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 (not tenured), 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. "Entry Deterrence Through Strategic Trading," with Chong Huang

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

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     TEACHING EXPERIENCES

     

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics:

Financial Management (English), 2022 – 2024.

Risk Management (English), 2022 – 2024.

Risk Management (Bilingual), 2022 – 2023.

Economics of Money and Finance, 2024.

 

University of California, Irvine:

Quant-Bootcamp, 2019.

Teaching Assistant, 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.

 

Fordham University:

Teaching Assistant, 2014 - 2015.

Options and Futures Markets, Financial Econometrics.

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     AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

Best Teach Award, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2021 – 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​

2020 FIRS(accepted), 2020 FMA, 2021 AFBC, 2021 WCMF, 7th International Young Finance Scholars Conference, 2021 CMES, 2021 CICF, 2022 SWUFE Summer FinTech Workshop, 2022 SWUFE-IFS, 2024 MFA*, 10th Erasmus Liquidity Conference, 2024 AMES, 2024 CUFE International Summer Conference of Finance*, 2024 CFRC, 2024 CYDF, 2024 FERM, 2024 TTFW(SWUFE Session), UC Irvine, USC, UIBE, SEC*, SWUFE, Central European University, China-ASEAN Institute of Financial Cooperation, City University of Hong Kong.

  (* indicates presented by co-author.)

 

     Discussion​

2019 FMA, 2021 AFBC, 2021 WCMF, 2023 CICF.

     Conference Session Chair

2021 CMES, 2024 AMES.

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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, June 2022, May 2025.

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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