dr. X. Huang (Xiaohong)

Assistant Professor
BMS-HBE-FE
Ravelijn 2317
x.huang@utwente.nl
+31534893485
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Xiaohong Huang was born in Jingzhou, China. She obtained her B.A. degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, China) in 1999 with a major in English for Science and Technology. In 2000 she came to the Netherlands and joined the first class of the International Business Administration (IBA) program of the Netherlands at Erasmus University. In 2003 she received her B.S. degree in IBA, and went on for a Master study in Finance at the same university. In 2004 she successfully finished the exchange program to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and received her M.S. degree in Business Administration specialized in Finance and Investment with appellation cum laude at Erasmus University. In 2010 she obtained her PhD in Finance under the supervision of Prof. Ronald Mahieu and Prof. Marno Verbeek from Erasmus University. In the same year she joined the Department of Finance and Accounting at the University of Twente as an assistant professor of Finance.

At the University of Twente, she is engaged in various course design and teaching and her research interest expands from pension contract design and pension fund investment to emerging market corporate finance, institutional investments, and Fintech. 

She is also ready to conduct cross-disciplinary studies.

Language

Chinese (native), English (fluent), Dutch (intermediate)

Expertise

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

    • Investment
    • Enterprise
    • Financing
    • Share
    • Crowdfunding
    • Financial Crisis

  • Social Sciences

    • Dutch
    • Pension Fund

Organisations

Her research interests are in the area of emerging market corporate finance, institutional investments, and Fintech. 

She is also ready to conduct cross-disciplinary studies.

Publications

2024
Powerful female CEOs and the capital structure of firms, Article 100879. Huang, X., Kabir, R. & Thijssen, M. W. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2023.100879
2023
Do project quality and founder information signals always matter?: Evidence from equity and reward crowdfunding, 1-17 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Huang, X., Kabir, R. & Nguyen , N. T.https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2835PrefaceIn Enterprise Applications, Markets and Services in the Finance Industry: 11th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2022, Twente, The Netherlands, August 23–24, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (pp. vii-viii). van Hillegersberg, J., Osterrieder, J., Rabhi, F., Abhishta, A., Marisetty, V. & Huang, X.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31671-5
2022
Enterprise Applications, Markets and Services in the Finance Industry: 11th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2022, Twente, The Netherlands, August 23–24, 2022, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. van Hillegersberg, J., Osterrieder, J., Rabhi, F., Abhishta, A., Marisetty, V. & Huang, X.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31671-5
2021
Explaining Donation Behavior in Medical Crowdfunding in Social Media. Huang, Z., Ouyang, J., Huang, X., Yang, Y. & Lin, L.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211014520
2020
Corporate governance reform, board independence and earnings management: Evidence from VietnamIn ICECH2020 - International Conference on Emerging Challenges: Contemporary Issues in Innovation and Management. Tran, T., Kabir, R. & Huang, X.Does the financial crisis change the effect of financing on investment? Evidence from private SMEs, 456-463. Zubair, S., Kabir, R. & Huang, X.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.01.063

Research profiles

Supervise PhD research on CEO characteristics and corporate risk management, and ESG and cost of debt

In the press

The presentation of Guaranteeing Generational Pension Plan Benefits in the research conference on Risk sharing in DC pension schemes at the University of Exeter, UK (2010) is covered in the Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) news of 11 January 2010.

https://www.ipe.com/pensions-risk-could-be-traded-under-new-dc-design/33727.article

Address

University of Twente

Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 2317
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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