CONTACT INFORMATION:

     Address: Office 201, Institute of Financial Studies, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
     Email: xuxiaoqi@swufe.edu.cn
     Website: https://xiaoqx1.wixsite.com/catherinexu

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     CURRENT APPOINTMENT:
     

     Assistant Professor in Finance, SWUFE, Oct. 2021 -- Jun. 2022

     Associate Professor in Finance (tenure track), SWUFE, Jun. 2022 --

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     DEGREES:

     Ph.D. (Finance), Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, 2021.
         Dissertation: "Essays on Managerial Learning from Financial Markets," advisor: Chong Huang
     M.S. (Quantitative Finance), Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, 2015.
     M.S. (Applied Economics), College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, 2013.
     B.A. (Economics), School of Economics, Xiamen University, 2011.
     B.S. (Applied Mathematics), School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, 2011.

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     RESEARCH INTERESTS:

     Asset Pricing, Market Microstructure, Information Economics.


     WORKING PAPERS:​

     1. "Alternative Trading System Effects on Market Efficiency and Real Efficiency," with Chong Huang  
     2. "Informed Trading and Product Market Competition," with Chong Huang

     3. "Dark Pool Effects on Investor Trading Venue Choice."
          

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     TEACHING EXPERIENCES

     

     Instructor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2022 --

     Risk Management, Financial Management

     Quant-Bootcamp, University of California, Irvine, 2019.

     Teaching Assistant,University of California, Irvine, 2015 - 2021. 

     Multinational Finance, Derivatives, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Managerial Finance,         

     Corporate Valuation, Investment Management, Derivatives, Capstone, Investments, Financial

     Valuation, Introduction to Managerial Finance.

     Teaching Assistant, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, 2014 - 2015.

     Options and Futures Markets, Financial Econometrics.

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     AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

     Best Teaching Award at School of Finance, SWUFE, 2022.

     University of California, Irvine Doctoral Fellowship, 2015 – 2021.

     Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award in Market Microstructure at FMA 2020.

     AFA Student Travel Grant, 2020.

     Xiamen University Academic Merit Scholarship, 2007 – 2011.

     Year of Excellent Leader of Xiamen University, 2007 – 2009.

     Third Prize of “Jin Run Cup” Math Competition of Xiamen University, Sep. 2008.

 

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     PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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     Presentations in conferences or Seminar presentations

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     Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), 2020.

     University of Southern California (USC), 2020.

     University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), 2020.

     Financial Management Association annual meeting (FMA), 2020.

     Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (AFBC), 2021.

     Western Conference on Mathematical Finance (WCMF), 2021.

     United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 2021*.
     7th International Young Finance Scholars Conference (IYFS), 2021.

     China Meeting of the Econometric Society (CMES), 2021.

     China International Conference in Finance (CICF), 2021.

     (* indicates presented by co-author.)

 

     Discussion

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     Financial Management Association annual meeting (FMA), 2019.

     Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (AFBC), 2021.

     Western Conference on Mathematical Finance (WCMF), 2021.

     China International Conference in Finance (CICF), 2023.

     Conference Session Chair

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     China Meeting of the Econometric Society (CMES), 2021.

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     Workshops

     

     Summer FinTech Workshop, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 2022.

     Alumni Workshop (Presenter) at City University of Hong Kong, December 2021, 2022.

     Ph.D. Symposium at University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, August 2020.

     Social Finance Day at Georgetown University, October 2020.

     Finance Theory Group Ph.D. Summer School at Wharton Business School, June 2019.

     Finance Theory Group Ph.D. Summer School at Olin Business School, August 2017.

     LA Finance Day at UCLA Anderson School of Management, May 2017, 2019.

     LA Finance Day at USC Marshall Business School, May 2016, 2018.

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     PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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     American Economic Association, American Finance Association, Financial Management       

     Association, European Finance Association, Western Finance Association.

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