Contact: xiaorb3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas: Capital structure; corporate financial and employment policies; labor markets and corporate finance

Rongbing Xiao received his PhD in Finance from Loughborough University, UK. His main research interests are in capital structure, corporate financial and employment policies, and labor markets and corporate finance. Rongbing’s work has been published in international academic journals, such as Journal of Banking and Finance and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. He is a member of the China Circulation Youth 60 Forum and a member of the Guangdong Society of Economy.

Research interests

Capital structure; corporate financial and employment policies; labor markets and corporate finance

Education

PhD in Finance, Loughborough University, 2016-2020

MSc in Actuarial Science with Distinction, Heriot-Watt University, 2013-2014

BSc in Accounting, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, 2008-2012

Employment

2015 Underwriter, Guangdong Branch, Ping An Property and Casualty Insurance Company of China

Journal Articles

Karpuz, Ahmet, Di Luo, Rongbing Xiao*, and Huainan Zhao. "The effect of labour protection laws on the relationship between leverage and wages." Journal of Banking & Finance 148 (2023): 106722.

Xiao, Rongbing, Guangzhong Li, and Yulan Wu. "Environmental Protection Tax and Corporate Capital Structure." Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 58, no. 12 (2022): 3416-3424.

Research Grants

National Natural Science Foundation of China (72302238), Principal Investigator, 2024-2026

Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (GD23YYJ30), Principal Investigator, 2023-2024

Major National Social Science Project of China (21&ZD143), Participant, 2021-2026

Professional memberships

China Circulation Youth 60 Forum

Guangdong Society of Economy

Ad-hoc referee

International Review of Financial Analysis、International Journal of Financial Economics、Emerging Markets Finance and Trade、Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal