Dr. WU Xueping 吴雪平博士 Department of Economics and Finance
Associate Head (EF)
Associate Professor

Address
9-218, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

Phone
+852 34427577

Email
efxpwu@cityu.edu.hk

Personal Web
http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~efxpwu/
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Research Areas Corporate Finance
Asset Pricing and Capital Markets
International Financial Management


Qualifications PhD - Applied Economics (Finance) (Catholic University of Leuven)
MBA - Business Administration (Catholic University of Leuven)
ME - Management Engineering (Tongji University)
BE (5yrs Program) - Management Engineering (Tongji University)


Biography Dr. Xueping Wu joined The CityU in 1995 after obtaining a PhD in Applied Economics (in the area of Finance) from K.U. Leuven (Belgium). He has been teaching Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Investment, and International Financial Management. He has also been supervising Mphil and PhD students. His research interests are both theoretical and empirical, covering Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing and Capital Markets, and International Finance. He has published articles in high quality academic journals such as The Journal of Business, JFQA, The Review of Finance, The Journal of Banking and Finance, The Journal of Corporate Finance, The Journal of International Money and Finance, and The Review of Derivatives Research. He has won several best paper awards including the 1999-WFA Award for the Best Paper in Corporate Finance. For avocations, he likeshiking, swimming and practicing Tai-chi, and he has been many times Champions of Staff-50/100m Breast-stroke at the CityU Annual Aquatic Meets since 1996.


Awards Award TitleInstitution
2008 Best Paper Award for the Best Papers at the China International Conference in Finance Tsinghua University & MIT
2006 Outstanding Paper Award for the Best Papers at the International Conference on Finance National Taiwan University
2006 Best Paper Award (Third Place) for the Best Papers at the 1st International Conference on Asian-pacific Financial Markets Korean Securities Association
Iddo Sarnat Award (second place) for the Best Papers Published in the 2002 Issues of Journal of Banking and Finance Journal of Banking and Finance
2002 Barclays Global Investors Award for the Best Papers on the Australasian Capital Markets Barclays Global Investors
1999 WFA Award for the Best Paper in Corporate Finance Western Finance Association

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Research Grants PI: "Advisor Lending to the Advised Acquirer in M&A
Persistent Growth Uncertainty and Investment Sensitivity to Cash Flow
Growth Type Matching and Corporate Merger
Do Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities of Listed Firms Reflect Growth Types Rather than Financial Constraints?
Fundamentals and the Persistence and Convergence in Corporate Capital Structure
The Choice of Seasoned Equity Flotation Method around the World: A Control Benefits Approach
Understanding the Positive Announcement Effect of Private Equity Placement: New Insights from Hong Kong Data
Investment Efficiency and Financing Decisions with a Main Bank
Conditional Valuation Effects of Controlling Ownership: Rights Offerings versus Placements in Hong Kong
How Is Japan's Corporate Choice of Bank Loans and Public Debt Related to Firm's Growth?
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Publications Journal Publications and Reviews Chen, Chong; Wu, Xueping / Winning megadeals: The dual role of acquirer advisors in loan-financed mergers and acquisitions. August 2021; In: Journal of Corporate Finance. Vol. 69

Wu, Xueping; Wang, Zheng; Yao, Jun / A Rent-Protection Explanation for SEO Flotation-Method Choice. June 2016; In: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 1039-1069

Wu, Xueping; Au Yeung, Chau Kin / Firm growth type and capital structure persistence. December 2012; In: Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 36, No. 12, pp. 3427-3443

Wu, Xueping; Yao, Jun / Understanding the rise and decline of the Japanese main bank system: The changing effects of bank rent extraction. January 2012; In: Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 36-50

Wu, Xueping; Sercu, Piet; Yao, Jun / Does competition from new equity mitigate bank rent extraction? Insights from Japanese data. October 2009; In: Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1884-1897

Sercu, Piet; Vandebroek, Martina; Wu, Xueping / Is the forward bias economically small? Evidence from European rates. December 2008; In: Journal of International Money and Finance. Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 1284-1302

Wu, Xueping; Wang, Zheng / Equity financing in a Myers-Majluf framework with private benefits of control. October 2005; In: Journal of Corporate Finance. Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 915-945

Wu, Xueping; Wang, Zheng; Yao, Jun / Understanding the positive announcement effects of private equity placements: New insights from Hong Kong data. September 2005; In: Review of Finance. Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 385-414

Wu, Xueping; Xu, Lily Li / The value information of financing decisions and corporate governance during and after the Japanese deregulation. January 2005; In: Journal of Business. Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 243-280

Wu, Xueping / A conditional multifactor analysis of return momentum. 2002; In: Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 1675-1696

Wu, Xueping / A new stochastic duration based on the vasicek and CIR term structure theories. September 2000; In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. Vol. 27, No. 7-8, pp. 911-932

Sercu, Piet; Wu, Xueping / Cross- and delta-hedges: Regression- versus price-based hedge ratios. May 2000; In: Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 735-757

Wu, Xueping; Zhang, Jin E. / Options on the minimum or the maximum of two average prices. 1999; In: Review of Derivatives Research. Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 183-204

Sercu, Piet; Wu, Xueping / The information content in bond model residuals: An empirical study on the belgian bond market. May 1997; In: Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 685-720


Conference Papers CHEN, Chong; WU, Xueping / Advisor Lending to the Advised Acquirer During M&A: Conflict of Interest or Last Resort Financing?. December 2016; 29th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, 14/12/2016 - 16/12/2016, Sydney, Australia.

WU, Xueping; Au Yeung, Chau Kin / The Sensitivity of Investment to Cash Flow: An Explanation Based on the Growth-Type-Aligned Financing Hierarchy. December 2016; 29th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, 14/12/2016 - 16/12/2016, Sydney, Australia.

Wu, Xueping; Wang, Zheng; Yao, Jun / A Rent Protection Explanation for SEO Flotation Method Choice. June 2014; City University of Hong Kong Finance Conference, 10/06/2014 - 11/06/2014, , China.

WU, Xueping; Au Yeung, Chau Kin / 2013 China International Conference in Finance July 10-13, 2013 Shanghai, China Growth Uncertainty and the Persistence of Investment and Financial Policies. July 2013; China International Conference in Finance, 10/07/2013 - 13/07/2013, Shanghai, China.

WU, Xueping; WANG, Zheng / Revealing the Alignment Effect of Ownership Concentration in a Closely Held Market: Evidence from the Choice of Seasoned Equity Flotation Method. July 2007; 2007 China International Conference in Finance (CICF 2007), 09/07/2007 - 12/07/2007, Chengdu, China.



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