Dr Lei Xu

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Other projects

CRC, 2022-2023, Project: Mining sector natural capital accounting system: BHP Olympic Dam case study, AUD300,000 (with W. Mackay, W. Qian, R. McIver, and C. Regan);

Government of South Australia Department of Treasury & Finance, 2021-2022, AU$146,136, Project: Aspire Social Impact Bond (with I. Goodwin-Smith, S. Tually, H. Barrie);

UniSA Teaching & Learning, 2020-2022, AU$20,000, Project: Virtual tour of the old treasury (with S. Chou, and R. McIver);  

UniSA Business, 2018-2019, AU$9,982.50, Project: Political connections and corporate governance of listed firms in China;

UniSA School of Commerce, 2018-2019, AU$5,000, Project: Combined debt-equity financing in China;

Australian Centre of Financial Studies, 2017-2019, AU$10,000, Project: Volatility connectedness between equity index sectors: Dynamics within the ASX(with R. McIver);

Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2015-2016, AU$1,500, Project: China’s Credit Growth: Boom, Bubble, and Burst (with R. McIver);

UniSA Small Research Grant, 2013-2014, AU$3,900, Project: The impact of corporate governance characteristics on firm performance: China’s real estate sector.

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Journal Articles

Conferences

Continuing Research Projects

- Banking and Shadow Banking

- Financial System and Reforms

- State-owned Enterprise Performance and Reforms

Refereed Journal Publications (since 2022)

Dai, Z, Xu, L., Krishnamurti, C., Lu, Z., 2025, Negative interest rates and shadow banking. British Accounting Review, forthcoming.

Li, T., Lu, C., Xu, L., 2025, Access to finance and cost stickiness: Evidence from anti-recharacterization laws, Advances in Accounting, vol. 68, 100816.

Wan, X., Guo, M., Jiang, P., Xu, L., 2025, Government accounting reform, fiscal transparency, and local government debt: Evidence from China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 91, 102763.

Ding, N., Xu, L., Wu, X., Dai, Z., 2025, Deposit insurance, risk appetite and bank efficiency in China, International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 102, 104139.

Zhang, H., Huang, Y., Xu, L., Cui, X., Hu, Z., 2025, University shareholding and corporate innovation: Evidence from China, International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 101, 104017.

Aljbour, A., Xu, L., Wallace, D., Yuan, G., 2025, Corporate social responsibility disclosure and dividend policy of Islamic banks: Evidence from GCC countries, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, online, 1-19.

Dai, Z., Xu, L., 2025, Negative interest rate, bank capital, and lending behaviours, Accounting & Finance, online, 1-30.

Yao, Y., Guo, M., Jiang, P., Xu, L., 2024, China's local government debt and firm tax burden. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 87, 102469. 

Li, T., Lu, C., Xu, L., 2024, Organization capital and inventory efficiency. Accounting & Finance, vol.64, issue 4, 3751-3779.

Li, B., Guo, F., Xu, L., McIver, R., Cao, R., 2024, China’s space sectors, firm CSR, and patent quality. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 37, issue 5, 1-27.

Pan, A., Wang, H., Xu, L., 2024, Confucian culture and cost stickiness, Accounting & Finance, vol.64, issue 3, 3029-3064.

Ling, R., Pan, A., Xu, L., 2024, Mixed ownership reform and non-state-owned enterprise innovation: Evidence from China, China Accounting and Finance Review, vol. 26, issue 2, 170-195

Zhang, H., Cui, X., Xu, L., Wang, K., 2024, Non-executive employee stock ownership plans and corporate innovation efficiency: Evidence from China, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 72, 102125.

Li, B., Guo, F., Xu, L., Meng, S., 2024, Fintech business and corporate social responsibility practices. Emerging Markets Review, vol.59, 101105.

Wu, L., Zhang, J., Xu, L., 2024, Compensating balance and loan bargaining power in China. Accounting & Finance, vol. 64, issue 2, 1335-1359.

Ma, Q., Xu, L., Anwar, S., Lu, Z., 2023, Banking competition and the use of shadow credit: Evidence from lending marketplaces, Global Finance Journal, vol. 58, 100884. 

Xu, L., Ma, C., Li, B., Guo, F., 2023, Green loans and the transformation of heavy polluters: Evidence from China, Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 47, 884-911.

Wu, L., Xu, L., Jiang, P., 2023, State-owned venture capitals and bank loans in China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol 77, 101923.

Pan, A., Xu, L., Li, B., Ling, R., Lu, Y., 2023, The impact of supply chain finance on capital structure adjustment: Evidence from China, Australian Journal of Management, vol. 48, issue 2, 436-462. 

Xu, L., Li, B., Ma, C., & Liu, J., 2023, Supply chain finance and firm diversification: Evidence from China, Australian Journal of Management, vol. 48, issue 2, 408-435.

Xu, L., Liu, Q., Li, B., Ma, C., 2022, Fintech business and firm access to bank loans, Accounting & Finance, vol 62, no. 4, 4381-4421.

Dong, S., Xu, L., and McIver, R., 2023, Sustainability reporting quality and the financial sector: Evidence from China, Meditari Accountancy Research, vol. 31, issue 5, 1190-1214.

Wu, L. & Xu, L., 2022, Bank loans and firm environmental information disclosure: Evidence from China’s heavy polluters, Australian Economic Papers, vol 61, no.1, 42-71.

Li, B., Xu, L., McIver, R., Liu, X., & Pan, A., 2022, Mixed-ownership reform and private firms’ corporate social responsibility practices: Evidence from China, Business & Society, vol 61, No.2, 389-418.

Research Book Chapters (since 2022)

Xu, L., 2024, Towards its digital and sustainable economy: a review of recent fintech policies and developments in China, in K Wendt & B Villhauer (eds), Sustainable Wealth Management: Directing Capital Towards Sustainability, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 18, pp. 285-298.

Dong, S., Xu, L., McIver, R., Huang, N., 2024, Environmental information disclosure quality, institutional pressure, and the cost of debt: evidence from China's heavy polluters, in K Wendt & B Villhauer (eds), Sustainable Wealth Management: Directing Capital Towards Sustainability, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 4, pp. 45-68.

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