Yang Xu | Asset Pricing | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Yang Xu | Asset Pricing | Best Researcher Award

Associate Professor at Beihang University, China

Dr. Yang Xu is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His expertise lies in international finance, empirical asset pricing, exchange rates, commodity markets, and corporate finance. He has published extensively in top-tier journals such as the Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Energy Economics, and International Review of Financial Analysis. Additionally, he has been actively involved in national research projects, particularly in the fields of geopolitical risks, commodity pricing, and exchange rate modeling.

Publication Profile 

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Educational Background 🎓

  • Ph.D. in Financial Engineering – Beihang University, China (2014–2018)
    • Dissertation: “World Oil Market and Foreign Exchange Rate Prediction”
  • M.S. in Accountancy – The George Washington University, USA (2012–2014)
  • B.S. in Business and Financial Economics – University College Cork, Ireland (2010–2012)
  • B.S. in Accountancy – Beijing Technology and Business University, China (2008–2012)

Professional Experience 💼

  • Beihang University, Beijing, China

    • Associate Professor (Dec 2021 – Present)
    • Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep 2019 – Dec 2021)
    • Courses Taught: Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Accounting for Financial Institutions

  • Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

    • Assistant Professor, Beijing-Dublin International College (BDIC) (Jul 2018 – Jul 2019)
    • Courses Taught: Introduction to Financial Accounting, The Chinese Economy, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
    • Administrative Roles: Coordinator of the Sino-Foreign Finance Program, teaching arrangements, faculty hiring, and academic quality assessment

Research Interests 🔬

  • International Finance
  • Empirical Asset Pricing
  • Exchange Rate Dynamics
  • Commodity Markets and Pricing Models
  • Corporate Finance

Awards and Honors🏆✨

  • Principal Investigator of the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 72001013) on “Geopolitical Risk Factor and Exchange Rate Pricing” (2021–2023)
  • Research Fellow on multiple National Natural Science Foundation projects related to commodity pricing, behavioral finance, and financial market risk modeling

Conclusion🌟

Dr. Yang Xu is a leading researcher and educator in finance, with a strong focus on the intersection of financial markets, risk management, and international finance. His academic contributions extend to geopolitical risk assessment, machine learning applications in finance, and commodity pricing models. Through his roles at Beihang University and Beijing University of Technology, he has played a significant part in advancing financial education and research in China.

Publications 📚

1️⃣ Oil Strikes Back: Trend Factors and Exchange Rates
🏦 Journal of Money, Credit & Banking (Forthcoming)
🔗 DOI: 10.1111/jmcb.13146

2️⃣ Advanced Information, Strategic Trading and Price Reversal: The Impact of Information Technology on Financial Market (📜 In Chinese)
📖 Management Review (管理评论) (Forthcoming)

3️⃣ An Analytical Framework of Derivatives Sniper Attack Risk Based on the Case Study of Tsingshan Group’s Forced Liquidation Incident in LME Nickel (📜 In Chinese)
📖 Management Review (管理评论), 2024, 2: 257–272

4️⃣ Data Factor and Financial Market Equilibrium
📈 Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2024, 4: 663–677

5️⃣ Geopolitical Risk and the Dynamics of International Capital Flows
🌍 Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 2023, 101693

6️⃣ RMB Internationalization and Its Influencing Factors—From the Perspective of Exchange Rate Linkage (📜 In Chinese)
💰 Studies of International Finance (国际金融研究), 2023, 3: 61–72

7️⃣ Does the SDR Stabilize Investing in Commodities?
💹 International Review of Economics and Finance, 2022, 160–172

8️⃣ How Does Skewness Perform in the Chinese Commodity Futures Market?
📊 Journal of Futures Market, 2021, 1–18

9️⃣ The Impact of Geopolitical Uncertainty on Energy Volatility
⚡ International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021, 75, 101743

🔟 Dynamic Linkage Between the Chinese and Global Stock Markets: A Mixture Normal Approach
📈 Emerging Markets Review, 2021, 49: 100764

1️⃣1️⃣ Measuring Similarity Between Financial Time Series with a View to Identifying Profitable Stock Market Opportunities
🤖 International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, 2021

1️⃣2️⃣ Can the Baltic Dry Index Predict Foreign Exchange Rates?
💱 Finance Research Letters, 2020, 32: 101157

1️⃣3️⃣ Structural Relationship Between Oil Prices and Exchange Rates
⛽ Energy Economics, 2019, 84: 104488

1️⃣4️⃣ Leveraging BERT to Improve the FEARS Index for Stock Forecasting
🧠 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019

1️⃣5️⃣ Does Investor Attention Matter? The Attention-Return Relationships in FX Market
📊 Economic Modelling, 2018, 68: 644–660

 

 

 

 

Emad Kazemzadeh | Energy Economics | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Emad Kazemzadeh | Energy Economics | Best Researcher Award

Researcher at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

🌍 Economist | 📚 Educator | 🔬 Researcher
Emad Kazemzadeh is a passionate economist specializing in energy and environmental issues. With a solid academic background and extensive teaching and research experience, he focuses on understanding the interplay between economic activities and ecological impacts. He is dedicated to advancing sustainable practices through rigorous research and education.

Publication Profile : 

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🎓 Educational Background :

Emad Kazemzadeh holds a Post-Doctoral position in Energy Economics from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2022-2023) and a Ph.D. in Economics focusing on Energy-International from the same institution (2016-2022). He completed a research course at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Sistan and Baluchestan University (2012) and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Farhangian (2008).

💼 Professional Experience :

Emad has a robust teaching background, currently instructing B.Sc. courses at Ferdowsi University, including Microeconomics and Principles of Economics. His previous experience includes teaching Macroeconomics and Microeconomics at Payam-e-Noor University. He has also served as a research assistant for several esteemed professors in the field of economics. Emad has published extensively in high-impact journals, contributing to topics like ecological footprints, energy consumption, and the effects of economic complexity on environmental issues.

📚 Research Interests : 

His research interests span Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Health Economics, International Economics, Econometrics, and Development Economics.

📝 Publication Top Notes :

  1. Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., Salehnia, N., Koengkan, M., & Silva, N. (2023). Assessing influential factors for ecological footprints: A complex solution approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 137574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137574.
  2. Kazemzadeh, E., Lotfalipour, M. R., Shirazi, M., & Sargolzaie, A. (2023). Heterogeneous effects of energy consumption structure on ecological footprint. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(19), 55884-55904. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26118-x.
  3. Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., Salehnia, N., Koengkan, M., & Silva, N. (2023). Exploring necessary and sufficient conditions for carbon emission intensity: A comparative analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(38). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29260-8.
  4. Koengkan, M., Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., & Tash, M. N. S. (2023). Heterogeneous impact of eco-innovation on premature deaths resulting from indoor and outdoor air pollution: Empirical evidence from EU29 countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(1), 2298-2314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22423-z.
  5. Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., Radulescu, M., Koengkan, M., & Silva, N. (2023). The heterogeneous impact of environmental policy stringency on premature indoor and outdoor deaths from air pollution in the G7 countries: Do economic complexity and green innovation matter? Atmospheric Pollution Research, 14(2), 101664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.101664.
  6. Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., Salehnia, N., Koengkan, M., Shirazi, M., & Osmani, F. (2022). Factors driving CO₂ emissions: The role of energy transition and brain drain. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02780-y.
  7. Kazemzadeh, E., Koengkan, M., & Fuinhas, J. A. (2022). Effect of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on PM2.5 emissions in 29 European countries. Sustainability, 14(4), 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042188.
  8. Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., Koengkan, M., & Osmani, F. (2022). The heterogeneous effect of economic complexity and export quality on the ecological footprint: A two-step club convergence and panel quantile regression approach. Sustainability, 14(18), 11153. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811153.
  9. Kazemzadeh, E., Koengkan, M., & Fuinhas, J. A. (2022). Effect of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on PM2.5 emissions in 29 European countries. Sustainability, 14(4), 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042188.
  10. Kazemzadeh, E., Fuinhas, J. A., Shirazi, M., Koengkan, M., & Silva, N. (2023). Does economic complexity increase energy intensity? Energy Efficiency, 16(4), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-023-10104-w.
  11. Salari, T. E., Roumiani, A., & Kazemzadeh, E. (2021). Globalization, renewable energy consumption, and agricultural production impacts on ecological footprint in emerging countries: Using quantile regression approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(36), 49627-49641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14204-x.
  12. Koengkan, M., Fuinhas, J. A., Kazemzadeh, E., Alavijeh, N. K., & de Araujo, S. J. (2022). The impact of renewable energy policies on deaths from outdoor and indoor air pollution: Empirical evidence from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Energy, 245, 123209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123209.
  13. Koengkan, M., Fuinhas, J. A., Osmani, F., Kazemzadeh, E., Auza, A., Alavijeh, N. K., & Teixeira, M. (2022). Do financial and fiscal incentive policies increase the energy efficiency ratings in residential properties? Empirical evidence from Portugal. Energy, 241, 122895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.122895.
  14. Silva, N., Fuinhas, J. A., Koengkan, M., & Kazemzadeh, E. (2023). What are the causal conditions that lead to high or low environmental performance? A worldwide assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 107342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107342.
  15. Silva, N., Fuinhas, J. A., Koengkan, M., Kazemzadeh, E., & Kaymaz, V. (2023). Renewable energy deployment in Europe: Do politics matter? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03839-0.