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Bin Xu

Professor of Finance and Accounting

Bin Xu

Specialisms

  • Corporate Finance, 
  • Corporate Disclosure, 
  • Sustainable Finance

Bin Xu is a Professor of Finance and Accounting at Henley Business School, University of Reading.

Before joining Henley, Bin held the Chair in Sustainable Finance and served as Departmental Director of Research at the University of Leeds.

His research lies primarily in corporate finance and sustainable finance. His recent research explores how corporate decisions and outcomes are influenced by various stakeholders (e.g., major customers, government, analysts, short sellers, competitors) and managerial incentives, as well as the consequences of corporate disclosures. His research has been published in reputable academic journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Banking and Finance. His work has been featured in outlets such as Harvard Business Review and the Columbia Law School's Blog.

He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and is an associate editor of the International Journal of Finance and Economics and the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.

He has experience teaching a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD courses (e.g., Corporate Finance, International Business Finance, Financial Reporting and Analysis, and Empirical Methods for Accounting and Finance Research). He received the QUB Rising Star Teaching Award in 2017.

Reference: Chen, J., Su, X., Tian, X., Xu, B. and Zuo, L. (2025) Do major corporate customers deter supplier misconduct? Journal of Accounting and Economics. 101801. ISSN 1879-1980 doi: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2025.101801
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Chang, X., Xu, B. and Yang, Y. C. (2025) Does corporate social responsibility facilitate public debt financing? Financial Review. ISSN 1540-6288 (In Press)
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Chen, J., Jing, C., Keasey, K., Lim, I. and Xu, B. (2024) Gender, workplace preferences and firm performance: Looking through the glass door. European Financial Management, 30 (1). pp. 403-439. ISSN 1468-036X doi: 10.1111/eufm.12421
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Ahmed, Y., Elsayed, M. and Xu, B. (2024) Bankruptcy in the UK: do managers talk the talk before walking the walk? British Journal of Management, 35 (4). pp. 2011-2031. ISSN 1467-8551 doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12804
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Jing, C., Keasey, K., Lim, I. and Xu, B. (2024) Analyst coverage and corporate environmental policies. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59 (4). pp. 1586-1619. ISSN 1756-6916 doi: 10.1017/s0022109023000340
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Jin, H., Mazouz, K., Wu, Y. and Xu, B. (2023) Can star analysts make superior coverage decisions in poor information environment? Journal of Banking & Finance, 146. 106650. ISSN 0378-4266 doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106650
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Jing, C., Keasey, K. and Xu, B. (2023) Environmental sustainability and employee satisfaction. Economics Letters, 233. 111402. ISSN 0165-1765 doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111402
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Chen, J., Su, X., Tian, X. and Xu, B. (2022) Does customer-base structure influence managerial risk-taking incentives? Journal of Financial Economics, 143 (1). pp. 462-483. ISSN 1879-2774 doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.07.015
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Stephie Tsai, H.-J., Wu, Y. and Xu, B. (2021) Does capital market drive corporate investment efficiency? Evidence from equity lending supply. Journal of Corporate Finance, 69. 102042. ISSN 0929-1199 doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102042
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Chi, J. D., Su, X., Tang, Y. and Xu, B. (2020) Is language an economic institution? Evidence from R&D investment. Journal of Corporate Finance, 62. 101578. ISSN 1872-6313 doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101578
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Jing, C., Keasey, K., Lim, I. and Xu, B. (2019) Financial constraints and employee satisfaction. Economics Letters, 183. 1873-7374. ISSN 1873-7374 doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108599
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Ataullah, A., Vivian, A. and Xu, B. (2018) Time-varying managerial overconfidence and corporate debt maturity structure. European Journal of Finance, 24 (2). pp. 157-181. ISSN 1466-4364 doi: 10.1080/1351847X.2016.1274266
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Vivian, A. and Xu, B. (2018) Time-varying managerial overconfidence and pecking order preference. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 50 (3). pp. 799-835. ISSN 1573-7179 doi: 10.1007/s11156-017-0647-8
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu
Reference: Ataullah, A., Vivian, A. and Xu, B. (2018) Optimistic disclosure tone and conservative debt policy. Abacus, 54 (4). pp. 445-484. ISSN 1467-6281 doi: 10.1111/abac.12140
Henley faculty authors:
Bin Xu