Distinguished Professor of Finance
(Former Associate Dean, Professional Graduate Programs)
Email: wwang@queensu.ca
Tel: 1-613-533-3248
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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Insight Development Grant ($67,203) – Project: Do Hedge Funds Exploit Material Non-Public Information? (Co-Investigator) (2022)
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Insight Development Grant ($64,812) – Project: Market Power in Loan Pricing (Principal Investigator) (2021)
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Insight Grant ($70,070) – Project: Redeployment of Intellectual Properties in Bankruptcy (Principal Investigator) (2017)
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Insight Development Grant ($67,600) – Project: Creditor Control Rights, CEO Personal Bankruptcy Costs, and Chapter 11 Sales (Principal Investigator) (2012)
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Insight Grant ($71,500) – Project: Hedge Funds and the Changing Nature of Chapter 11 (Co-Investigator) (2010)
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Best Paper Award
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S&P Global Best Paper Award, Monash Winter Conference (2024)
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Southern Finance Association annual meetings, Key West (2022)
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Wharton School Jacobs Levy Outstanding Research Paper Prize (2021)
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FMA Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance Semi-Finalist (2018, 2020)
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China International Conference in Finance (2015)
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NTU International Conference on Finance (2012)
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European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Barcelona (2012)
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Award by Smith School of Business
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Research Excellence Award, Smith School of Business (2021)
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Professor of the Year Award - Master of Finance Beijing Program (2018, 2019, 2020)
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New Researcher Achievement Award, Smith School of Business (2012)
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CA Queen’s Center of Corporate Governance Major Research Grant (Principal Investigator) (2010)
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Fund for Scholarly Research and Creative Work, Queen’s University (2007-2011)