Academic & Professional Qualification
- Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
- MS in Accounting, Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics, Wuhan, China
- BA in Accounting, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Teaching, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), 2025- present.
- Associate Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, 2011-2025.
- Assistant Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, 2005-2011.
Biography
Dr. Luo joined HKU in 2025. Prior to joining HKU, he worked at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. Teaching interests of Dr. Luo cover core courses of accounting and finance for various types of students including undergraduate students, Master of Accounting, MBA, EMBA and executive students. Dr. Luo received two Teaching Excellence Awards and a Teaching Scholarship at Peking University. His online course “Accounting Principles” was recognized as National First-Class Undergraduate Online Course by Ministry of Education (China) in 2020. His research predominantly explores how various stakeholders affect a Chinese firm’s accounting information quality, manager incentives and corporate governance.
Teaching
- Introduction to financial accounting (Undergraduate course)
- Valuation Using Financial Statements (Undergraduate course)
- Accounting and Business Intelligence (Postgraduate course)
- ESG Accounting and Business Ethics A (Postgraduate course)
Research Interest
- Corporate governance
- Managerial compensation
- Financial reporting
- Venture capital
Selected Publications
- Chen, Hui, Wei Luo, and Naomi Soderstrom, 2023. Career Concerns, Contract Choice, and “Unpaid” Executives. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 35 (1): 93–113.
- Luo, Ting, Wei Luo, Heng Yue, and Lu Zhang, 2023. Friends can help: the effects of relationship in the Chinese book-building process. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 42(3): 107054.
- Han, Xiaomei, Wei Luo, Liansheng Wu, and Wei Zhou, 2023. Audit Effort and Stock Price Crash Risk. Abacus 59 (1): 230-257.
- Li, Qi, Wei Luo, Yaping Wang, and Liansheng Wu, 2013. Firm performance, corporate ownership, and disclosure of corporate social responsibility: Evidence from China, Business Ethics: A European Review, 22(2): 159-173.
- Liansheng Wu, Yaping Wang, Wei Luo, and Paul Gillis, 2012. State Ownership, Tax Status, and Size Effect of Effective Tax Rate in China, Accounting and Business Research, 42(2): 97-114.
- Wei Luo, Yi Zhang, and Ning Zhu, 2011. Bank Ownership and Executive Perquisites: New Evidence from an Emerging Market, Journal of Corporate Finance, 17 (2): 352-370.
- Wei Luo, P. Rao, and H. Yue, 2010. Information Risk and Underwriter Switching in SEOs: Evidence from China, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 37 (7&8): 905-928.