices of Accounting Methods and Value Relevance: R&D Accounting in the Software Industry. 2001. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta. RESEARCH AND TEACHING AWARDS Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting (JIFMA) Best Paper Award. 2013. Shareholder Activism, Earnings Management, and Insider Trading.
Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Award, Saint Louis University, 2011. Student Government Association Faculty Excellence Award, Saint Louis University, 2009: Awarded to the best teachers at Saint Louis University selected by students. Ernst & Young Teaching Fellow Award, Saint Louis University, 2008. MBA Teacher Honor Roll, A.B.Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, Spring 2006. MBA Teacher Honor Roll, A.B.Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, Spring 2005. BSM Teacher Honor Roll, A.B.Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, Spring 2003 PRESENTATIONS American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meetings Anaheim, 2013: Author Washington DC, 2012: author Denver, 2011: author and presenter San Francisco, 2010: author and presenter New York, 2009: author Anaheim, 2008: author and presenter (two papers) San Francisco, 2005: author and presenter Atlanta, 2001: author and presenter Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference Montreal, 2013: author and presenter Prince Edward Island, 2012: author and presenter (two papers) Toronto, 2011: author Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics Mid-year Symposium, Perth, Australia, 2013: Invited presentation. International Association of Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) Conference Frankfurt, Germany 2013: author
Workshops Saint Louis University, Pepperdine University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tsinghua University, Tulane University, Washington University COURSES TAUGHT Financial Reporting II (undergraduate) Financial Reporting I (undergraduate) Financial Accounting (undergraduate) Business Foundations (undergraduate) Accounting for Managers (MBA: financial and managerial) Financial Accounting (MBA) Managing Accounting Information (Executive Development Program) OTHER AWARDS AND HONORS J.F. and Jessie Lee Seinsheimer Professorship in Accounting, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, 2001, 2002, 2003. American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 1998, Lake Tahoe, CA. Graduate Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, 1993-1995. MEMBER American Accounting Association Canadian Academic Accounting Association