Overview

Dr Wenjie Ding is an Associate Professor of Finance at the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University. She joined Sun Yat-sen University in 2022. She is a CFA charterholder and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dr Ding received her PhD from Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University.

Dr Ding’s research agenda focuses on three main areas of finance: Behavioral Finance, Asset Pricing, and Corporate Governance. Her research has been published in internationally recognised academic journals, including the Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Quantitative Finance etc. Her ongoing research draws on large-scale textual analysis, international datasets, and modern empirical methods to study how information, narratives, political environments influence investors, firms, and financial markets from the behavioral finance perspective.

Qualifications

PhD in Finance, Cardiff University 

MSc in Regional Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

BSc in International Finance, Jiangxi University of Finance and Ecnonomics

Academic Employment

2019.01-2022.03, Caridff University, Assistant Professor

2022.03-2025.12, Sun Yat-sen University, Assistant Professor

2026.01-current, Sun Yat-sen University, Associate Professor

Publications

Li, M., Ding*, W., Xiao, J., & Wang, Q. (2026). Beyond Accuracy: Do Analyst Site Visits Boost the Precision of Management Earnings Range Guidance?. Contemporary Accounting Research, 43(2), 1145-1171. (FT50)

Ding#, W., Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L., Klusak*, P., & Livne, G. (2026). Corporate governance characteristics, shareholder dissent and agency cost of debt. International Review of Financial Analysis, 104850. (ABS3)

Zhou, P., Ding, W., Mazouz, K., & Jin, S. (2026). Green bonds and the energy transition: From instrumental use to intrinsic value. Energy Economics, 109503. (ABS3)

Zhou, P., Jin, S., Mazouz, K., & Ding*, W. (2025). Choices and Effects of Different Green Labels in the EU Bond Market. Journal of Business Ethics, 200(1), 207-229. (FT50)

Song, Q., Ding*, W., Hasan, I., & Wang, Q. (2024). Banker directors on board and corporate tax avoidance. Journal of Empirical Finance, 79, 101551. (ABS3)

Qiao, T., Ding, W., Han, L., & Li*, D. (2024). RMB exchange rate volatility and the cross-section of Chinese A-share returns. Journal of International Money and Finance, 103024. (ABS3)

Ding#, W., Mazouz*, K., ap Gwilym, O., & Wang, Q. (2023). Technical analysis as a sentiment barometer and the cross-section of stock returns. Quantitative Finance, 1-20. (ABS3)

Ding*#, W., Mazouz, K., & Wang, Q. (2021). Volatility timing, sentiment, and the short-term profitability of VIX-based cross-sectional trading strategies. Journal of Empirical Finance, 63, 42-56. (ABS3)

Ding#, W., Mazouz*, K., & Wang, Q. (2019). Investor sentiment and the cross-section of stock returns: new theory and evidence. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 53, 493-525. (ABS3)

Projects

"The Impact of Social Media Information Transmission Pattern on Stock Market and Its Governance", National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72203244), 2023.01-2025.12