Contact: dingwj23@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas: Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance, Asset Pricing, Corporate Governance

Education

2013.10-2018.11, Cardiff University, Finance, PhD

2011.09-2013.06, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Regional Economics, Master

Work Experience

2026.01-Current, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

2022.03-2026.01, Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

2019.01-2022.03, Assistant Professor, Cardiff University

Publications (first author#, corresponding author*)

Li, M., Ding*, W., Xiao, J., & Wang, Q. (2026). Beyond Accuracy: Do Analyst Site Visits Boost the Precision of Management Earnings Range Guidance?. Contemporary Accounting Research, forthcoming. (FT50)

Ding, W., Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L., Klusak*, P., & Livne, G. (2026). Corporate governance characteristics, shareholder dissent and agency cost of debt. International Review of Financial Analysis, 104850. (ABS3)

Zhou, P., Jin, S., Mazouz, K., & Ding*, W. (2025). Choices and Effects of Different Green Labels in the EU Bond Market. Journal of Business Ethics, 200(1), 207-229. (FT50)

Song, Q., Ding*, W., Hasan, I., & Wang, Q. (2024). Banker directors on board and corporate tax avoidance. Journal of Empirical Finance, 79, 101551. (ABS3)

Qiao, T., Ding, W., Han, L., & Li*, D. (2024). RMB exchange rate volatility and the cross-section of Chinese A-share returns. Journal of International Money and Finance, 103024. (ABS3)

Zheng, Z., Qiu, Z., Li, M., & Ding*, W. (2024). High-speed rail and stock return comovement in China. Research in International Business and Finance, 67, 102107. (SSCI Q1)

Ding, W., Mazouz*, K., ap Gwilym, O., & Wang, Q. (2023). Technical analysis as a sentiment barometer and the cross-section of stock returns. Quantitative Finance, 1-20. (ABS3)

Ding*, W., Mazouz, K., & Wang, Q. (2021). Volatility timing, sentiment, and the short-term profitability of VIX-based cross-sectional trading strategies. Journal of Empirical Finance, 63, 42-56. (ABS3)

Ding, W., Mazouz *, K., & Wang, Q. (2019). Investor sentiment and the cross-section of stock returns: New theory and evidence. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 53, 493-525. (ABS3)

Research Fund

“Social Media Information Dissemination and the Stock Market Regulation”, National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project (72203244), Principal Investigator, 2023.01-2025.12