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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Shuo Xia

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Shuo Xia

Junior Professor

VWL/ Financial Economics (JP)
Institutsgebäude
Grimmaische Straße 12, Room I 236
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 33824
Fax: +49 341 97 - 33829

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Abstract

I am a finance researcher jointly affiliated with Leipzig University and The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). My research Interests are mainly empirical corporate finance

​and corporate governance, and I teach both empirical and theoretical topics.


Personal Website: https://shuoxia.weebly.com/

Professional career

  • since 04/2019
    Assistant Professor of Economics, esp. Financial Economics in Leipzig University
  • since 09/2018
    Head of the Research Group Matching and Incentives in Financial Markets in Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Education

  • 09/2014 - 12/2018
    PhD in Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • 09/2012 - 09/2014
    MPhil in Economics from Tinbergen Institute and VU Amsterdam
  • 09/2010 - 07/2012
    MSc in Economics from the University of Essex
  • 09/2005 - 07/2009
    BEng in Computer Science and Technology from the Beijing University of Technology

My research interests are mainly empirical corporate finance

​and corporate governance

I teach both empirical and theoretical topics in Corporate Finance and Governance

  • Corporate Finance Theory

  • Topics in Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation

  • Current Topics in Empirical Financial Research (Past)