Wentao Wu

Biography

Wentao Wu is assistant professor of economics and financial studies at Clarkson University. His main interests are in the interaction of corporate finance, financial accounting and the capital market. His research work has been published in several top journals in the related fields such as Journal of Behavioral Finance, Review of Financial Economics, and The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. He received his PhD degree from Louisiana State University. He has been holding a CPA since 2014. He is also currently a CFA level 2 candidate.

Education Background

Ph.D. - 2018 Louisiana State University
M.S. - 2011 George Washington University

Experience

Assistant Professor Economics and Financial Studies, 2018-Present

Courses Taught

AC603 - Management Accounting
AC604 - Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
AC623 - Financial Statement Analysis
AC311 - Intermediate Accounting I
AC202 - Financial Accounting
AC687 - Special Projects in Accounting

Teaching Interests

MBA managerial accounting
MBA financial accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
Intermediate Accounting

Service

2022 Finance and Accounting Advisory Committee (SUNY Canton), Committee Member
2022 Honors Admission Committee (Clarkson University), Committee Member
2021 Governance Committee (CUSB), Committee Member
2021 Honors Admission Committee (Clarkson University), Committee Member
2021 AC687 Special Projects in Accounting, Faculty Advisor
2020 Global Business Programs Review (CUSB), Committee Member
2020 The CFA Institute Research Challenge, Industry Mentor
2019 The CFA Institute Research Challenge, Industry Mentor
2018 Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting) CU Chapter, Faculty Advisor

Research Interests

Corporate finance, financial accounting and the capital market

Clinical Practice

IBM (formerly Promontory Financial Group)
Guidehouse (Navigant) Consulting
Anderson LLC
Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Publications

Lin, Z., Wu, W. and Zhang, H., 2021. Momentum, Information, and Herding. Journal of Behavioral Finance, forthcoming
Cox, J., Fuller, K., Lin, Z. and Wu, W. 2020. Do IPO Costs Affect Innovation? Review of Financial Economics.
Feng, Z., Lin, Z. and Wu, W., 2020. CEO Influence on Funds from Operations (FFO) Adjustment for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, pp.1-24.
Wu, W., Chen, J. and Cui, L., 2018. Predicting Secondary Equity Offerings (SEOs) Using Machine Learning. 17th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA).