WANLI ZHAO

20722 DATA ANALYTICS FOR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
41008 ACCOUNTING 5 - ACCOUNTING AND GOVERNANCE
41010 ACCOUNTING 7 - DATA ANALYTICS AND FINANCIAL NARRATIVES

I joined Bocconi University as a Full Professor of Accounting in 2021. Prior to this, I was a financial economist at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a professor of finance at the Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance of the Renmin University of China in Beijing, and an associate professor of finance in the College of Business at the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. Before that, I was an assistant professor of finance at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in MA.

 

My publications appear in Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, the Accounting Review, Management Science, Journal of Law & Economics, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Financial Management. I have been presenting my research in conferences and universities in the US, Europe, and Asia and my research has appeared in news media such as Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, Yahoo!Finance, and SEC.gov. I was awarded “Outstanding Researcher of the Year” by the College of Business of SIU in 2015.

I am interested in corporate governance related topics in accounting and finance. Currently, my research focuses on innovation, political economy, financial reporting, behavioral finance, analysts, as well as big data analysis.

Mehta, Mihir N.; Reeb, David M.; Zhao, Wanli
Shadow trading
ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 96 (4): 367–404., 2021

Mehta, Mihir N.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Zhao, Wanli
The politics of M&A antitrust
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, 58: 5-53., 2020

Mehta, Mihir N.; Zhao, Wanli
Politician careers and SEC enforcement against financial misconduct
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS, 69 (1-2)., 2020

Koh, Ping-Sheng; Reeb, David M.; Zhao, Wanli
CEO confidence and unreported R&D
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 64: 5725-5747., 2018

Intintoli, Vincent J.; Kahle, Kathleen M.; Zhao, Wanli
Director connectedness: monitoring efficacy and career prospects
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, 53: 65-108., 2018

Reeb, David M.; Zhao, Wanli
Patents do not measure innovation success
CRITICAL FINANCE REVIEW, 9(1–2): 157–199., 2020

Francis, Jere R.; Mehta, Mihir N.; Zhao, Wanli
Audit office reputation shocks from gains and losses of major industry clients
CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, 34(4): 1922–1974., 2017

Reeb, David M.; Zhao, Wanli
Disregarding the shoulders of giants: inferences from innovation research
THE REVIEW OF CORPORATE FINANCE STUDIES, Forthcoming