LOH Wei Ting
Wei Ting obtained her PhD from the University of Washington in 2022. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked in the investment banking industry where she was involved in the valuation of financial products and in Private Wealth Management. Her research interests involve information intermediaries, earnings quality, and the effect of manager characteristics on firms’ corporate policies. Her research has been published in the Review of Accounting Studies and has been featured in media outlets such as Seattle’s Morning News. She has taught accounting courses at both Singapore Management University and the University of Washington.
Education
PhD in Accounting, University of Washington, 2022
MSc in Business Administration, University of Washington, 2019
BAcc, Singapore Management University, 2012
Research Interests
Information Intermediaries
Earnings quality
Valuation
Teaching Interests
Financial statement analysis
Management accounting
Selected Recognition and Awards
Best Reviewer Award for Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, 2021
Teaching Excellence Award, Singapore Management University, 2017
SMU-MOE Overseas PhD Scholarship, 2017 - 2022
CPA Australia Award for Top Bachelor of Accountancy Graduate, Singapore Management University, 2012
Selected Appointments
Ad Hoc reviewer for Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Reporting
Selected Publications
“Prosocial CEOs and Accounting Manipulation”, with Mei Feng, Weili Ge, and Zhejia Ling. Contemporary Accounting Research (Forthcoming). ) (Code).
“Local Thinking Bias”, with Ed deHaan and Charles Lee. The Accounting Review (Forthcoming)
“Information Sharing within Institutional Investor Networks”, solo-authored. Journal of Accounting and Economics (2025)
“A Rating System to Evaluate Non-GAAP Exclusion Quality” , with Patricia Dechow and Annika Wang. Review of Accounting Studies (2025)
“Prosocial CEOs, Corporate Policies, and Firm Value”, with Mei Feng, Weili Ge, and Zhejia Ling. Review of Accounting Studies (2024).
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
HighlightsBridges behavioral insights and empirical analysis to advance understanding of how leadership traits and information networks shape financial reporting quality and capital market outcomes; recognized for methodological rigor and relevance to both academia and practice.
Focused research areas include Examines the interplay between managerial characteristics (e.g., prosocial CEOs), information sharing among institutional investors, and the quality and consequences of corporate financial reporting and disclosure.
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Local-thinking bias [2025]E deHaan, C Lee, WT LohThe Accounting Review 100 (6), 87-112, 2025
- WT LohJournal of Accounting and Economics, 101803, 2025
- PM Dechow, WT Loh, AY WangReview of Accounting Studies 30 (2), 1037-1098, 2025
- Beyond Earnings Quality: Evaluating the Quality of Voluntary Corporate Financial Reporting Practices [2025]P Dechow, W Ge, WT Loh, SE McVayAvailable at SSRN 5257154, 2025
- PM Dechow, W Ge, WT Loh, S McVay
- M Feng, W Ge, Z Ling, WT LohReview of Accounting Studies 29, 1854, 2024
Wei Ting obtained her PhD from the University of Washington in 2022. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked in the investment banking industry where she was involved in the valuation of financial products and in Private Wealth Management. Her research interests involve information intermediaries, earnings quality, and the effect of manager characteristics on firms’ corporate policies. Her research has been published in the Review of Accounting Studies and has been featured in media outlets such as Seattle’s Morning News. She has taught accounting courses at both Singapore Management University and the University of Washington.
Education
PhD in Accounting, University of Washington, 2022
MSc in Business Administration, University of Washington, 2019
BAcc, Singapore Management University, 2012
Research Interests
Information Intermediaries
Earnings quality
Valuation
Teaching Interests
Financial statement analysis
Management accounting
Selected Recognition and Awards
Best Reviewer Award for Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, 2021
Teaching Excellence Award, Singapore Management University, 2017
SMU-MOE Overseas PhD Scholarship, 2017 - 2022
CPA Australia Award for Top Bachelor of Accountancy Graduate, Singapore Management University, 2012
Selected Appointments
Ad Hoc reviewer for Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Reporting
Selected Publications
“Prosocial CEOs and Accounting Manipulation”, with Mei Feng, Weili Ge, and Zhejia Ling. Contemporary Accounting Research (Forthcoming). ) (Code).
“Local Thinking Bias”, with Ed deHaan and Charles Lee. The Accounting Review (Forthcoming)
“Information Sharing within Institutional Investor Networks”, solo-authored. Journal of Accounting and Economics (2025)
“A Rating System to Evaluate Non-GAAP Exclusion Quality” , with Patricia Dechow and Annika Wang. Review of Accounting Studies (2025)
“Prosocial CEOs, Corporate Policies, and Firm Value”, with Mei Feng, Weili Ge, and Zhejia Ling. Review of Accounting Studies (2024).