About Lydia Wang

I am a 5th year Ph.D. Candidate in Accounting at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Prior to my Ph.D. at Stanford, I received an A.B. in Applied Mathematics with a focus in Economics from Harvard College.

I was born in California and grew up in Michigan!

Working Papers

“How Do Data Affect Firms’ Innovation Strategies: Evidence From the General Data Protection Regulation”

  • Solo-authored
  • Presentations:
    • AAA/Deloitte Foundation/Michael J. Cook Doctoral Consortium 2024
    • DFSI Conference 2024
    • Stanford GSB Accounting 2024, 2023
    • Stanford GSB Finance Reading Group 2024
    • University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 2024

“Deal or No Deal: CEOs, M&A, and the Culture of Honor in the U.S. South”

  • Co-authored with Ron Kasznik and Ido Spector
  • Revise and resubmit at Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Presentations:
    • Stanford GSB (Wang) 2024

“Financial and Non-financial Management Guidance”

  • Co-authored with Brandon Gipper and Shawn Kim
  • Status: Early draft written, refining writing and analysis, seeking feedback

Research in Progress

“Bank Executive Compensation Regulation: A Survey Paper”

  • Co-authored with Chris Armstrong, Hamid Mehran, and Rahul Vashishtha
  • Status: Initial draft written, currently revising and editing

“Venture Capital Contracting”

  • Co-authored with Chris Armstrong and Lingyu Gu
  • Status: Proposal stage, data acquired