Dr. Xiaolou Yang

Professor
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Dr. Xiaolou Yang

Professor

Lariccia School of Accounting & Finance

Williamson Hall 3310

phone: (330) 941-1879

xyang@ysu.edu

Bio

Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin
CFA Charter Holder

Research Interests

Credit analysis
Banking and financial liquidity
CEO compensation and Corporate Governance

Teaching Interests

Financial Analysis
Business Finance
Corporate Finance

  • Education
    • 2006

      Ph D, Financial Economics

      University of Texas at Austin

    • 2006

      Ph D

    • 2002

      MS, Financial Economics

      University of Texas at Austin

    • 2002

      MS

    • 1999

      MA

      Jilin University

    • 1999

      MA

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2015

      YSU Research Professorship 2014-

    • 2015

    • 2014

      YSU Research Professorship 2013-

    • 2014

      YSU Distinguished Professorship Award in Scholarship 2013-

    • 2014

    • 2014

    • 2013

      YSU Faculty Development Award 2012-

    • 2013

    • 2012

      YSU University Research Council Grant 2011-

    • 2012

      YSU Research Professorship 2011-

    • 2012

    • 2012

    • 2011

      YSU Faculty Development Award 2010-

    • 2011

    • 2010

      YSU Research Professorship 2009--

    • 2010

    • 2009

      The Grant of the U.S. Department of Education

    • 2009

      Best Paper Award at The Global Commerce Forum

    • 2009

    • 2009

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "Default risk: from a perspective of measurement errors"

      X. Yang

      International Review of Economics and Finance

    • 2021

      "Portfolio Optimization: A Generalized Mean-variance Model"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Applied Business and Economics

    • 2020

      "Market Volatility and Central Bank Money Supply Dynamics"

      X. Yang

      Journal of International Finance and Economics, volume 2, issue No. 4, p. P 39-51

    • 2020

      "Testing the Computer-use Wage Premium Hypothesis: Evidence from CPS Surveys"

      G. Peng, X. Yang, P. Woodlock

      Current Strategies in Economics and Management, volume 6, p. 51-61

    • 2020

      "Impact on Compensation Premium--from Perspective of Panel Data Analysis"

      X. Yang

      Currrent Strategies in Economics and Management

    • 2020

      "Information Friction and Stock Returns"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Risk and Financial Management, volume 13, p. P 20-35

    • 2017

      "A study of alignment between management and shareholders on China financial firms"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, volume 7, issue 6, p. 99 - 115

    • 2017

      "Risk, Performance and executive compensation: a simultaneous approach"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Economics, Management and Trade, volume 19, issue 1, p. 1-9

    • 2017

      "Mixed ownership structures and firm performance in China listed firms"

      X. Yang

      International Journal of Financial Research, volume 8, issue 4

    • 2017

      "Reexamination of risk-taking incentives in banking: realign incentives and curtail future episodes of mismanagement"

      X. Yang

      The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, volume 64, p. 238-248

    • 2017

      "Reexamination of risk-taking incentives in banking"

      X. Yang

      The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, volume 64(C), p. 238-248

    • 2017

      "Overconfidence, gender and skills"

      X. Yang

      Accounting and Financial Management Journal, volume 2, issue 9, p. 890-897

    • 2016

      "Does computer and internet use affect employee wage premium? A panel analysis of CPS data"

      G. Peng, X. Yang, P. Woodlock

      Journal of Contemporary Management, volume 6, issue 1, p. 61-72

    • 2014

      "Bank return volatility and management structure"

      X. Yang, G. Peng

      Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, volume 4, issue 6, p. 191 -199

    • 2014

      "Bank return volatility and management structure"

      X. Yang, G. Peng

      Journal of Applied Finance and Banking, volume 4, issue 6, p. 1-10

    • 2013

      "Analysts' Forecast Reputation and Stock Market Reactions"

      X. Yang, H. Chen

      International Journal of Business, Accounting and Finance, volume 7, issue 1, p. 63-77

    • 2013

      "What drives the unexpected returns of REITS: fundamentals or sentiment?"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, volume 12, issue 3, p. 37-51

    • 2012

      "Governance, CEOs Compensation and Risk Management"

      X. Yang

      Global Business and Finance Review, volume 17, p. 21-37

    • 2012

      "Do Investors Value REITs and Non-REITs Differently?"

      P. Wei, X. Yang

      International Review of Economics and Finance, volume 24, p. 295-302

    • 2011

      "Managerial Decisions on Annual Earnings Announcement Timing"

      X. Yang, R. Yang

      Journal of Applied Business Research, volume 27, issue 6, p. 23-38

    • 2011

      "Deregulation and Bank Risk"

      X. Yang

      International Journal of Business and Economic Perspective, volume 6, issue 2, p. 127-137

    • 2011

      "What Drives Banks' Normal Returns"

      X. Yang, P. Woodlock

      Banking and Finance Review, volume 3, issue 1

    • 2011

      "Ambiguity, Analyst Forecast Incentives and Abnormal Stock Returns"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Applied Research in Finance, volume 3, issue 1 (5), p. 117-129

    • 2011

      "Inventory Investment Volatility and Trade Credit"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Applied Research in Finance, volume 3, issue 1 (5), p. 121-136

    • 2011

      "Trade Credit Versus Bank Credit: Evidence from Corporate Inventory Financing"

      X. Yang

      The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, volume 51, p. 419-434

    • 2011

      "The Role of Trade Credit in the Recent Subprime Financial Crisis"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Economics and Business, volume 63, issue 5, p. 517-529

    • 2011

      "Security Underwriting and CEOs Compensation"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Global Business Development, volume 3, issue 2, p. 95-105

    • 2010

      "The Effect of Annual Earnings Announcement Delay on Stock Returns"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Applied Research in Finance, volume 2, issue 1 (3), p. 84-90

    • 2010

      "Bank Risk-Taking Investments and Mangerial Incentives"

      X. Yang

      Banking and Finance Review, volume 2, issue 2, p. 73-87

    • 2009

      "Does Uncertainty Affect Central Banks' Optimal Monetary Policy?"

      X. Yang

      Journal of Global Commerce Research, volume 1, issue 1, p. 1-15

    • 2007

      "Can the Classical Mean-Variance Portfolio Model Be Saved?"

      X. Yang

      International Journal of Business, Accounting and Finance, volume 1, issue 1, p. 14-25

    • 2006

      "Improving Portfolio Efficiency: A Genetic Algorithm Approach"

      X. Yang

      Computational Economics, volume 28, issue 1, p. 1-14

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