
Prof. Chong WANG
Associate Professor
PhD
- M850
- +852 2766 4246
- chong.wang@polyu.edu.hk
- Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Dr. Chong Wang is an Associate Professor at the School of Accounting & Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
His research interests include banking, bank loan contracting, climate change and ESG. His papers have been published in The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of International Business Studies.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Laws from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (2007), a Ph.D. in Accounting from Xiamen University (2013) and another Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Kentucky (2017).
Education and Academic Qualifications
Research Interests
Research Output
- LIBOR Discontinuation and the Cost of Bank Loans, Management Science, 2025, 71(5): 4413-4432.
- Privacy Breaches and the Effect of Customer Notification, MIS Quarterly, 2024, 48(4): 1483-1502.
- The Real Effects of Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Climate Change Reporting in 10-Ks, Review of Accounting Studies, 2023, 28(4): 2271-2318.
- Firm Climate Risk, Risk Management, and Bank Loan Financing, Strategic Management Journal, 2022, 43(13):2849-2880.
- No-Fly Zone in the Loan Office: How CEOs’ Risky Hobbies Affect Credit Stakeholders’ Evaluation of Firms, Organization Science, 2022, 33(1):414-430
- Do Banks Price Firms' Data Breaches, The Accounting Review, 2021, 96(3):261-286.
- Cross-Country Evidence on the Relationship between Societal Trust and Risk-Taking by Banks, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2019, 54(1): 275-301
- Do Banks Price Independent Directors’ Attention, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2018, (53)4: 1755-1780
- The Impact of Climate Risk on Firm Performance and Financing Choices: An International Comparison, Journal of International Business Studies, 2018, 49(5):633-656