Research Areas
Qualifications
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 likes hiking, 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 Title | Institution |
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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 |
Research Grants
Administrative Assignments
Period | Name | Position |
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3/2013 - Now | College of Business DBA Program | Associate Director |
9/2010 - 8/2012 | College Board of CB | Member |
9/2010 - 8/2012 | Departmental PhD Program | Director |
9/2008 - 8/2012 | Departmental Staffing Commitee (EF) | Member |
9/2007 - 8/2012 | Departmental Research Seminar | Coordinator |
9/2004 - 6/2005 | Departmental Staffing Committee (EF) | Member |
9/2003 - 6/2005 | BBA Financial Engineering | Programme Leader |