Xiaogang Bi
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance and Accounting (F&A)
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr. XiaoGang Bi is the Assistant Professor in Finance at Nottingham University Business School (China), and research fellow in the Centre for Global Finance (GFC) and The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP). Previously he worked in the Centre for Finance and Investment (Xfi) at University of Exeter (UK). Dr. XiaoGang Bi obtained his PhD degree from the University of Exeter Business School (UK). Dr.Bi’s research focuses on the area of Mergers & Acquisitions, Institutional Investors and Behavioural Finance. He has published in leading national and international financial journals, and acts as a Principle Investigator for a Provincial Natural Science Funding project. His research has also been featured in the practitioner press, namely Financial Times (Chinese), Financial Times Investment Advisor, China Business Journal, and Journal of Investor Relations. He also acts as a referee for the reputable finance journal: Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Pacific Accounting Review, Review of Accounting and Finance, Review of Investment Studies and reviewer for Routledge Publisher. Prior to academia, Xiaogang worked for Pure Technology Ltd. in London. Dr. Bi also has rich industry experience, and work closely with Securities Companies and Asset Management Companies in China on various consulting projects, especially on Chinese SME’s Private Placement Bond Issuing, Asset Backed Security (ABS), New Listing and Mergers & Acquisitions.
Research Interest
Mergers and Acquisitions Institutional Investors Behavioural Finance Empirical Corporate Finance
Publications
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Bi, X. G., and D. Wang (2015), ‘The role of single largest investor: examples of mutual funds and acquisitions’, Finance Research Letters, Vol 14, pp104-110.
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Bi, X. G., and A. Boateng (2016), ‘The impact of firm ownership, board monitoring on operating performance of Chinese mergers and acquisition’, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol 47, pp 159-178.
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Bi, X. G., (with H. Cai, etc.), (2017), ‘The Influence of Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms on the Capital Structure Decisions of Chinese Listed Firms’, Review of Accounting and Finance, forthcoming.
