Jiafu An

University of Aberdeen

Associated Professor

King's College

Aberdeen

Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

United Kingdom

http://www.jiafuan.net

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

11

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1,332

SSRN CITATIONS

5

CROSSREF CITATIONS

3

Ideas:
“  I work on topics at the intersection of development economics and finance.  ”

Scholarly Papers (11)

1.

Chinese Aid and Local Employment in Africa

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Shiqi Guo, Jiafu An and Haicheng Jiang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, University of Aberdeen and Queen's University Belfast
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Foreign aid, infrastructure, employment, China, Africa

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Epidemic Disease and Financial Development

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2021
Jiafu An, Wenxuan Hou and Chen Lin
University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh - Business School and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Disease, External Finance, Financial development, Trust, Technology Adoption

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Initial Coin Offerings: What Rights Do Investors Have?

European Journal of Finance, forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 May 2020 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2021
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, Business School and Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
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Initial Coin offering, investor protection, shareholder right, disclosure

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Legal Origins and Informal Finance

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2021
Jiafu An and Chen Lin
University of Aberdeen and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Legal origins, Financial development, Informal finance, Legal culture, Adaptability

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Cyber Risks and Initial Coin Offerings: Evidence from the World

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jun 2020
University of Aberdeen, IESEG School of Management, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Edinburgh, Business School
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ICO, Cyber Risks, Institution Quality

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Historical Determinants of Fintech Development: Evidence from Initial Coin Offerings

Finance Research Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2021
Jiafu An, Wenxuan Hou and Xianda Liu
University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Edinburgh, Business School
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ICO, history, finance, institutions

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China's Rule of Law in New Era: The Rise of Regulation and Formalism

Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Feb 2020
Jiafu An, Wenxuan Hou and Yun Zhang
University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh - Business School and Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
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Anti-Corruption Campaign, China, Procedural Formalism, Regulation

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Do Bureaucratic Checks Improve Firm Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 May 2020
University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Edinburgh, Business School
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Bureaucratic Checks, China, Anti-Corruption, Natural Experiment, Firm Value

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Do Checks on Bureaucrats Improve Firm Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Accounting and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Sep 2020
University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Edinburgh, Business School
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Bureaucratic Checks, China, Anti-Corruption, Natural Experiment, Firm Value

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Lawyers in the Boardroom and Firm Environmental Performance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Mar 2023
University of Aberdeen, IESEG School of Management, University of Edinburgh - Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and The University of Edinburgh
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Firm Emission, Legal Origin, Environmental Performance, Legal Directors, Paris Agreement

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Initial Coin Offerings and Entrepreneurial Finance: The Role of Founders’ Characteristics

Journal of Alternative Investments, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2019, https://jai.pm-research.com/content/21/4/26
Posted: 19 Jan 2019
University of Aberdeen, IESEG School of Management, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Business School

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Initial coin offerings (ICOs); founder characteristics; entrepreneurial finance; human capital