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Wuyang Zhao

Title: 
Associate Professor, Accounting
Contact Information
Email address: 
wuyang.zhao [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
nicoleta.anton [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building []
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 

Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Toronto, Canada (2017)

Ph.D. in Accounting, Fudan University, China (2013)

B.A. in Business Administration, Fudan University, China (2008)

Area(s): 
Accounting
Building ID: 
Brofman
Office: 
488
Biography: 

Wuyang Zhao is an Associate professor in Accounting at Desautels Faculty of Management, ֱ, where he teaches various courses at the PhD, MBA, and undergrad programs. Before returning back to Canada in July 2024, he was an assistant professor at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, where he taught Financial Statement Analysis to MBA, MPA, and undergraduate students. He received his PhD from University of Toronto in 2017. Prior to studying in Canada, he received his Bachelor and PhD degrees at Fudan University. He is primarily interested in the roles of short-sellers and financial analysts in capital markets, particularly on issues that are relevant to practice. His research has been published on top accounting journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics and Review of Accounting Studies, and quoted by mainstream media such as New York Times, Bloomberg, and Reuters. He also has experience working as an expert witness in lawsuits related to short sellers and hedge funds.

Specialization: 

Financial Accounting; Asset Pricing

Courses: 

ACCT706: Research Design in Accounting (PHD)

ACCT452: Financial Reporting & Valuation (Undergrad)

ACCT618: Financial Reporting: Structure & Analysis (MBA)

Areas of expertise: 

Short selling; Financial analyst; Equity research; Financial statement analysis; Valuation

Group: 
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Taught previously at: 

McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Selected publications: 
  1. “” with Lei Chen, Shuping Chen, and Tian Gao.Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting.Accepted.

  2. “” with Stephanie Cheng, Dushyant Vyas, and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman.Review of Accounting Studies.Accepted.

  3. ""with Partha Mohanram and Brian White. 2020.Review of Accounting Studies25: 1040-1077.

  4. ""with Jesse Chan, Steve Lin, and Yong Yu. 2018.Journal of Accounting and Economics66(2-3): 476-498.

  5. ""with Ole-Kristian Hope. 2018.Accounting and Business Research48(4): 345-372.

  6. ""With Ole-Kristian Hope and Han Wu. 2017.Review of Accounting Studies22: 873-902.

  7. With Ole-Kristian Hope and Danqi Hu. 2017.Journal of Accounting and Economics63(2-3): 479-498.

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