Professor
Lariccia School of Accounting & Finance
Williamson Hall 3310
phone: (330) 941-1879
Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin
CFA Charter Holder
Credit analysis
Banking and financial liquidity
CEO compensation and Corporate Governance
Financial Analysis
Business Finance
Corporate Finance
Ph D, Financial Economics
University of Texas at Austin
Ph D
MS, Financial Economics
University of Texas at Austin
MS
MA
Jilin University
MA
YSU Research Professorship 2014-
YSU Research Professorship 2013-
YSU Distinguished Professorship Award in Scholarship 2013-
YSU Faculty Development Award 2012-
YSU University Research Council Grant 2011-
YSU Research Professorship 2011-
YSU Faculty Development Award 2010-
YSU Research Professorship 2009--
The Grant of the U.S. Department of Education
Best Paper Award at The Global Commerce Forum
"Default risk: from a perspective of measurement errors"
X. Yang
International Review of Economics and Finance
"Portfolio Optimization: A Generalized Mean-variance Model"
X. Yang
Journal of Applied Business and Economics
"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
"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"Impact on Compensation Premium--from Perspective of Panel Data Analysis"
X. Yang
Currrent Strategies in Economics and Management"Information Friction and Stock Returns"
X. Yang
Journal of Risk and Financial Management, volume 13, p. P 20-35
"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
"Risk, Performance and executive compensation: a simultaneous approach"
X. Yang
Journal of Economics, Management and Trade, volume 19, issue 1, p. 1-9
"Mixed ownership structures and firm performance in China listed firms"
X. Yang
International Journal of Financial Research, volume 8, issue 4
"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
"Reexamination of risk-taking incentives in banking"
X. Yang
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, volume 64(C), p. 238-248
"Overconfidence, gender and skills"
X. Yang
Accounting and Financial Management Journal, volume 2, issue 9, p. 890-897
"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"Bank return volatility and management structure"
X. Yang, G. Peng
Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, volume 4, issue 6, p. 191 -199"Bank return volatility and management structure"
X. Yang, G. Peng
Journal of Applied Finance and Banking, volume 4, issue 6, p. 1-10
"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
"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
"Governance, CEOs Compensation and Risk Management"
X. Yang
Global Business and Finance Review, volume 17, p. 21-37
"Do Investors Value REITs and Non-REITs Differently?"
P. Wei, X. Yang
International Review of Economics and Finance, volume 24, p. 295-302
"Managerial Decisions on Annual Earnings Announcement Timing"
X. Yang, R. Yang
Journal of Applied Business Research, volume 27, issue 6, p. 23-38
"Deregulation and Bank Risk"
X. Yang
International Journal of Business and Economic Perspective, volume 6, issue 2, p. 127-137
"What Drives Banks' Normal Returns"
X. Yang, P. Woodlock
Banking and Finance Review, volume 3, issue 1
"Ambiguity, Analyst Forecast Incentives and Abnormal Stock Returns"
X. Yang
Journal of Applied Research in Finance, volume 3, issue 1 (5), p. 117-129
"Inventory Investment Volatility and Trade Credit"
X. Yang
Journal of Applied Research in Finance, volume 3, issue 1 (5), p. 121-136
"Trade Credit Versus Bank Credit: Evidence from Corporate Inventory Financing"
X. Yang
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, volume 51, p. 419-434
"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
"Security Underwriting and CEOs Compensation"
X. Yang
Journal of Global Business Development, volume 3, issue 2, p. 95-105
"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
"Bank Risk-Taking Investments and Mangerial Incentives"
X. Yang
Banking and Finance Review, volume 2, issue 2, p. 73-87
"Does Uncertainty Affect Central Banks' Optimal Monetary Policy?"
X. Yang
Journal of Global Commerce Research, volume 1, issue 1, p. 1-15
"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
"Improving Portfolio Efficiency: A Genetic Algorithm Approach"
X. Yang
Computational Economics, volume 28, issue 1, p. 1-14
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Risk
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Journal of Emerging Market Research
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Journal of Economics and Finance
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Journal of Banking and Finance
Reviewer, Textbook
International Society of Business Disciplines
Reviewer, Journal Article
International Review of Economics and Finance
Reviewer, Journal Article
Computational Economics
Reviewer, Journal Article
Banking and Finance Review
Reviewer, Journal Article
African Finance Journal