Wenxia Ge holds a Master’s degree in accounting from Xiamen University, China, and a Ph.D. degree from McGill University. Prior to pursuing her academic career, she worked at China Construction Bank (Shanghai), first as an accountant and later as an internal auditor. Before joining Telfer, she was an associate professor at the University of Manitoba.
Professor Ge is Associate Editor of both the Asian Review of Accounting and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics and a member of the editorial boards of Advances in Accounting and the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. She has also reviewed papers for many leading journals and research grant agencies.
Her present research focuses on financial reporting quality, debt financing, bank risk-taking, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Her research has been published or accepted for publication in refereed journals such as Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, and Journal of International Business Studies.
Her research was funded by the SSHRC Insight Development Grant, CPA Canada-CAAA Research Grant, and several internal research grants provided by the University of Manitoba. She is a recipient of the CPA Manitoba Research Fellowship, Associates’ Achievement Award for Research, Asper Re-Action Award, American Accounting Association International Accounting Section Excellence in Reviewing Award, and Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Asian Review of Accounting.
From-To | Source | Title | * | ** | Role | Amount |
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2022-2024 | SSHRC Insight Development Grant | Are climate risk disclosures in earnings conference calls relevant to analysts? | R | C | PI | $ 49,504 |
2021-2023 | Telfer School of Management (Start-Up Fund) | Research Fund Start-up | R | I | PI | $ 20,000 |
2020-2022 | Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba | An Investigation into Climate Risk, Analyst Forecast, and Corporate Sustainability | R | O | PI | $ 30,000 |
2016-2019 | CPA Canada | Executive Pay Disparity and the Pricing of Audit Services | R | F | PI | $ 6,750 |
2016-2018 | SSHRC Insight Development Grant | Do Operations in Offshore Financial Centers Blow the Whistle on Bank Risks? | R | C | Co-I | $ 67,820 |
LEGEND:
*Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown
**Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown
Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator