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Qiang Wu is a researcher affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their academic contributions primarily lie within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The researcher has a marked focus on subfields including Accounting, Strategy and Management, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and Marketing. Their work encompasses key topics such as Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Corporate Taxation and Avoidance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Taxation and Compliance Studies, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency.

Qiang Wu has published extensively, with notable venues including the SSRN Electronic Journal, The British Accounting Review, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Kybernetes. Their frequent coauthors are Bill B. Francis, M. Omair Ahmad, Iftekhar Hasan, Muhammad Sualeh Khattak, and Haimeng Teng.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Qiang Wu include:

  • Does gender affect innovation? Evidence from female chief technology officers, 2021, Research Policy

Other significant publications relevant to their research network include:

  • Is social capital associated with corporate innovation? Evidence from publicly listed firms in the U.S, 2020, Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Does herding behavior matter in investment management and perceived market efficiency? Evidence from an emerging market, 2022, Management Decision
  • The impact of organization capital on firm innovation, 2020, Journal of Financial Stability
  • Intellectual capital, corporate social responsibility and sustainable competitive performance of small and medium-sized enterprises: mediating effects of organizational innovation, 2022, Kybernetes

The research activity of Qiang Wu involves collaboration with a variety of scholars, reflecting a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of topics related to corporate governance, innovation, finance, and organizational studies.

Best Publications

  • Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Associated with Tax Avoidance? Evidence from Irresponsible CSR Activities

    Chun Keung Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Gender differences in financial reporting decision-making: Evidence from accounting conservatism

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Jong Chool Park;Qiang Wu

  • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: The effect of corporate tax avoidance on the cost of bank loans

    Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Chun Keung (Stan) Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Social Capital and Debt Contracting: Evidence from Bank Loans and Public Bonds

    Iftekhar Hasan;Chun Keung Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Does Social Capital Matter in Corporate Decisions? Evidence from Corporate Tax Avoidance

    Iftekhar Hasan;Chun-Keung Stan Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: : The effect of corporate tax avoidance on the cost of bank loans

    Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang;Chun-Keung Hoi

  • Professors in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Does social capital mitigate agency problems? Evidence from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) compensation

    Chun Keung(Stan) Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • The benefits of conservative accounting to shareholders : Evidence from the financial crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Are Female CFOs Less Tax Aggressive? Evidence from Tax Aggressiveness

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu;Meng Yan

  • The Benefits of Conservative Accounting to Shareholders: Evidence from the Financial Crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Do corporate boards affect firm performance?: New evidence from the financial crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Do Islamic Banks Employ Less Earnings Management

    Majdi A. Quttainah;Liang Song;Qiang Wu

  • Community Social Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Chun Keung Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Is social capital associated with corporate innovation? Evidence from publicly listed firms in the U.S

    Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Chun Keung (Stan) Hoi;Chun Keung (Stan) Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • The Impact of CFO Gender on Bank Loan Contracting

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Analyst coverage and corporate tax aggressiveness.

    Arthur Allen;Bill B. Francis;Qiang Wu;Yijiang Zhao

  • CEO political preference and corporate tax sheltering

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun;Qiang Wu

  • Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Associated with Tax Avoidance? Evidence from Irresponsible CSR Activities

    Chun Keung Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Bank credit and trade credit: Evidence from natural experiments

    Shenglan Chen;Hui Ma;Qiang Wu

  • Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Effect of Corporate Tax Avoidance on the Cost of Bank Loans

    Iftekhar Hasan;Chun Keung Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • CEO political preference and corporate tax sheltering

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun;Qiang Wu

  • The effect of corporate culture on firm performance: Evidence from China

    Hailin Zhao;Haimeng Teng;Qiang Wu

  • Do corporate boards matter during the current financial crisis

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Do corporate boards affect firm performance? : New evidence from the financial crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Social Capital and Debt Contracting: Evidence from Bank Loans and Public Bonds

    Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Chun Keung Hoi;Qiang Wu;Hao Zhang

  • Do Corporate Boards Matter During the Current Financial Crisis

    Qiang Wu;Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan

Frequent Co-Authors

Iftekhar Hasan
Iftekhar Hasan Fordham University
Bill B. Francis
Bill B. Francis Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael Koetter
Michael Koetter Halle Institute for Economic Research
Amine Tarazi
Amine Tarazi University of Limoges

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