Wenjian Xu is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Antai College of Economics and Management of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 2020. His research interests are in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Firm Dynamics, and Labor Economics, with a primary focus on the impacts of firm dynamics on the allocation of human and physical capital across firms.

ACADEMIC POSITION

 Associate Professor of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University                                                    2023.07 – Current

 Assistant Professor of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University                                                     2020.08 –2023.06

EDUCATION

 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan                                                                                  2020

 M.A. in Economics, University of Michigan                                                                                   2016

 M.A. in Economics, Peking University, NSD-CCER (Beijing, China)                                           2014

 B.A.  in Behavior Finance, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (Dalian, China)         2010

Personal Website

 www.wenjianxu.com

Research Interests

Corporate Finance, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Publications

1. “Caveat emptor as an obstacle to business transfers: Effect of product line liability exceptions on acquisitions, entry, and exit” (with Natarajan Balasubramanian and  Jagadeesh Sivadasan), Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming. 

2. “Employment Decline During the Great Recession: The Role of Firm Size Distribution” (solo), The Economic Journal, 2023, 133(652): 1586-1625.

3. “Social Insurance and Entrepreneurship: The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on New-Business Formation” (solo), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2022, 16(3): 522-551. 

4.  “Missing Women in India: Gender-Specific Effects of Early Life Rainfall Shocks,” (with Jagadeesh Sivadasan), World Development, 2021, 148(105652): 1-16.