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Weili Ge is a Professor of Accounting at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington, where he has been teaching since 2006. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2006, following a Master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001, and a Bachelor's degree from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1999. Professor Ge's research primarily focuses on financial accounting, with key interests in predicting accounting misstatement and fraud, and the determinants and consequences of earnings quality and internal control over financial reporting. His contributions to the field have earned him numerous accolades, including the Charles Summer Memorial Teaching Award in 2025 and the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Washington in 2021. He has served on various editorial boards, including the Contemporary Accounting Research and the Accounting Review, and was an Ad Hoc Referee for multiple academic journals. His recent works explore novel topics such as the role of prosocial behavior in accounting manipulation and the evaluation of corporate financial reporting practices.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Teaching and conducting research in Financial Accounting.
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