Dr Lei Xu

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Other projects

Government of South Australia Department of Treasury & Finance, 2021-2022, AU$146,136, Project: Aspire Social Impact Bond;

UniSA Teaching & Learning, 2020-2022, AU$20,000, Project: Virtual tour of the old treasury;  

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;

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

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 since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

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Highlights

Chapters

Journal Articles

Conferences

Continuing Research Projects

- Banking and Shadow Banking

- Financial System and Reforms

- State-owned Enterprise Performance and Reforms

Refereed Journal Publications (in recent 3 years)

Wu, L. & Xu, L., 2021, Bank loans and firm environmental information disclosure: Evidence from China’s heavy polluters, Australian Economic Papers, online 1-30.

Choi, K., McIver, R., Ferraro, S., Xu, L., & Kang, S.H., 2021, Dynamic volatility spillover and network connectedness across ASX sector markets, Journal of Economics and Finance, online 1-15. 

Li, B., Xu, L., McIver, R., Liu, X., & Pan, A., 2020, Mixed-ownership reform and private firms’ corporate social responsibility practices: Evidence from China, Business & Society, online 1-30.

Dong, S., Xu, L., & McIver, R., 2021, China’s financial sector sustainability and “green finance” disclosures, Sustainability, Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, vol 12, no. 2, 353-384. 

Pan, A., Xu, L., Li, B., Ling. R., 2020, The impact of supply chain finance on firm cash holdings: Evidence from China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol 63, 101402.

He, Y., Xu, L. & Yang, M., 2021, The impact of tunnelling on financial distress and resolution: Evidence from listed firms in China, International Journal of Finance & Economics, vol. 26, no. 2, 1773-1792.

Li, B., Pan, A., Xu, L., Liu, X. & Qin, S., 2020, Imprinting and peer effects in acquiring state ownership: Evidence from private firms in China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol 61, 101337.

Li, B., Xu, L., McIver, R., Wu, Q. & Pan, A., 2020, Green M&A, legitimacy, and risk-taking: Evidence from China’s heavy polluters, Accounting & Finance, vol 60, 97-127.

Cui, X., Xu, L., Zhang, H. & Zhang, Y., 2021, Executive compensation and firm performance: Evidence from cross-listed AH-share firms, International Journal of Finance & Economics, vol. 26, no.1 88-102.

Ullah, F., Jiang, P., Shahab, Y., Li, H. & Xu, L., 2020, Block ownership and CEO compensation: Does board gender diversity matter? Applied Economics, vol 52, issue 6, 583-597.

Wu, L. & Xu, L., 2020, The role of venture capital in SME loans in China, Research in International Business and Finance, vol 51, 101081.

Wu, L. & Xu, L., 2020, Venture capital certification of small and medium-sized enterprises towards banks: Evidence from China, Accounting & Finance, vol 60, 1601-1633.

He, Y., Xu, L. & McIver, R., 2019, How does political connection affect firm financial distress and resolution in China? Applied Economics, vol 51, no 26, 2770-2792.

Wu, L. & Xu, L., 2018, Grandstanding and new stock speculation: Evidence from private venture capitals in China, Australian Economic Papers, vol 57, no. 3, 363-375.

Research Book Chapters (in recent 3 years)

Mackay, W., Xu, L., & Meredith, G., 2021, Sustainable energy investment in Australia, Theories of Change, edited by Wendt, K., 453-472,  Springer, Cham, Switzerland.

Xu, X., Xu, L., & Li, L., 2021, Domestic heating and China’s sustainable energy goals Theories of Change, edited by Wendt, K., 437-451, Springer, Cham, Switzerland

Mackay, W., & Xu, L., 2021, Environmental social and governance, executive remuneration, and firm performance, Edited by Wendt, K., Green and Social Economy Finance: A Review, 10-33, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.

Xu, L., Wu, L., & Dong, S., 2021, Internal mechanism and quality of CSR disclosure: Evidence from China, Edited by Wendt, K., Green and Social Economy Finance: A Review, 49-70, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.

Li, Y., & Xu, L., 2021, Does long-term investment really pay off? Evidence from listed mining firms in Canada, Edited by Wendt, K., Green and Social Economy Finance: A Review, 155-170, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.

Yuan, G., McIver, R., & Xu, L., 2021, Tax reform, tax aggressiveness and corporate value: Evidence from China’s enterprise income tax law reform, Edited by Wendt, K., Green and Social Economy Finance: A Review, 171-191, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.

Yuan, G., McIver, R., Xu, L. & Kang, S., 2018, Corporate income tax avoidance in China: Using regulatory change to encourage corporate tax sustainability, Edited by Wendt, K., Sustainable Financial Innovations, 284-306, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.

Xu, L., McIver, R., Chou, S. & Bassan, H., 2018, Political connections, ownership structure and performance in China's mining sector, Edited by Wendt, K., Sustainable Financial Innovations, 266-283, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.

Dong, S., Xu, L. & McIver, R., 2018, Regulating CSR disclosure: Quantity or quality in practice? Edited by Wendt, K., Sustainable Financial Innovations, 239-265, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, US.