Qiping Xu

Qiping Xu

Assistant Professor of Finance and Office of Risk management and Insurance Research Faculty Scholar

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343 J Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

217-300-8454

qipingxu@illinois.edu

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Educational Background

  • PhD in Finance, MBA, University of Chicago, 2015
  • M.A. in Economics and M.A. in Statistics, The Ohio State University, 2010
  • B.A. in Finance, Zhejiang University, 2007

Positions Held

  • Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present

Recent Publications

  • Xu, Q., Campello, M., & Gao, J. Forthcoming. Personal Taxes and Labor Downskilling: Evidence from 27 Million Job Postings. Management Science.
  • Duchin , R., Gao , J., & Xu, Q. Forthcoming. Sustainability or Greenwashing: Evidence from the Asset Market for Industrial Pollution. Journal of Finance.  link >
  • Xu, Q., Wang, W., Madsen, J., & Iverson, B. (2022). Financial Costs of Judicial Inexperience. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
  • Xu, Q., & Kim , T. (2022). Financial Constraint and Corporate Environmental Policies. Review of Financial Studies, 35 (2), 576-635.
  • Xu, Q., Feng, F., Zhu, H., & , . (2021). Caught in the Cross-fire: Creditor Reaction to the Threat of Hedge Fund Activism. Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, 64 128-143.

Other Publications

Articles

  • Xu, Q. (2017). Kicking Maturity Down the Road: Early Refinancing and Maturity Management in the Corporate Bond Market. Review of Financial Studies, 31 (8), 3061-3097.  link >

Working Papers

  • Zeume, S., Xu, Q., & Ponticelli, J. Temperature and Local Industry Concentration.

Honors and Awards

  • Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
  • Best Conference Paper Award, Arizona State University Sonoran Winter Finance Conference 2023, 2023
  • Best Conference Paper Award, Drexel University-ECGI 16th Annual Corporate Governance Academic Conference, 2023

Current Courses

  • Advanced Corporate Finance (FIN 321) Theories of firms' investment and financing decisions are covered. Topics include dividend policy, capital budgeting, capital structure, bankruptcy, long- term debt and leasing decisions.

  • Advanced Corporate Finance (FIN 521) Addresses both the theoretical and applied aspects of firms' financing decisions; topics include capital structure and cost of capital theories; mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; options, warrants, and convertibles; venture capital and initial public offerings; and pensions.

Contact

343 J Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

217-300-8454

qipingxu@illinois.edu

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