Kai Wang
Research Assistant Professor
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Email: kai.wang2 at kellogg dot northwestern dot edu
[CV] [SSRN] [Google Scholar]
Last update: 08/14/2026
Kai Wang
Research Assistant Professor
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Email: kai.wang2 at kellogg dot northwestern dot edu
[CV] [SSRN] [Google Scholar]
Last update: 08/14/2026
Strategic Limit Orders and Intertemporal Price Dispersion [AEJ version] [SSRN]
With Suman Banerjee and Ravi Jagannathan
Forthcoming at American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Intangibles Investment and Asset Quality [SSRN]
With Ravi Jagannathan and Robert Korajczyk
Presentation: Northwestern University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Vienna Graduate School of Finance, the Advances in Financial Econometrics conference at Copenhagen Business School 2023, European Finance Association Annual Meeting 2024, Frontiers in Factor Investing Conference 2024, HEC-McGill Winter Finance Conference 2023, UIC Finance Conference 2024, Alliance Bernstein Quant Conference, and Northern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2024
Award: Invesco Factor Investing Prize at Frontiers in Factor Investing Conference 2024
Media attention: Market Watch by Dow Jones, Alpha Architect, Kellogg Insight
AI Adoption and Information Quality in Financial Markets [SSRN]
Solo Author
Presentation: Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting 2026 (scheduled), Northwestern University
Stages in Balance-Sheet Growth and Stock Returns [SSRN]
Solo Author
Presentation: CQA Fall Conference 2026 (scheduled), Northwestern University, University of Alberta
Pumping up the SEO: The Rewards of Uninformed Speculation [SSRN]
With Suman Banerjee and Thomas Noe
Presentation: Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting 2020
Organizational Capital, Tobin’s Q, and the Cross Section of Stock Returns [SSRN]
Solo Author
Presentation: Financial Management Association (FMA) 2021, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2022
Foreign Exposure and the Valuation of U.S. Public Firms [Draft Available Upon Request]
With Ravi Jagannathan, Robert Korajczyk, and Sri S. Sridhar
Presentation: Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting 2026 (scheduled)
Generative AI, Data Infrastructure, and Analyst Forecast Accuracy [Draft Available Upon Request]
With Devin Shanthikumar and Ji Sui
Presentation: Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting 2026 (scheduled)