Weili Ge

University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Seattle, WA 98195-3200

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1.

Predicting Material Accounting Misstatements

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming, AAA 2008 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 30 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 24 May 2010
Patricia Dechow, Weili Ge, Chad R. Larson and Richard G. Sloan
USC Marshall School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Houston - Department of Accountancy & Taxation and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting
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earnings quality, accounting misstatement, fraud prediction, accrual quality, F-Score

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Understanding Earnings Quality: A Review of the Proxies, Their Determinants and Their Consequences

Number of pages: 164 Posted: 10 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2011
Patricia Dechow, Weili Ge and Catherine M. Schrand
USC Marshall School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
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earnings quality, accruals, earnings persistence, earnings response coefficient

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Accruals Quality and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

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Accruals Quality and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Accounting Review, Vol. 82, pp. 1141-1170, October 2007
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
Jeffrey T. Doyle, Weili Ge and Sarah E. McVay
Utah State University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington
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Accruals quality, earnings quality, internal control

Accruals Quality and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Accounting Review, October 2007
Posted: 26 Jan 2007
Jeffrey T. Doyle, Weili Ge and Sarah E. McVay
Utah State University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington

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earnings quality, accruals quality, internal control, material weaknesses

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Determinants of Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

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Determinants of Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 44, pp.193-223, 2007
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2010
Jeffrey T. Doyle, Weili Ge and Sarah E. McVay
Utah State University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington
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Internal Control; Material Weakness; Sarbanes-Oxley

Determinants of Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), September 2007
Posted: 01 Nov 2006
Jeffrey T. Doyle, Weili Ge and Sarah E. McVay
Utah State University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington

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Internal Control, Material Weakness, Sarbanes-Oxley

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Why do CFOs Become Involved in Material Accounting Manipulations?

AAA 2009 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2013
Mei Feng, Weili Ge, Shuqing Luo and Terry J. Shevlin
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Hong Kong and University of California-Irvine
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earnings quality, accounting manipulation, CFO turnover, CEO power, incentive compensation

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Off-Balance-Sheet Activities, Earnings Persistence and Stock Prices: Evidence from Operating Leases

AAA 2006 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Oct 2005
Weili Ge
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Operating lease, Earnings persistence, Off-balance-sheet financing, Capital investment

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The Persistence of Earnings and Cash Flows and the Role of Special Items: Implications for the Accrual Anomaly

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The Persistence of Earnings and Cash Flows and the Role of Special Items: Implications for the Accrual Anomaly

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 May 2005
Patricia Dechow and Weili Ge
USC Marshall School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Earnings, cash flows, special items, accruals, anomaly, future returns

The Persistence of Earnings and Cash Flows and the Role of Special Items: Implications for the Accrual Anomaly

Review of Accounting Studies, June/September 2006
Posted: 16 Sep 2006
Patricia Dechow and Weili Ge
USC Marshall School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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accrual anomaly, earnings persistence, cash flows, special items, investor recognition

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Do CFOs Have Styles of Their Own? An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Individual CFOs on Financial Reporting Practices

AAA 2009 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2010
Weili Ge, Dawn A. Matsumoto and Jenny Li Zhang
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business
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Chief Financial Officer, Managerial Style, Management Turnover, Accounting Choice

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The Frequency of Mutual Fund Portfolio Disclosure

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Jun 2004
Weili Ge and Lu Zheng
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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Mutual fund; Portfolio disclosure; Fund performance; Fund cash flow; Agency cost; Information

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When Does Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Curb Resource Extraction? Evidence from China

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019
Weili Ge, Zining Li, Qiliang Liu and Sarah E. McVay
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Loyola Marymount University - College of Business Administration, Wuhan University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington
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Internal control over financial reporting; regulation; resource extraction; window dressing; agency costs.

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Benefits and Costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(B) Exemption: Evidence from Small Firms’ Internal Control Disclosures

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 07 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2017
Weili Ge, Allison Koester and Sarah E. McVay
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Georgetown University and University of Washington
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internal controls over financial reporting; disclosure accuracy; non-accelerated filers; Section 404

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The Effect of Manager-Specific Optimism on the Tone of Earnings Conference Calls

CAAA Annual Conference 2012
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2014
Angela K. Davis, Weili Ge, Dawn A. Matsumoto and Jenny Li Zhang
University of Oregon, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business
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managerial style, conference call, tone

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Earnings Guidance and Earnings Manipulation

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2015
Mei Feng, Weili Ge, Chan Li and Nandu J. Nagarajan
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Kansas and University of Texas at Arlington
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What Are the Consequences of Board Destaggering?

AAA 2014 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Weili Ge, Lloyd Tanlu and Jenny Li Zhang
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Washington and Lee University and University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business
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Staggered boards, classified boards, corporate governance

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Implied Tradeoffs of CFO Accounting Expertise: Evidence from Firm-Manager Matching

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2020
Darren Bernard, Weili Ge, Dawn A. Matsumoto and Sara Toynbee
London Business School - Department of Accounting, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and University of Texas at Austin
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Firm-manager matching, CFO expertise, top management team, Chief Financial Officer

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The Price of Being Foreign: Stock Market Penalties Associated with Accounting Irregularities for U.S.-listed Foreign Firms

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The Price of Being Foreign: Stock Market Penalties Associated with Accounting Irregularities for U.S.-listed Foreign Firms

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 29 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2018
Weili Ge, Dawn A. Matsumoto, Emily Jing Wang and Jenny Li Zhang
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Accounting and University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business
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Restatement, Irregularity, Bonding, Information Risk, Reputational Loss

The Price of Being Foreign: Stock Market Penalties Associated With Accounting Irregularities for U.S.-Listed Foreign Firms

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Weili Ge, Dawn A. Matsumoto, Emily Jing Wang and Jenny Li Zhang
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Accounting and University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business

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Restatement, Irregularity, Legal Bonding, Information Risk, Reputational Bonding

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The Disclosure of Material Weaknesses in Internal Control after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Accounting Horizons, September 2005
Posted: 20 May 2005
Weili Ge and Sarah E. McVay
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington

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internal control, material weakness, Sarbanes-Oxley