Xian Gu

Durham University Business School

Mill Hill Lane

Durham, DH1 3LB

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (24)

1.

A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion

Review of Corporate Finance 1 (2021), 259-339, FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 20-21
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2022
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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Ownership Networks and Firm Growth: What Do Forty Million Companies Tell Us About the Chinese Economy?

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2022
Imperial College London, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, Durham University Business School, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department and School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
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Ownership network; Equity capital; Firm growth; Bank credit

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Does Economic Structure Determine Financial Structure?

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper, Journal of International Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 16 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2019
Imperial College London, Bank of Italy, Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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Financial system, Real economic structures

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People's Bank of China: History, Current Operations and Future Outlook

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2017
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
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Central bank; History; Monetary policy; Financial reform

Financial Structure, Economic Growth and Development

IÉSEG Working Paper Series 2017-ACF-04
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 13 Sep 2017
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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Banks, Markets, Shadow banking, Economic Growth

Financial Structure, Economic Growth and Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12859
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Apr 2018
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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banks, Economic Growth, markets, shadow banking

Fintech, Cryptocurrencies, and CBDC: Financial Structural Transformation in China

Journal of International Money and Finance (2022)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2022
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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Fintech, Cryptocurrency Regulations, Stablecoins, CBDCs, e-CNY, China

FinTech, Cryptocurrencies, and CBDC: Financial Structural Transformation in China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16977
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Feb 2022
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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CBDCs, China, Cryptocurrency Regulations, e-CNY, Fintech, stablecoins

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Corporate Governance and Intra-Group Transactions in European Bank Holding Companies During the Crisis

Wharton Financial Institutions Center Working Paper No. 11-35
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 03 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2011
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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multinational banks, corporate governance, internal bank markets, crisis

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Crises and the Interbank Market Puzzle

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 12 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2023
Imperial College London, Bank of England, Durham University Business School, IESEG School of Management and European Central Bank (ECB)
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Interbank Market, Trust, Networks, Centrality, Community Detection

The Interbank Market Puzzle

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 20 Feb 2020
Imperial College London, Bank of England, Durham University Business School, IESEG School of Management and European Central Bank (ECB)
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centrality, community detection, interbank market, networks, trust

The Interbank Market Puzzle

Bank of England Working Paper No. 862
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 May 2020
Imperial College London, Bank of England, Durham University Business School, IESEG School of Management and European Central Bank (ECB)
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Interbank market, trust, networks, centrality, community detection

Trust and the Interbank Market Puzzle

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17263
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 27 May 2022
Imperial College London, Bank of England, Durham University Business School, IESEG School of Management and European Central Bank (ECB)
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Centrality, Community detection, interbank market, networks, Trust

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Implicit Guarantees and the Rise of Shadow Banking: The Case of Trust Products

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 20 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2023
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School, University of Iowa, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
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Shadow banking, trust products, implicit guarantee, yield, real estate, SOE

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Corporate Reputation in Bond Market: Evidence from Lawsuits

Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University Research Paper No. 2872705
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2018
Xian Gu, Iftekhar Hasan and Haitian Lu
Durham University Business School, Fordham University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Reputation, Trust, Litigation, Public Debt, Bond Return

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Up the Political Ladder: The Role of Political Networks

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 11 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2022
Durham University Business School, Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department and St. John's University - Department of Economics and Finance
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Leadership, Politician, Network, Centrality, Machine Learning

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Financial Crisis, Structure and Reform

Wharton Financial Institutions Center Working Paper 11-37
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Apr 2011
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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financial structure, financial crises, financial reform

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Centralization or Decentralization? The Evolution of State-Ownership in China

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 Dec 2022
Imperial College London, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, Durham University Business School, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department and School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
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state-owned enterprises; state capital; ownership network; hierarchical distance

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Fintech, Cryptocurrencies, and CDBC: Financial Structural Transformation in China

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 22-12
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Apr 2022
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Imperial College London and Durham University Business School
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fintech, cryptocurrency regulations, stablecoins, CBDCs, e-CNY, China

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Friends in High Places: Political Ties and SEC Oversight of Foreign Firms

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-27, Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2022, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 853/2022
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 13 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Jill E. Fisch and Xian Gu
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Durham University Business School
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political relationship; SEC; comment letters; enforcement actions

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Shadow Banking in China Compared to Other Countries

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2020
Franklin Allen and Xian Gu
Imperial College London and Durham University Business School
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Shadow Banking, Credit Constraint, Implicit Guarantee, Regulation, Financial Stability

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Ownership Structure and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Chinese Corporate Bond Market

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Feb 2019
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, Durham University Business School, Fordham University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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government ownership, institutional holding, credit spreads, market force

The Interplay between Regulations and Financial Stability

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Mar 2018
Franklin Allen and Xian Gu
Imperial College London and Durham University Business School
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financial crises, asset price bubbles, contagion, macroprudential

The Interplay between Regulations and Financial Stability

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12862
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Apr 2018
Franklin Allen and Xian Gu
Imperial College London and Durham University Business School
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Asset price bubbles, contagion, Financial crises, macroprudential

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Political Ties and Capital Raising in Global Markets: Evidence from Yankee Bonds

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2019
Bank of Finland, Durham University Business School and Fordham University
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Yankee bonds; Political ties; Bond yield spread

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Creditor Rights and Corporate Bond Market

Wharton Financial Institutions Center Working Paper No.14-20
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2015
Xian Gu and Oskar Kowalewski
Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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bond market, equity market, law, financial reform, information disclosure, crisis

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Political Network and Muted Insider Trading

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
Citigroup, Inc., Durham University Business School, Fordham University, Durham University and St. John's University - Department of Economics and Finance
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Political Network, Insider Trading, State Ownership, Enforcement

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The Diplomacy Discount in Global Syndicated Loans

Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 03 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2021
Bank of Finland, Durham University Business School, Fordham University and The University of Sydney
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Global syndicated loans, Political ties, Loan pricing

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Interbank network and banks' credit supply

Bank of England Working Paper No. 1005
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Feb 2023
Giovanni Covi and Xian Gu
Bank of England and Durham University Business School
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Interbank network, centrality, community, bank loans, Covid-19

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An Overview of China's Financial System

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 9, pp. 191-231, 2017
Posted: 03 Jan 2018
Imperial College London, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Durham University Business School

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