Biography
Dr. Wei Shi obtained his doctoral degree in accounting from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2014. Before joining Deakin, he was an assistant professor in Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He was a visiting scholar in Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto during January-June 2018. His research interests center on the information flow in the capital market and its implications for firm policy, as well as the economic consequence of regulation. He was involved in teaching management accounting, financial accounting, equity valuation, data analytics and accounting information system.
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Dr. Wei Shi has a broad teaching and research interest in accounting, including financial reporting, auditing, disclosure, and valuation. He has a diverse working experience across Asia, Europe and North America.
Career highlights
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Research interests
Information flow in the capital market and their implications on firm policy, economic consequence of regulations.
Affiliations
EAA member
AFAANZ member
Deakin IPA-SME center
Teaching interests
Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Equity Valuation, Data Analytics, Accounting Information System
Knowledge areas
Voluntary Disclosure, Equity Valuation, Analyst Forecast, Investment Efficiency, Corporate Governance
Conferences
-2018 Tsinghua International Corporate Governance Conference
-2018 MIT Asia Accounting Conference
-2018 CAPANA Conference
-2018 Telfer Conference on Accounting and Finance
-2017 AAA Annual Meeting in San Diego, USA
-2017 EAA Annual Congress in Valencia, Spain
-2017 1st Scandinavian Accounting Research Conference, BI (Norwegian Business School)
-2017 Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Milan, Italy
-Accounting Research Symposium, HKUST, 2010-2014, 2016 Hong Kong
-2016 CICF conference, Xiamen, China
-2015 AAA Annual Meeting in Chicago, USA
-2015 EAA Annual Congress in Maastricht, Netherlands
-2013 EAA Annual Congress in Paris, France
-2013 AFAANZ Conference in Perth, Australia
-Nordic Accounting Conference 2014, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark
-2014 SMU-SOAR Accounting Symposium in Singapore
-2014 MIT Asia Conference in Accounting in Chengdu, China
-Doctoral Consortium, Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics 2011, Hong Kong
Professional activities
-Reviewer for AAA (American Accounting Association) conference, FARS mid-year conference, Hawai'i Accounting Research Conference, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Empirical Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
-Chair of Evaluation Committee of Han Wu (Supervisor: Ole-Kristian Hope, First placement: HEC Paris)
Media appearances
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Projects
-The Role of Sales Executives in Voluntary Disclosure (with Kai Wai Hui)
-The Price of Stock Liquidity (with Derrald Stice)
-CEO Expertise and the Design of Compensation Contracts: Evidence from Generalist versus Specialist CEOs (with Chunbo Liu and K.C. John Wei)
-Do Analysts Affect Investment Efficiency? (with Jonathan Brogaard, K.C. John Wei and Haifeng You)
-Agency Conflict and Accounting Conservatism-Evidence from Exogenous Shocks to Analyst Coverage (with Haifeng You)
-Crowding Out or Crowding In? The Impact of IFRS Adoption on Private Firms’ Investment (with Jiancheng Liu, Cheng Zeng and Guochang Zhang)
-Does Audit Committee Expertise Mitigate Securities Class Action Lawsuits? (with Gopal Krishnan and Jiancheng Liu)
-The Politics of Corporate Investment: Evidence from Political Turnovers and IPO Proceeds (with Ran Duchin and Hongbo Pan),
Publications
The Association Between Stock Liquidity and Audit Pricing
John Campbell, Jonathan Duchac, Wei Shi, Derrald Stice
(2023), Vol. 42, pp. 53-74, Auditing: a Journal of Practice and Theory, Sarosota, Fla., C1
Does Public Firms' Mandatory Ifrs Reporting Crowd Out Private Firms' Capital Investment?
Jiancheng Liu, Wei Shi, Cheng Zeng, Guochang Zhang
(2023), Vol. 61, pp. 1263-1312, Journal of Accounting Research, London, Eng., C1
C Liu, W Shi, K John Wei
(2021), Vol. 33, pp. 97-119, Journal of Management Accounting Research, C1
Dynamic internal control performance over financial reporting and external financing
Wei Shi, Rencheng Wang
(2012), Vol. 8, pp. 92-109, Journal of contemporary accounting & economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
CSR Contracting and Earnings Informativeness
Dr Wei Shi, Dr Abdifatah Haji
Accounting & Finance Assoc of Australian & New Zealand Grant - Research
- 2022: $5,200
Supervisions
On Ki Sung
Thesis entitled: An International Study on Index Creation and Corporate Behaviors
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Accounting