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Franco Wong

Professor

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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  • Professor
    Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

BIO

Franco Wong is a Professor of Accounting. His research focuses on the production and dissemination of accounting information and the use of accounting information for valuation and contracting purposes. He has written articles on the disclosures about derivatives financial instruments; the pricing of Internet stocks; the effect of employee stock option accounting on share repurchases and corporate investment; the incorporation of employee stock option dilution into equity valuation; the impact of securities regulations on equity analysts and cross-listed companies; the role of equity analysts in the pricing of financial statement note information; blockchain and initial coin offerings.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Accounting Area Coordinator
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2022 - 2023
  • Director of Faculty Recruiting
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2018 - 2019
  • Professor of Accounting
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada2015 - present
  • CPA Ontario Professor of Financial Accounting
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada2014 - 2016
  • CMA Ontario Professor of Accounting
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2011 - 2014
  • Associate Professor of Accounting
    University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2006 - 2015
  • Associate Professor of Accounting and Control
    INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France2012 - 2014
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting
    University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business (now Booth), United States2001 - 2006
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting
    University of California at Berkeley, United States1998 - 2001
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Accounting
    University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business, United States1997 - 1997

DEGREES

  • PhD, Accounting
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States1993 - 1997
  • MA, Economics
    Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada1991 - 1992
  • BA, Economics
    University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada1989 - 1991
  • Diploma, Aircraft Engineering
    Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China1985 - 1987

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential
    IFRS Foundation2023 - present