Shuxin Zheng
Visiting Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D. In Finance at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Guanghua Academic Talent Award by Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
National Scholarship for Ph.D Candidate by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
Do the right thing
Brief Bio
Hi, welcome to my personal website!
I am a Ph.D. in Finance at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics graduated in June 2024, and had
been a visiting scholar in Washington University in St. Louis for one year.
I'm an aspiring, resilient and highly self-motivated young scholar; and I believe if we are always doing the right thing,
we will eventually reach our destiny.
My research mainly focuses on empirical asset pricing and corporate bond pricing, aiming to explore:
been a visiting scholar in Washington University in St. Louis for one year.
I'm an aspiring, resilient and highly self-motivated young scholar; and I believe if we are always doing the right thing,
we will eventually reach our destiny.
My research mainly focuses on empirical asset pricing and corporate bond pricing, aiming to explore:
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What are the drivers of asset return movements?
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How expected returns vary over business cycles and across different asset classes?
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Can we derive predictability of stock and bond returns through historical observations?
Feel free to contact me for collaboration and research discussions!
Education and Experiences
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Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Ph.D. in Finance,
2024 -
Washington University in St. Louis, Visiting Ph.D. Student
2022 - 2023 -
Columbia Business School, Course certificate for "Value Investing: Make Intelligent Decisions"
2022 -
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, M.S. in Finance,
2020 -
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, B.A. in International Business,
2017 -
University of California, Riverside, Visiting Student
2017
Research
Interest Rate Risk and the Cross-Section of Expected Corporate Bond Returns (Job market paper; with Yongfu Feng and Hong Liu)
Cross-Sectional Pricing of Interest Rate Risk in China's A-share Market (Working paper; with Yongfu Feng et al.)
Firm Product Similarity and Stock Price Comovement: Evidence from China (with Yugang Yin and Yahui Liu), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 60 (4), 808-824, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2023.2253978
Political Uncertainty and Stock Return: Evidence from Turnovers of Chinese Local Government Leaders (with Changing Liu et al.), Journal of Asia Pacific Economy 27 (2), 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2020.1833422.
Index Construction and Application of Digital Transformation in the Insurance Industry: Evidence from China (with Mengqi Liu et al.), Plos One, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296899