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.
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Educational Background ๐
- Ph.D. in Financial Engineering โ Beihang University, China (2014โ2018)
- Dissertation: โWorld Oil Market and Foreign Exchange Rate Predictionโ
- M.S. in Accountancy โ The George Washington University, USA (2012โ2014)
- B.S. in Business and Financial Economics โ University College Cork, Ireland (2010โ2012)
- B.S. in Accountancy โ Beijing Technology and Business University, China (2008โ2012)
Professional Experience ๐ผ
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Beihang University, Beijing, China
- Associate Professor (Dec 2021 โ Present)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep 2019 โ Dec 2021)
- Courses Taught: Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Accounting for Financial Institutions
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Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
- Assistant Professor, Beijing-Dublin International College (BDIC) (Jul 2018 โ 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 ๐ฌ
- International Finance
- Empirical Asset Pricing
- Exchange Rate Dynamics
- Commodity Markets and Pricing Models
- Corporate Finance
Awards and Honors๐โจ
- Principal Investigator of the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 72001013) on โGeopolitical Risk Factor and Exchange Rate Pricingโ (2021โ2023)
- Research Fellow on multiple National Natural Science Foundation projects related to commodity pricing, behavioral finance, and financial market risk modeling
Conclusion๐
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 ๐
1๏ธโฃ Oil Strikes Back: Trend Factors and Exchange Rates
๐ฆ Journal of Money, Credit & Banking (Forthcoming)
๐ DOI: 10.1111/jmcb.13146
2๏ธโฃ Advanced Information, Strategic Trading and Price Reversal: The Impact of Information Technology on Financial Market (๐ In Chinese)
๐ Management Review (็ฎก็่ฏ่ฎบ) (Forthcoming)
3๏ธโฃ An Analytical Framework of Derivatives Sniper Attack Risk Based on the Case Study of Tsingshan Group’s Forced Liquidation Incident in LME Nickel (๐ In Chinese)
๐ Management Review (็ฎก็่ฏ่ฎบ), 2024, 2: 257โ272
4๏ธโฃ Data Factor and Financial Market Equilibrium
๐ Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2024, 4: 663โ677
5๏ธโฃ Geopolitical Risk and the Dynamics of International Capital Flows
๐ Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 2023, 101693
6๏ธโฃ RMB Internationalization and Its Influencing FactorsโFrom the Perspective of Exchange Rate Linkage (๐ In Chinese)
๐ฐ Studies of International Finance (ๅฝ้
้่็ ็ฉถ), 2023, 3: 61โ72
7๏ธโฃ Does the SDR Stabilize Investing in Commodities?
๐น International Review of Economics and Finance, 2022, 160โ172
8๏ธโฃ How Does Skewness Perform in the Chinese Commodity Futures Market?
๐ Journal of Futures Market, 2021, 1โ18
9๏ธโฃ The Impact of Geopolitical Uncertainty on Energy Volatility
โก International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021, 75, 101743
๐ Dynamic Linkage Between the Chinese and Global Stock Markets: A Mixture Normal Approach
๐ Emerging Markets Review, 2021, 49: 100764
1๏ธโฃ1๏ธโฃ Measuring Similarity Between Financial Time Series with a View to Identifying Profitable Stock Market Opportunities
๐ค International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, 2021
1๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ Can the Baltic Dry Index Predict Foreign Exchange Rates?
๐ฑ Finance Research Letters, 2020, 32: 101157
1๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ Structural Relationship Between Oil Prices and Exchange Rates
โฝ Energy Economics, 2019, 84: 104488
1๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ Leveraging BERT to Improve the FEARS Index for Stock Forecasting
๐ง International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019
1๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ Does Investor Attention Matter? The Attention-Return Relationships in FX Market
๐ Economic Modelling, 2018, 68: 644โ660