Xian Gu

Durham University Business School

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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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Julapa Jagtiani
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
Franklin Allen, Junhui Cai, Xian Gu, Jun "QJ" Qian, Linda Zhao and Wu Zhu
Imperial College London, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, Durham University Business School, Fudan University - International School of Finance (FISF), University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
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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
Franklin Allen, Laura Bartiloro, Xian Gu and Oskar Kowalewski
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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Centralization or Decentralization? The Evolution of State-Ownership in China

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 Dec 2022
Franklin Allen, Junhui Cai, Xian Gu, Jun "QJ" Qian, Linda Zhao and Wu Zhu
Imperial College London, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, Durham University Business School, Fudan University - International School of Finance (FISF), University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
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state-owned enterprises; state capital; ownership network; hierarchical distance

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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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Jun "QJ" Qian
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and Fudan University - International School of Finance (FISF)
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Central bank; History; Monetary policy; Financial reform

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

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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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Julapa Jagtiani
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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Julapa Jagtiani
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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Crises and the Interbank Market Puzzle

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Crises and the Interbank Market Puzzle

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 12 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2023
Franklin Allen, Giovanni Covi, Xian Gu, Oskar Kowalewski and Mattia Montagna
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
Franklin Allen, Giovanni Covi, Xian Gu, Oskar Kowalewski and Mattia Montagna
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
Franklin Allen, Giovanni Covi, Xian Gu, Oskar Kowalewski and Mattia Montagna
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
Franklin Allen, Giovanni Covi, Xian Gu, Oskar Kowalewski and Mattia Montagna
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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Financial Structure, Economic Growth and Development

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Financial Structure, Economic Growth and Development

IÉSEG Working Paper Series 2017-ACF-04
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 13 Sep 2017
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Oskar Kowalewski
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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Oskar Kowalewski
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and IESEG School of Management
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banks, Economic Growth, markets, shadow banking

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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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Oskar Kowalewski
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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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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu, C. Wei Li, Jun "QJ" Qian and Yiming Qian
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School, University of Iowa, Fudan University - International School of Finance (FISF) 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
Xian Gu, Iftekhar Hasan, Linda Zhao and Yun Zhu
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
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu and Oskar Kowalewski
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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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
Julapa Jagtiani, Franklin Allen and Xian Gu
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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Ownership Structure and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Chinese Corporate Bond Market

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Feb 2019
Sris Chatterjee, Xian Gu, Iftekhar Hasan and Haitian Lu
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

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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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Political Network and Muted Insider Trading

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 30 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2024
Wei Chen, Xian Gu, Iftekhar Hasan, Hao Zhao and Yun Zhu
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 Interplay between Regulations and Financial Stability

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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
Gene Ambrocio, Xian Gu and Iftekhar Hasan
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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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
Gene Ambrocio, Xian Gu, Iftekhar Hasan and Panagiotis N. Politsidis
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
Franklin Allen, Jun "QJ" Qian and Xian Gu
Imperial College London, Fudan University - International School of Finance (FISF) and Durham University Business School

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