Prof. Jing XIE (謝靜)

• Ph.D. in Finance, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2015
• M.Phil. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2009
• B.E. in Computer Science, University of Science & Technology of China, China, 2007

• Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Macau (February 2023–)
• Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Accounting and Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (July 2015– December 2022)

• Outstanding Research Award, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau (2024)
• Semifinalist for Best Paper Award – Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference in USA (October 2022)
• Best Paper Award– Asian Finance Association Annual Conference in Hong Kong (June 2022)
• Best Paper Award– Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM) in South Korea (December 2021)
• Semifinalist for Best Paper Award– Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference in USA (October 2021)
• Best Paper Award– Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues in Poland (October 2019)
• Finalist for the Best Paper Award– Financial Management Association (FMA) Asia/Pacific Conference in Vietnam (July 2019)
• Best Paper Award– Asian Finance Association Annual Conference in South Korea (July 2017)
• Semifinalist for Best Paper Award– Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference in USA (October 2017)

School of Accounting and Finance at Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Undergraduate Courses

• • Corporate Finance (AF4320), 2015–2021
    • Average teaching evaluation score in 2021: 4.6 / 5
    • Subject coordinator in 2016 and 2018~2021
  • Capstone Projects (AF4912) for final-year undergraduates, 2017–2020

PhD Courses

• • Contemporary Issues in Empirical Finance (AF6306), 2020–2022, Guest Lecturer

Ph.D. thesis supervision (as Co-Supervisor): graduation year and student placement

• • 2021, Zhi Li. Placement: Associate Professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
  • 2021, Xiaohui Li. Placement: Research Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • 2018, David Pecha. Placement: Assistant Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

• Repairing reputation via stock repurchase – Evidence around the world, Funded by General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2022–2024, HKD 412,104 (Principal Investigator)
• The effect of financial analysts’ recommendations on mutual fund voting – Evidence from proxy contests, Funded by General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2019–2022, HKD 503,988 (Principal Investigator)
• Are passive investors also passive voters? Evidence from securities lending by mutual funds, Funded by Early Career Scheme (ECS) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2018–2019, HKD 176,000 (Principal Investigator)
  

• Corporate Finance and Governance
• Behaviour Finance
• Institutional Investors
• ESG Investing

1. Cheng, C.S.A, Hasan, I., Tang, F. & Xie, J. (2025), Market Feedback Effect on CEO Pay: Evidence from Peers’ Say-on-Pay Voting Failures. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis [FT50, ABS4]. Conditionally-Accepted
2. Cheng, C.S.A, Huang, W., Tang, F. & Xie, J. (2025), Peer Firm Selection and Executive Compensation: The Curious Case of Dual-role Peers. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance [ABS3]. Forthcoming
3. Chemmanur, T., Yao, S., & Xie, J. (2025), Unlocking Strategic Alliances: The Role of Common Institutional Blockholders in Promoting Collaboration and Trust, Journal of Financial Stability [ABS3].
4. Chang, Y., Foss, N., Li, S., & Xie, J. (2024), Compensation Peer Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility”, Journal of Corporate Finance [ABS4].
5. Dong, Y., Hu, N., Ji, Y., Ni, C. & Xie, J. (2024), The Impact of Government Outsourcing Contracts on High-tech Vendors: An Empirical Study, Journal of Management Information Systems [FT50, ABS4].
6. Cao, C.F., Cheng, C.S.A., Xia, C.Y., Xie, J.,& Zeng, C. (2023), Corporate Tax Benefits from Hometown-Connected Politicians, The Accounting Review, [UTD24, FT50, ABS4*].
7. Cheng, C.S.A., Li, X.H., Sun Z.Y. & Xie, J.,(2023), How does Dividend Payout Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? A Channel Analysis, Journal of Financial Stability, [ABS3].
8. Chemmanur, T., Yao, S., & Xie, J.(2023), Innovation beyond Firm Boundaries: Strategic Alliances, and Corporate Innovation, Journal of Corporate Finance, 80, 102418 [ABS4].
9. Cheng, C.S.A., Li, X.H.,Xie, J., & Zhong Y.X. (2023), Accounting Conservatism and Common Ownership by Dedicated Institutional Blockholders. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, [ABS3].
10. Cheng, C.S.A., Xie, J.,& Zhong Y.X. (2023), Common Institutional Blockholders and Tail Risk, Journal of Banking & Finance, 148, 106723 [ABS3].
11. Allen, F., Qian, M.J., & Xie, J.(2022), Implicit Benefit and Financing, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 52, 101000 [ABS4].
12. Chen, X.Q., Cheng, C.S.A., Xie, J., & Yang Y. (2022), Private Communication and Management Forecasts: Evidence from Corporate Site Visit, Corporate Governance: An International Review,30(4), 482-497 [ABS3].
13. Chemmanur, T., Hu, G., Li, Y.Z., & Xie, J.(2021), Institutional Trading, Information Production, and Forced CEO Turnovers, Journal of Corporate Finance, 67, 101884 [ABS4].
14. Hameed, A. & Xie, J.(2019), Preference for Dividends and Return Comovement, Journal of Financial Economics 132 (1), 103-125 [UTD24, FT50, ABS4*].
15. Allen, F., Qian, M.J., & Xie, J.(2019), Understanding Informal Financing, Journal of Financial Intermediation 39, 19-33 [ABS4].
16. Hu, G., Jo, K.M, Wang, Y., & Xie, J.(2018), Institutional Trading and Abel Noser Data, Journal of Corporate Finance 52, 143-167 [ABS4].

1. Allen, F., Qian, M.J., & Xie, J. (2022), Informal Financing of Entrepreneurs, In D. Lingelbach (Ed.), De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance.

• Member of The American Finance Association, The Financial Management Association

• Associate Editor (2025 – ):  Emerging Markets Review (ABS 2; ABDC: A).

• Management Science(UTD, FT50, ABS4),                                          
• Journal of Corporate Finance(ABS4),
• Journal of Banking & Finance(ABS3),                                                   
• Journal of Empirical Finance(ABS3),
• Journal of Financial Markets(ABS3),
• Journal of Development Economics(ABS3),
• Economics Letters(ABS3),
• Journal of Business Finance & Accounting,         
• Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting(ABS3),         
• Corporate Governance: An International Review(ABS3),
• Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (ABS3)
• Pacific-Basin Finance Journal(ABS2), 
• Emerging Markets Review(ABS2), 
• Journal of Economics and Business(ABS2),  
• Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics(ABS2), 
• Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance(ABS1), 
• China Finance Review International(ABS1), 
• International Review of Finance,              
• China Accounting and Finance Review,                              
• Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies