Joanna S. Wu

University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Rochester, NY 14627

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1.

Incentives Versus Standards: Properties of Accounting Income in Four East Asian Countries, and Implications for Acceptance of IAS

Simon School of Business Working Paper No. FR 00-04; Boston JAE Conference October 2002
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jan 2004
Ray Ball, Ashok Robin and Joanna S. Wu
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Asia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, International Accounting Standards, information asymmetry, Financial reporting quality, transparency, timeliness, conservatism

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What Does it Take to Become a Superstar? Evidence from Institutional Investor Rankings of Financial Analysts

Simon School of Business Working Paper No. FR 02-12
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 May 2002
Andrew J. Leone and Joanna S. Wu
Northwestern University and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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financial analysts, rank-order tournament, superstar

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Earnings Skewness and Analyst Forecast Bias

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Earnings Skewness and Analyst Forecast Bias

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Jun 2000
Joanna S. Wu and Zhaoyang Gu
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Accountancy
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Earnings Skewness and Analyst Forecast Bias

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 5-29, April 2003
Posted: 22 Jan 2003
Joanna S. Wu and Zhaoyang Gu
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Accountancy

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earnings skewness, mean absolute forecast error, analyst forecast bias

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The Voluntary Adoption of Internationally Recognized Accounting Standards and Firm Internal Performance Evaluation

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2009
Joanna S. Wu and Ivy Zhang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of California, Riverside
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international accounting standards, performance evaluation, CEO turnover, layoffs

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Why Do Managers Voluntarily Issue Cash Flow Forecasts?

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Why Do Managers Voluntarily Issue Cash Flow Forecasts?

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 05-04
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Charles E. Wasley and Joanna S. Wu
Simon School, University of Rochester and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Voluntary Disclosure, Managment Forecasts, Cash Flow Forecasts

Why Do Managers Voluntarily Issue Cash Flow Forecasts?

Posted: 03 Aug 2010
Charles E. Wasley and Joanna S. Wu
Simon School, University of Rochester and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Unintended Consequences of Granting Small Firms Exemptions from Securities Regulation: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Unintended Consequences of Granting Small Firms Exemptions from Securities Regulation: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Simon School Working Paper No. FR 07-07
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 14 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2009
Feng Gao, Joanna S. Wu and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School at Newark & New Brunswick, University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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unintended consequences, regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404

Unintended Consequences of Granting Small Firms Exemptions from Securities Regulation: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 30 Apr 2009
Joanna S. Wu and Jerold L. Zimmerman
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Idiosyncratic Shocks to Firm Underlying Economics and Abnormal Accruals

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 11 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2016
Edward Owens, Joanna S. Wu and Jerold L. Zimmerman
University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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abnormal accruals, earnings management, earnings quality

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Accounting Integration and Comparability: Evidence from Relative Performance Evaluation Around IFRS Adoption

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 10-25
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jul 2010
Joanna S. Wu and Ivy Zhang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of California, Riverside
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Asymmetric Sensitivity of CEO Cash Compensation to Stock Returns

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Asymmetric Sensitivity of CEO Cash Compensation to Stock Returns

Simon School, University of Rochester, Research Paper No. FR 06-04
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Feb 2004
Andrew J. Leone, Joanna S. Wu and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Northwestern University, University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Compensation, Conservatism, Accounting Earnings

Asymmetric Sensitivity of CEO Cash Compensation to Stock Returns

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Forthcoming, Simon School Working Paper No. FR 06-04
Posted: 30 Nov 2005
Andrew J. Leone, Joanna S. Wu and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Northwestern University, University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Is Silence Golden? Real Effects of Mandatory Disclosure

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Jul 2018
Sudarshan Jayaraman, Sudarshan Jayaraman and Joanna S. Wu
Simon Business School, University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Managerial learning, mandatory disclosure, investment, feedback effects

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A Review of China-Related Accounting Research in the Past 25 Years

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 74, No. 2-3, 2022
Number of pages: 148 Posted: 28 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2022
Clive S. Lennox and Joanna S. Wu
University of Southern California and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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China, Accounting

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Soft-Talk Management Cash Flow Forecasts: Verifiability, Credibility and Stock Price Effects

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 06-01
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2007
Yan Cao, Charles E. Wasley and Joanna S. Wu
Simon School, University of Rochester, Simon School, University of Rochester and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Forecast verifiability, forecast bias, management cash flow forecasts

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The Adoption of Internationally Recognized Accounting Standards: Implications for the Credit Markets

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 09-12
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2009
Joanna S. Wu and Ivy Zhang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of California, Riverside
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Internationally recognized accounting standards, IFRS, credit markets, credit relevance

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Quarter-End Repo Borrowing Dynamics and Bank Risk Opacity

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 27 May 2016
Edward Owens and Joanna S. Wu
University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Window dressing; sale and repurchase agreement; bank opacity; short-term borrowing

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Earnings Forecast Performance and Financial Analyst Turnover During Mergers

Simon School Working Paper No. FR07-01
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Apr 2007
Joanna S. Wu and Amy Zang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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earnings forecast accuracy, turnover, financial analysts, merger, employee quality

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Voluntary IAS and U.S. Gaap Adoption by Continental European Firms: The Role of Labor Relations

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 06-09
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Jan 2007
Joanna S. Wu and Ivy Zhang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of California, Riverside
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labor relations, international accounting standards, U.S. GAAP

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Economic Determinants of the Decision to Voluntarily Adopt Mark-to-Market Accounting for Pension Gains and Losses

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Economic Determinants of the Decision to Voluntarily Adopt Mark-to-Market Accounting for Pension Gains and Losses

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 15-14
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2016
Jaewoo Kim, Charles E. Wasley and Joanna S. Wu
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting, Simon School, University of Rochester and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Accounting Choice, Earnings Management, Pensions, Mark-to-Market Accounting, Fair Value, Income Statement Classification, Non-GAAP Earnings, Macroeconomic Conditions

Economic Determinants of the Decision to Voluntarily Adopt Mark-to-Market Accounting for Pension Gains and Losses

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 14-21
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Mar 2015
Jaewoo Kim, Charles E. Wasley and Joanna S. Wu
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting, Simon School, University of Rochester and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Accounting choice; Fair value accounting; Mark-to-market accounting; Pensions; Non-GAAP earnings measures

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Do Analyst Stock Recommendations Piggyback on Recent Corporate News? An Analysis of Regular-Hour and After-Hours Revisions

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 53, Issue 4, pp. 821–861, September 2015
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2015
Edward Xuejun Li, K. Ramesh, Min Shen and Joanna S. Wu
City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, Rice University, City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Stock recommendation, After-hours revisions, Piggybacking, Security analyst

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Changes in Mutual Fund Advisory Contracts

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 05-14, AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Nov 2005
Jerold B. Warner and Joanna S. Wu
University of Rochester – Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Good Buffer, Bad Buffer: Smoothing in Banks' Loan Loss Provisions and the Response to Credit Supply Shocks

Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2020
Sudarshan Jayaraman, Sudarshan Jayaraman, Bryce Schonberger and Joanna S. Wu
Simon Business School, University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester - Simon Business School, University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
Downloads 370 (115,905)
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smoothing, loan loss provisioning, capital crunch, crisis, bank lending

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Should I Stay or Should I Grow? Using Voluntary Disclosure to Elicit Market Feedback

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Sep 2019
Sudarshan Jayaraman, Sudarshan Jayaraman and Joanna S. Wu
Simon Business School, University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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What Determine Financial Analysts' Career Outcomes During Mergers?

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What Determine Financial Analysts' Career Outcomes During Mergers?

Simon School Working Paper No. FR08-07
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 17 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2008
Joanna S. Wu and Amy Zang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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analyst quality, earnings forecast accuracy, turnover, merger, I/B/E/S

What Determine Financial Analysts' Career Outcomes During Mergers?

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 19 Nov 2008
Joanna S. Wu and Amy Zang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting

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analyst quality, earnings forecast accuracy, turnover, merger, I/B/E/S

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Soft-Talk Management Cash Flow Forecasts: Bias, Quality, and Stock Price Effects

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 12-04
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 Jan 2012
Michael Dambra, Charles E. Wasley and Joanna S. Wu
SUNY at Buffalo - School of Management, Simon School, University of Rochester and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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management forecasts, cash flow forecasts, disclosure

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Why Do Mutual Fund Advisory Contracts Change? Fund Versus Family Influences

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 06-15
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Oct 2006
Jerold B. Warner and Joanna S. Wu
University of Rochester – Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Mandatory IFRS Adoption and the Role of Accounting Earnings in CEO Turnover

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2017
Joanna S. Wu and Ivy Zhang
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and University of California, Riverside
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IFRS, CEO turnover, turnover-performance sensitivity, enforcement

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Global Expertise of Financial Analysts

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 16-06
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2016
Guang Ma, Stanimir Markov and Joanna S. Wu
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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financial analysts, earnings forecasts, global expertise

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The Role of Stock Returns in CEO Performance Evaluation: A New Interpretation

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 19 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2021
Sudarshan Jayaraman, Sudarshan Jayaraman, Xiaoxu Ling, Joanna S. Wu and Yong Zhang
Simon Business School, University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester - Simon Business School, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Executive compensation; Pay-performance sensitivity; Accounting performance

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Price Discovery in Good and Bad Times: An Analysis of the Annual Corporate Disclosure Cycle

Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Research Paper No. 2019-06-02
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 12 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2019
Edward Xuejun Li, K. Ramesh, Min Shen and Joanna S. Wu
City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, Rice University, City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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Disclosure, Price Discovery, Good vs. Bad News

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Why Do Mutual Fund Advisory Contracts Change? Performance, Growth and Spillover Effects

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Simon School Working Paper No. FR 10-13
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Feb 2010
Jerold B. Warner and Joanna S. Wu
University of Rochester – Simon Business School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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mutual funds, advisory fees, compensation, contracting, spillover effects, market-timing scandals

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Incentives Versus Standards: Properties of Accounting Income in Four East Asian Countries

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 03-33
Posted: 02 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2009
Ray Ball, Ashok Robin and Joanna S. Wu
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Asia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, International Accounting Standards, information asymmetry, Financial reporting quality, transparency, timeliness, conservatism