Faculty Directory

Professor of Accounting

Moss Adams Endowed Professor

Professional Certification

Certified General Accountant of Canada, International, 2000

Education

PhD University of Michigan (2006)

MS Washington University in St. Louis (2001)

BE Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (1999)

Academic Expertise

Current Research

Predicting accounting misstatement/fraud, determinants and consequences of earnings quality, internal control over financial reporting

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2006

Selected Publications

“Prosocial CEOs, Corporate Policies, and Market Value“
Feng, M., Ge, W., Loh, W., and Ling, Z., (forthcoming). Review of Accounting Studies

“Implied tradeoffs of chief financial officer accounting expertise: Evidence from firm-manager matching“
Bernard, D., Ge, W., Matsumoto, D., Toynbee, S., (2021). Management Science, Vol. 67(9), pp. 5301-5967.

“Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Resource Extraction: Evidence from China“
Ge, W., Li, Z., Liu, Q., and McVay, S.,, (2021). Contemporary Accounting Research

“The Price of Being Foreign: Stock Market Penalties Associated with Accounting Irregularities for U.S. Listed Foreign Firms?“
Ge, W., Matsumoto, D., Wang, E., and Zhang, J., (2020). Contemporary Accounting Research, pp. 1-34.

“Benefits and costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b) exemption: Evidence from small firms’ internal control disclosures“
Ge, W., Koester, A., and McVay, S., (2017). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 63, pp. 358-384.

“What are the consequences of board destaggering?“
Ge, W., Tanlu, L., and Zhang, J., (2016). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 21(3), pp. 808-858.

“The Effect of Manager-Specific Optimism on the Tone of Earnings Conference Calls“
Davis, A., Ge, W., Matsumoto, D., and Zhang, J., (2015). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 20(2), pp. 639-673.

“Predicting Material Accounting Misstatements“
Dechow, P., Ge, W., Larson, C., and Sloan, R., (2011). Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 28(1), pp. 17-82.

“Why do CFOs Become Involved in Material Accounting Manipulations?“
Feng, M., Ge, W., Luo, S., and Shevlin, T., (2011). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 51(1-2), pp. 21-36.

“Do CFOs Have Styles of Their Own? An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Individual CFOs on Accounting Practices“
Ge, W., Matsumoto, D., and Zhang, J., (2011). Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 28(4), pp. 1141-1179.

“Understanding Earnings Quality: A Review of the Proxies, Their Determinants and Their Consequences“
Dechow, P., Ge, W., and Schrand, C., (2010). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 50(2-3), pp. 344-401.

“Determinants of Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting“
Doyle, J., Ge, W., and McVay, S., (2007). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 44(1-2), pp. 193-223.

“Accruals Quality and Internal Control over Financial Reporting“
Doyle, J., Ge, W., and McVay, S., (2007). The Accounting Review, Vol. 82(5), pp. 1141-1170.

“The Persistence of Earnings and Cash Flows and the Role of Special Items: Implication for the Accrual Anomaly“
Dechow, P., and Ge, W., (2006). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 11(2-3), pp. 253-296.

Working Papers

“Prosocial CEOs and Accounting Information Quality” (with Mei Feng, Zhejia Ling, and Wei Ting Loh).

Consulting

National Office Research Intern for PricewaterhouseCoopers, New Jersey, 2004

Honors and Awards

University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, 2021

PhD Faculty Mentor Award, 2020

MBA Evening Class of 2021 Professor of the Year, 2019

MBA Evening Class of 2020 Professor of the Year, 2018

MBA Evening Class of 2019 Professor of the Year, 2017

Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, 2016

MBA Evening Class of 2017 Professor of the Year, 2015

MBA Evening Class of 2016 Professor of the Year, 2014

American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Outstanding Service Award, 2013

Ron Crockett Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 2013

William A. and Helen I. Fowler Endowment for Special Achievement in Accounting, 2011

Undergraduate Accounting Faculty of the Year, 2011

The William R. Gregory Faculty Fellowship, 2010-present

The Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics for "Why do CFOs Become Involved in Material Accounting Manipulations?", 2009

First Prize, Chicago Quantitative Alliance 12th Annual Academic Competition, 2005

Best Paper Award for "The Persistence of Earnings and Cash Flows and the Role of Special Items: Implications for the Accrual Anomaly," RAST Conference, 2005

Robert D. and Janet E. Neary Scholarship, 2005

U.S. Representative, AFAANZ Doctoral Consortium, Australia, 2004

American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2004

Deloitte and Touche Doctoral Fellowship, 2003

William A. Paton Fellowship, 2001-2006

University of Michigan Business School Fellowship, 2001-2005

Academic Service

Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research

Editorial Board, The Accounting Review

Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies

Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Accounting Research

Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Accounting and Economics

Ad Hoc Referee, The Accounting Review

Ad Hoc Referee, Review of Accounting Studies

Ad Hoc Referee, Management Science

Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Accounting and Public Policies

Ad Hoc Referee, Accounting Horizons

Earnings Properties Track Editor, Editorial Committee for the 2013 Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS)

National Meeting Coordinator of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section for the 2013 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting