Emma Wang

Biography

Professor Emma Wang recently joined the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management as an assistant professor of accounting. Her research interests focus on corporate ESG practices, ESG standard setting, and sustainable financing. Her research aims to contribute to the understanding of ESG developments, stipulate discussions, and facilitate policy making. Emma received her her in Accounting at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Prior to joining the PhD program, Emma worked as an associate at a leading economic consulting company, Charles River Associates. There, she provided litigation and strategy consulting expertise to the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Emma earned her B.Com degree in Finance and Economics and her M.A degree in Economics at the University of Toronto. She is also a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

In her spare time, Emma enjoys cooking, yoga, Pilates, running, camping, and spending time with her family and their dog Dash.

Selected Publications

• Choy, Stacey; Jiang, Shushu; Liao, Scott; Wang, Emma. "Public environmental enforcement and private lender monitoring: Evidence from environmental covenants"Journal of Accounting and Economics. (forthcoming).

Academic Degrees

• PhD Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2023
• MA Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 2013
• BCom Rotman Commerce, University of Toronto, 2012