Dr Xiaofei Xing

Dr Xiaofei Xing

The Department of Finance
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance
Programme Director, MSc Investments

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 6011
Email
x.xing@bham.ac.uk
Address
Birmingham Business School
University House
116 Edgbaston Park Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TY

Xiaofei Xing joined the University of Birmingham in April 2017 as a Lecturer in Finance. He holds a PhD in Finance from Durham University. His research interests lie in corporate finance and behavioural corporate finance, specialising in mergers and acquisitions.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Finance, Durham University
  • MA in Management, Durham University
  • BEng in Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Biography

Xiaofei Xing joined the University of Birmingham in April 2017 as a Lecturer in Finance. He holds a PhD in Finance from Durham University. His research interests lie mainly in corporate finance and behavioural corporate finance, specialising in mergers and acquisitions. Before joining the University of Birmingham, he was a Lecturer in Finance at Coventry University. Prior to starting his academic career, he gained many years’ work experience in different industries: specifically, he has one year’s experience working as a management consultant and four years’ experience working as a telecommunications engineer.

Teaching

Current Modules:

  • MSc Private Equity and Venture Finance
  • BSc Econometrics

Past Modules:

  • MSc Empirical Topics in Accounting and Finance
  • MSc Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance
  • BSc Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
  • BSc Managerial Finance

Postgraduate supervision

Xiaofei is interested in supervising postgraduate research in the areas of:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Asset Pricing
  • Financial Technology

Research

Xiaofei’s research interests mainly lie in corporate finance and behavioural corporate finance. His current research covers the following topics:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Shareholder Activism
  • Investment Banking
  • Hedge Funds
  • Mutual Funds
  • Financial Technology
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Innovation

Publications

Journal articles:

Guo, J., Paudyal, K., Utham, V., Xing, X., 2020. Investors’ Activism and the Gains from Takeover Deals. The European Journal of Finance 26, 64-83.

Guo, J., Li, Y., Wang, C., Xing, X., 2020. The Role of Investment Bankers in M&As: New Evidence on Acquirers’ Financial Conditions. Journal of Banking & Finance 119, 105298.

Black, E.L., Doukas, A.J., Xing, X., Guo, J., 2015. Gains to Chinese Bidder Firms: Domestic vs. Foreign Acquisitions. European Financial Management 21, 905-935.