College of Management
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Atlanta, GA 30308-1149
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DEGREES
Ph.D. in Accounting (minor in experimental economics), University of Pittsburgh
M.S. in Accounting, Renmin University of China
B.S. in Statistics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2011 – present Associate professor of accounting
2005 – 2010 Assistant professor of accounting
College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
AREAS OF INTEREST
- The effects of economic and psychological factors on accounting decision making
- Management control and accounting ethics
- Behavioral sciences and experimental economics
RESEARCH
Publications
- Church, B.K., R.L. Hannan, and X. Kuang. 2012. Shared interest and honesty in budget reporting. Accounting, Organizations and Society, forthcoming.
- Kuang, X., and D.V. Moser. 2011. Wage negotiation, employee effort and firm profit under output-based versus fixed-wage incentive contracts. Contemporary Accounting Research 28 (2): 616-642.
- Ackert, L.F., B.K. Church, X. Kuang, and L. Qi. 2011. Lying: An experimental investigation of the role of situational factors. Business Ethics Quarterly 21 (4): 605-632.
- Hales, J., X. Kuang, and S. Venkataraman. 2011. Who believes the hype? An experimental examination of how language affects investor judgments. Journal of Accounting Research 49(1): 223-255.
- Kuang, X., and D.V. Moser. 2009. Reciprocity and the effectiveness of optimal agency contracts. The Accounting Review 84 (5): 1671-1694.
- Church, B.K., and X. Kuang. 2009. Conflicts of interest, disclosure, and (costly) sanctions: Experimental evidence. Journal of Legal Studies 38 (2): 505-532.
- Dana, J., R.A. Weber, and X. Kuang. 2007. Exploiting moral wiggle room: Experiments demonstrating an illusory preference for fairness. Economic Theory 33 (1): 67-80.
- Kuang, X., R.A. Weber, and J. Dana. 2007. How effective is advice from interested parties? An experimental test using a pure coordination game. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 62 (4): 591-604.
Working papers
- “Information acquisition and opportunistic behavior in managerial reporting” with B.K. Church and R.L. Hannan. Under revision for 3rd review at Contemporary Accounting Research.
- “Trust-based management control and the extent of employees’ reciprocity: An experimental examination” with B.K. Church.
- “Reward, competition, and creativity: The role of performance pressure” with C.E. Shalley.
TEACHING
- Undergraduate core Financial Accounting
- Undergraduate elective Advanced Management Accounting
- MBA elective Advanced Management Accounting
- Ph.D. management accounting research seminar
SERVICES
Reviewer for journals
- The Accounting Review
- American Economic Review
- Academy of Management Journal
- Management Science
- Contemporary Accounting Research
- Journal of Management Accounting Research
- Behavioral Research in Accounting
- Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
- Southern Economic Journal
- Journal of Economic Psychology
Reviewer for grant proposals
- Deanship of Scientific Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (October 2011).
- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) (April 2010; March 2008).
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (March 2008).
Campus contributions
- Director, the Experiential Laboratory and Ussery Management Research Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Member, Faculty Honors Committee, College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Member, American Accounting Association.
- Member, Canadian Academic Accounting Association.
- Non-practitioner member, Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 AAA’s Accounting, Behavior and Organization (ABO) Section Conference Best Paper Award.
2002 AAA’s Deloitt & Touchie Doctoral Consortium Fellow.
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