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Rong Wang

Singapore Management University

Li Ka Shing Library

70 Stamford Road

Singapore 178901, 178899

Singapore

Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business

469 Bukit Timah Road

Singapore 912409

Singapore

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Scholarly Papers (13)

Conflicts of Interest and Stock Recommendations: The Effects of the Global Settlement and Related Regulations

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper, Review of Financial Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 4189-4217, 2009, AAA 2006 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Arizona State University (ASU), Singapore Management University and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems
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Citation 66

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Recommendation, Global Settlement, NASD 2711, NYSE 472, Underwriting Business, Broker

Conflicts of Interest and Stock Recommendations: The Effects of the Global Settlement and Related Regulations

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 10, pp. 4189-4217, 2009
Posted: 28 Sep 2009
Arizona State University (ASU), Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Singapore Management University and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems

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G14, G24, G28

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Corporate Financial Policy and the Value of Cash

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jul 2004
Michael W. Faulkender and Rong Wang
- Robert H. Smith School of Business and Singapore Management University
Downloads 1,570 (29,801)
Citation 143

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Cash holdings, financial constraints, corporate finance

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Analysts’ Industry Expertise

AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper, AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Arizona State University (ASU), Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Singapore Management University and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems
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Citation 79

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Industry recommendation, Analysts, Market Efficiency

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Analyst Career Concerns, Effort Allocation, and Firms’ Information Environment

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 06 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2018
University of Washington, University at Buffalo - School of Management, Singapore Management University and University of Delaware - Lerner College of Business and Economics
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Citation 19

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Sell-side analysts; Effort allocation; Limited attention; Career concerns; Earnings forecast; Stock recommendation; Firm information environment; Labor market outcomes

Search for Optimal CEO Compensation: Theory and Empirical Evidence

AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Melanie Cao and Rong Wang
York University - Schulich School of Business and Singapore Management University
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Principal-agent Problem, CEOs' Job Search, Endogenous Reservation Utility, Dynamic Equilibrium, Optimal Compensation Policy

Optimal CEO Compensation with Search: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Melanie Cao and Rong Wang
York University - Schulich School of Business and Singapore Management University
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executive compensation, principal-agent problem, search, endogenous outside options, dynamic market equilibrium

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Sell-Side Analysts’ Benchmarks

The Accounting Review, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 211-232, 2020, AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021
Arizona State University (ASU), Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Singapore Management University and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems
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Analysts; Benchmarks; Recommendations

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Finance and Ideology: The Firm-level Channels

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 642/2019
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 05 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2022
Hao Liang, Rong Wang and Haikun Zhu
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
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Ideology, Politician, Corporate Policy, China

Growing up Under Mao and Deng: On the Ideological Determinants of Corporate Policies

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 20/2020
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Sep 2020
Hao Liang, Rong Wang and Haikun Zhu
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
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Bofit-kokoelma; Kiina

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Earnings Asymmetric Timeliness and Shareholder Distributions

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Richard M. Frankel, Yan Sun and Rong Wang
Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School, Saint Louis University and Singapore Management University
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Asymmetric timeliness, shareholder distributions

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The Value of Abstract Reasoning: Evidence from Financial Analysts

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 11 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2025
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) - International Business School Suzhou, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Singapore Management University and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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equity analyst, information processing, forecast accuracy

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Optimal CEO Compensation with Search: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Dec 2012
Melanie Cao and Rong Wang
York University - Schulich School of Business and Singapore Management University
Downloads 299 (253,981)
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executive compensation, principal-agent problem, search, endogenous outside options, dynamic market equilibriunm

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What Drives the Value of Financial Analysts’ Advice? The Role of Earnings and Growth Forecasts

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2022
Arizona State University (ASU), Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Singapore Management University and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems
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Financial analysts, stock recommendations, earnings forecasts, price targets

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Sell-Side Analysts' Rating Systems

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 5212188
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 24 Apr 2025 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2026
Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Singapore Management University, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems and Arizona State University (ASU)
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Financial analysts, stock recommendations, consensus recommendations

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Transformation in Production Technology and the Dynamics of Corporate Investment

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 14 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2020
Fangjian Fu, Sheng Huang and Rong Wang
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and Singapore Management University
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Corporate investment, capital expenditure, intangible capital, firm production, economic globalization