Leon Wong

About Leon

Leon joined the School of Accounting in July 2006. Prior to joining the School, Leon worked in Singapore, as a tax consultant for an international accounting firm, a securities market regulator and listings promoter at the Singapore stock exchange, and in equity corporate finance at an investment bank.

Journal Articles

• Wan Y; Wong L, 2015, 'Ownership, related party transactions and performance in China' Accounting Research Journal, vol. 28, pp. 143 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ARJ-08-2013-0053
• Taylor S; Wong L, 2012, 'Robust anomalies? A close look at accrual-based trading strategy returns' ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, vol. 52, pp. 573 - 603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00408.x

Conference Papers

• Tronnes PC; Wong L; Ng HY, 2016, 'Audit Pricing and Price Discrimination by the Big 4 Auditors: A Quantile Regression Approach' in Audit Pricing and Price Discrimination by the Big 4 Auditors: A Quantile Regression Approach, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York, presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York, 06 - 10 August 2016
• Carson E; Partadinata F; Tronnes PC; Wong L, (ed.), 2014, 'Audit quality in initial audit engagements: A quantile regression approach' in Proceedings of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ 2014) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ 2014) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 06 - 08 July 2014, http://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/academic/ra/seminar/2014/seminar-details/201409171530.pdf
• Balatbat MC; Wong L; Khoo LM, 2013, 'Value Relevance of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Disclosures on Stock Market Performance: an International Study' in European Accounting Association 2013 Annual Congress, European Accounting Association 2013 Annual Congress, Paris, France, presented at European Accounting Association 2013 Annual Congress, Paris, France, 06 - 08 May 2013, http://www.eaa2013.org/r/default.asp?sCode=LOGIN&item=CF&association_id=2
• Tan HC; Wong L, 2013, 'The Value Relevance of Timely Earnings Information' in American Accounting Association Annual Meeting - Brilliantly disguised opportunities, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting - Brilliantly disguised opportunities, Anaheim, USA, presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting - Brilliantly disguised opportunities, Anaheim, USA, 03 - 07 August 2013, https://aaahq.org/AM2013/program.cfm
• Wong LK; Tan HC, 2013, 'The Value Relevance of Timely Earnings Information' in European Accounting Association 2013 Annual Congress, European Accounting Association 2013 Annual Congress, Paris, France, presented at European Accounting Association 2013 Annual Congress, Paris, France, 06 - 08 May 2013
• Carson EA; Luc A; Wong L, 2012, 'The Relative Effects of Audit Partner Tenure and Audit Firm Tenure on Audit Quality' in Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Programme & Proceedings, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, Australia, presented at Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 - 03 July 2012
• Wong L, 2011, 'The Latent Factors of Earnings Quality' in International Symposium on Audit Research (ISAR) Conference 2011 Program & Proceedings, International Symposium on Audit Research (ISAR) Conference 2011, Beijing, PRC, presented at International Symposium on Audit Research (ISAR) Conference 2011, Beijing, PRC, 17 - 19 October 2011
• Wong L; Taylor S, 2010, 'The Accruals Anomaly in Australia: A Closer Look at Trading Strategy Returns' in 22nd Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues 2010, 22nd Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues 2010, Gold Coast, QLD, pp. 1 - 38, presented at 22nd Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues 2010, Gold Coast, QLD, 08 - 10 October 2010
• Wong L; Li Y; Stokes DJ; Taylor S, 2009, 'Audit Quality, Accounting Attributes and the Cost of Equity Capital' in Programme & Proceedings of International Symposium on Auditing Research 2009, International Symposium on Auditing Research 2009, Maastricht, Netherlands, presented at International Symposium on Auditing Research 2009, Maastricht, Netherlands, 01 June 2009
• Li Y; Wong LK; Stokes DJ; Taylor S, 2009, 'Audit Quality, earnings quality and the cost of equity capital.' in Audit Quality, earnings quality and the cost of equity capital., Accounting at a Tipping Point - 2009 Annual Meeting & Conference on Teaching & Learning in Accounting, New York, USA, presented at Accounting at a Tipping Point - 2009 Annual Meeting & Conference on Teaching & Learning in Accounting, New York, USA, 01 - 05 August 2009
• Wong LK, 2009, 'The Pricing of Earning Quality in Australia' in The Pricing of Earning Quality in Australia, Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues 2009, Las Vegas, USA, presented at Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues 2009, Las Vegas, USA, 22 - 25 November 2009
• Wong LK, 2008, 'Earnings quality and the cost of equity.' in Program & Proceedings - Accounting & Finance Association of Australia Conference 2008, AFAANZ 2008 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia Conference, Sydney, presented at AFAANZ 2008 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia Conference, Sydney, 06 - 08 July 2008

Other Academic Work

• Wong LK, 2009, The Pricing or Mispricing of Earnings Quality in Australia, thesis

Current Courses Taught

• ACCT1511 Accounting and Financial Management 1B

Research Supervision

• Lim, Timmy Teng Yin, BCom (Hons) 2013, The Importance of Human Capital Disclosures: Evidence from the English Premier League. Jointly supervised with Jeffery Knapp.
• Khoo, Li Ming, BCom (Hons) 2012, The Value Relevance of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Disclosures on Stock Market Performance: An International Study. Jointly supervised with Maria Balatbat.
• Luc, Adam, BCom (Hons) 2010, Audit Partner Tenure, Audit Firm Tenure, and their Association with Audit Quality. Jointly supervised with Elizabeth Carson.
• Wan Yezhen, BCom (Hons) 2010, Ownership Structure, Related Party Transactions and Firm Performance: Evidence for Chinese Listed Firms. Jointly supervised with Philip Brown.​​

PASS co-ordinator (accounting)

Accounting PASS leaders are 3rd year accounting major students. They are recruited in the second semester of the previous year from students enrolled in ACCT2542. Recruitment announcements are made in ACCT2542 lectures and the invitation is posted on the ACCT2542 moodle page in week 6 and interviews are conducted in week 9.​

Research Grants

• 2009: UNSW Australia Business School Early Career Researcher research grant

Awards

• ​Runner-up for the Accounting & Finance Journal 2012 Peter Brownell Best Manuscript Award for the paper, 'Robust anomalies? A close look at accrual-based trading strategy returns'.