Dr Wei Lu - Researcher Profile

Wei Lu

Address

Department of Accounting and Finance
Building H, Level 3

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 32972

Email: Wei.Lu@monash.edu


Biography

Dr Wei Lu is a senior lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance. 

Wei joined the Department from La Trobe University in 1992. Prior to joining the Department, Wei gained industrial and academic experience both in Australia and overseas. She has publications in international refereed journals, including Abacus and British Accounting Review. Wei Lu is a contributing author to the research book "Perspectives on Accounting and Finance in China". She was the co-editor of a special issue of Accounting, Business and Financial History.

Wei's research interests are accounting history, value relevance of intangible asset measurement and disclosures, assets revaluation across different countries, globalisation of accounting standards and corporate governance.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: La Trobe University
Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Book Chapters

Chalmers, K., Godfrey, J., Langfield-Smith, I.A., Lu, W., 2007, Globalisation of accounting: Implications for Australian public sector entities, in Globalisation of Accounting Standards, eds Jayne M. Godfrey and Keryn Chalmers, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 170-192.

Godfrey, J.M., Lu, W., 2005, Accounting for intangible assets and the relevance of financial statements in developed and emerging capital markets: Australia and China, in China's Business Reforms: Institutional Challenges in a Globalized Economy, eds Russell Smyth, On Kit Tam, Malcolm Warner and Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, RoutledgeCurzon, Abingdon UK, pp. 82-105.

Journal Articles

Lu, W., Ji, X., Aiken, M., 2009, Governmental influences in the development of Chinese accounting during the modern era, Accounting Business and Financial History [P], vol 19, issue 3, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 305-326.

Ji, X., Lu, W., Aiken, M., 2007, How do the Chinese management accountants cope with changes from a planned economy to a market economy, Asian Review of Accounting, vol 15, issue 1, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 45-61.

Godfrey, J., Lu, W., Ji, X., 2006, Different methods of accounting for intangible assets, Monash Business Review, vol 2, issue 1, Moansh University ePress, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-12.

Lu, W., Aiken, M., 2004, Origins and evolution of Chinese writing systems and preliminary counting relationships, Accounting History, vol 9, issue 3, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and NZ, Accounting History Special Interest Group, Australia, pp. 25-51.

Lu, W., 1998, The Evaluation of Bookkeeping in China: Integrating Historical Trends with Western Influences, ABACUS, vol .34 no.2, Basil Blackwell, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 220-242.

Lu, W., Aiken, M., Ji, X., 1997, The Certified Public Accounting Profession in China: Its Development and Impact on Financial Control of Business Operations, Australian Accounting Review, vol 7, Australian Society of CPAs, Australia, pp. 45-53.

Conference Proceedings

Chalmers, K., Godfrey, J., Langfield-Smith, I.A., Lu, W., 2004, Public sector governance: implications of adopting global financial reporting standards, Integrated Governance: Linking Up Government, Business and Civil Society: Proceedings of the Conference, 25 October 2004 to 26 October 2004, Monash Governance Research Unit, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-34.

Godfrey, J.M., Lu, W., 2003, Accounting for intangible assets and the relevance of financial statements in developed and emerging capital markets: Australia and China, International Challenges for the Global China: Proceedings, 13 November 2003 to 14 November 2003, Asian Business and Economics Research Unit, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 460-482.

Lu, W., Aiken, M., 1999, The Origin and Evolution of Chinese Writing Systems and Accounting Relationships, The Rhetoric of Accounting History: Conversations Across Time and Space, Toronto, Canada 18-20 November 1999, York University, Toronto Canada.

Lu, W., 1998, Comparison Research on the Accounting Education System in China and Australia, Asian Network of Schools of Accounting Symposium, Melbourne Vic., 17-18 April 1998, Asian Review of Accounting, Perth WA Australia.

Lu, W., 1998, Cultural and Administrative Antecedants of Financial Disclosure in Modern China, Fifth Charter Waldo Haskins Accounting History Conference, Atlanta USA, 12-14 November 1998, Atlanta USA.

Lu, W., 1998, Empirical Research on Factors Influencing the Development of Chinese Accounting, Second Biennial IAHER International Accounting Research Conference, Chicago, USA, 2-3 October, Internat. Assoc. for Accounting Education & Resear, Chicago USA.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Misplacement of Managerial skills and Cost of equity.
Supervisors:
Navissi, F (Main), Lu, W (Associate).