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Xu Niu

James Madison University - College of Business

Harrisonburg, VA 22807

United States

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Scholarly Papers (17)

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1.

Strategic CSR in Family Firms

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 May 2024
Wenbin Cao, Xiaoman Duan and Xu Niu
Sam Houston State University, Sam Houston State University - Department of General Business and Finance and James Madison University - College of Business
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CSR, Family firm, Family sustainability, Strategic investment

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Hedge Fund Activism and Value Creation in Family Firms

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Nov 2025
Heng An and Xu Niu
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Department of Accounting and Finance and James Madison University - College of Business
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family firm, agency problem, hedge fund activism

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The Critical Role of Corporate Culture in Strengthening D&I Performance

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Aug 2025 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2026
Ya Dai, Liang Guo and Xu Niu
Western Carolina University, California State University, San Bernardino and James Madison University - College of Business
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Corporate Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Agency Cost

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Linking Human Capital Strategies to Stock Price Crash Risk: The Role of Diversity, Inclusion, and People Development

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Mar 2026
Ya Dai, Liang Guo and Xu Niu
Western Carolina University, California State University, San Bernardino and James Madison University - College of Business
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Stock Crash Risk, Human Capital Strategy, Diversity and Inclusion, People Development, Corporate Culture

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From Tension to Trust: The Role of Corporate Culture in Easing Labor Relations

Journal of Financial Research, forthcoming
Posted: 07 Jul 2025 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2025
Xu Niu
James Madison University - College of Business

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corporate culture, labor relations, unfair labor practices

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Aftermarket Performance of Emerging Growth Companies: The Long-Term Effects of the JOBS Act and the Role of Institutional Investors

International Review of Finance, Vol. 25, 2025
Posted: 01 May 2025 Last Revised: 21 May 2025
Mengxi Chen, Liang Guo and Xu Niu
The College of New Jersey, California State University, San Bernardino and James Madison University - College of Business

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Emerging Growth Company (EGC), JOBS Act, IPO aftermarket performance, institutional investor

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The Battle between Activist Hedge Funds and Labor Unions

Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 78, 2024
Posted: 21 May 2024 Last Revised: 01 May 2025
Xu Niu
James Madison University - College of Business

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hedge fund activism, labor relations, unionization

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Incorporating ChatGPT into a Financial Data Science Course with Python Programming

Advances in Financial Education, 2023
Posted: 19 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2025
Yang Liu, Laura K. Miller and Xu Niu
James Madison University, James Madison University and James Madison University - College of Business

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ChatGPT, Financial Education, Data Science, Python

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The Evolution of Public Companies' Corporate Social Responsibility

Quarterly Journal of Finance, Vol. 14, 2024
Posted: 14 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2025
Mengxi Chen and Xu Niu
The College of New Jersey and James Madison University - College of Business

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR), initial public offering (IPO), listing age, firm life cycle

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Trust in Founders

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 178, 2025
Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2025
Murali Jagannathan, Brett W. Myers and Xu Niu
SUNY at Binghamton - School of Management, Texas Tech, Rawls College of Business and James Madison University - College of Business

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corporate culture, founder, family firm, trust, labor relations, unionization

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The Impact of Labor on the Performance of Founder-Family Firms

Journal of Financial Research, Vol. 47, 2024
Posted: 15 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 20 May 2024
Murali Jagannathan, Brett W. Myers and Xu Niu
SUNY at Binghamton - School of Management, Texas Tech, Rawls College of Business and James Madison University - College of Business

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founding family firm, family CEO succession, operating performance

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Access to Finance, Bureaucracy, and Capital Allocation Efficiency

Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 125-126, 2023
Posted: 17 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2023
Wenbin Cao, Xiaoman Duan and Xu Niu
Sam Houston State University, Sam Houston State University - Department of General Business and Finance and James Madison University - College of Business

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capital allocation efficiency, marginal product of capital, access to finance, bureaucracy

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How Do Founder-CEOs Sell Their Remaining Ownership Shares? Theory and Evidence

International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol. 18, 2022
Posted: 06 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2022
Xu Niu
James Madison University - College of Business

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founder-CEOs, equity selling, stock ownership

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The Role of Founder-CEOs and Founder-Families in IPOs

Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 57, 2019
Posted: 14 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
Xiaoman Duan and Xu Niu
Sam Houston State University - Department of General Business and Finance and James Madison University - College of Business

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founder-CEOs, family firms, IPOs, underpricing, partial adjustment

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Mathematics Prerequisites for Doctoral Level Studies in Finance

Journal of Financial Education, Vol. 45, 2019
Posted: 28 May 2017 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
Gary Harris and Xu Niu
Texas Tech University - Department of Mathematics and Statistics and James Madison University - College of Business

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mathematics prerequisites, financial education, finance doctoral programs

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Strategic Voting and Insider Ownership

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 51, 2018
Posted: 03 May 2017 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
Blair B. Marquardt, Brett W. Myers and Xu Niu
University of North Texas - Department of Accounting, Texas Tech, Rawls College of Business and James Madison University - College of Business

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shareholder voting, strategic voting, insider ownership, management proposals

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Equity-Based Incentives and Shareholder Say-On-Pay

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol 46, 2019
Posted: 04 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2023
Denton Collins, Blair B. Marquardt and Xu Niu
Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business, University of North Texas - Department of Accounting and James Madison University - College of Business

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pay-performance sensitivity, pay-risk sensitivity, executive compensation, shareholder voting