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Business and Management

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44
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Overview

T.J. Wong is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research contributions span over a decade, with a focus on topics related to corporate finance, governance, auditing, and the intersection of political influence and economic development. Wong's work is represented primarily within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics and appear in several academic journals. Notable papers include:

  • Calling for transparency: Evidence from a field experiment, 2023, Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Authoritarian transparency: China's missing cases in court disclosure, 2021, Journal of Comparative Economics
  • Network-Induced Agency Conflicts in Delegated Portfolio Management, 2020, The Accounting Review
  • Competence vs. Independence: Auditors' connections with members of their clients' business community, 2024, Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Political Networks and Stock Price Comovement: Evidence from Network-Connected Firms in China, 2022, European Finance Review

Wong's research is frequently published in several academic venues, with a particular concentration in the following journals:

  • Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Comparative Economics
  • The Accounting Review
  • European Finance Review

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with several researchers, among whom Gwen Yu and Tianyu Zhang are the most repeated collaborators. Other co-authors include Shubo Zhang, Zhuang Liu, and Yi Yang.

The primary fields of study in Wong's research corpus include:

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these fields, the scientist addresses a number of subfields, such as:

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Strategy and Management

Wong's main research topics encompass:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

Best Publications

  • Politically connected CEOs, corporate governance, and Post-IPO performance of China's newly partially privatized firms

    Joseph P.H. Fan;T.J. Wong;Tianyu Zhang

  • Earnings Management and the Long‐Run Market Performance of Initial Public Offerings

    Siew Hong Teoh;Ivo Welch;T. J. Wong

  • Corporate ownership structure and the informativeness of accounting earnings in East Asia

    Joseph P.H Fan;T.J Wong

  • Earnings management and the underperformance of seasoned equity offerings

    Siew Hong Teoh;Ivo Welch;T.J. Wong

  • Perceived Auditor Quality and the Earnings Response Coefficient

    T.J. Wong;Siew Hong Teoh

  • Do External Auditors Perform a Corporate Governance Role in Emerging Markets? Evidence from East Asia

    Joseph P. H. Fan;T. J. Wong

  • State ownership, the institutional environment, and auditor choice: Evidence from China

    Qian Wang;T.J. Wong;Lijun Xia

  • Propping through related party transactions

    Ming Jian;T. J. Wong

  • Financial packaging of IPO firms in China

    Joseph Aharony;Chi Wen Jevons Lee;TJ Wong

  • Are Accruals during Initial Public Offerings Opportunistic

    Siew Hong Teoh;T. J. Wong;Gita R. Rao

  • THE IMPACT OF IMPROVED AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE ON AUDIT MARKET CONCENTRATION IN CHINA

    Mark L DeFond;T.J Wong;Shuhua Li

  • Political Incentives to Suppress Negative Information: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms

    Joseph D. Piotroski;T. J. Wong;Tianyu Zhang

  • Politically-Connected CEOs, Corporate Governance and Post-IPO Performance of China's Partially Privatized Firms

    Joseph P. H. Fan;T.J. Wong

  • Auditor Industry Specialization and Market Segmentation: Evidence from Hong Kong

    Mark L. DeFond;Jere R. Francis;T. J. Wong

  • Auditors' Governance Functions and Legal Environments: An International Investigation*

    Jong Hag Choi;T. J. Wong

  • Earnings Management and the Long-Term Market Performance of Initial Public Offerings

    Siew Hong Teoh;T.J. Wong;Gita Rao

  • Institutions and Organizational Structure: The Case of State-Owned Corporate Pyramids

    Joseph P. H. Fan;T. J. Wong;Tianyu Zhang

  • Institutions and Information Environment of Chinese Listed Firms

    Joseph D. Piotroski;T.J. Wong

  • Institutions and Information Environment of Chinese Listed Firms

    Joseph D Piotroski;T.J. Wong

  • Why New Issues and High-Accrual Firms Underperform: The Role of Analysts’ Credulity

    Siew Hong Teoh;T. J. Wong

  • Challenges for Implementation of Fair Value Accounting in Emerging Markets: Evidence from China*

    Xianjie He;T.J. Wong;Danqing Young

  • Corporate Ownership Structure and the Informativeness of Accounting Earnings in East Asia

    Joseph P. H. Fan;T.J. Wong

  • Financial Packaging of IPO Firms in China

    Joseph Aharony;Joseph Aharony;Jevons Lee;T.J. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph P. H. Fan
Joseph P. H. Fan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Siew Hong Teoh
Siew Hong Teoh University of California, Los Angeles
Ivo Welch
Ivo Welch University of California, Los Angeles
Irwin King
Irwin King Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mark L. DeFond
Mark L. DeFond University of Southern California
Lijun Xia
Lijun Xia Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Jere R. Francis
Jere R. Francis Maastricht University

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