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Wenjian Xu

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management

Assistant Professor

1954 Huashan Road

Shanghai, Shanghai 200030

China

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

12

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TOTAL CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

Fertility Policy and Female Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 10 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2025
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Startups, self-employment, Motherhood penalty, business formation JEL Codes: J13, J24, J16, L26, J18

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Managerial Capital and Adverse Shocks: Evidence from the 2018 US-China Trade War

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 08 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2025
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Management, Experience, Trade War, Human Capital, Mobility

3.

Supply Chain Risk Measurement and Resilience: Insights from Large Language Models

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 18 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2025
J. Frank Li, Wenting Li, Xuan Wei and Wenjian Xu
University of British Columbia (UBC), Lund University School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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supply chain risks, human capital acquisition, computational text analysis, large language models, zero shot prompting

4.

Employment Decline during the Great Recession: The Role of Firm Size Distribution

The Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 18 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2024
Wenjian Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Business cycles, firm concentration, leverage ratios, employment decline, local labor markets.

5.

Social Insurance and Entrepreneurship: The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on New-Business Formation

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2024
Wenjian Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
Downloads 214 (356,192)
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Entrepreneurship, unemployed entrepreneurs, unemployment benefits, unincorporated business, Self-Employment Assistance Program

6.

AI in the Court

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 02 Dec 2025 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2025
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, Southern University of Science and Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Artificial Intelligence, Judicial Performance, Courts, Fairness and Efficiency, China

7.

Missing Women in India: Gender-Specific Effects of Early-Life Rainfall Shocks

World Development, Vol. 148, 2021
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2024
Jagadeesh Sivadasan and Wenjian Xu
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Gender Discrimination, Sex Ratios, Male Preference, Droughts and Floods

8.

Managerial Capital and Adverse Shocks: Evidence from the 2018 Us-China Trade War

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 31 Jul 2025
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Management, Experience, Trade War, Human Capital, Mobility

9.

Cracking the Glass Ceiling, Tightening the Spread: The Bond Market Impacts of Board Gender Diversity

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 29 Aug 2025 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2025
Joyce Xuejing Guan, Wenjian Xu and Fei Yang
Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Financing cost, Gender diversity, Institutional ownership, Yield spreads, credit ratings

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Gender Disparities in Financial Risk-Taking: How Cultural Superstitions Shape Women’s Investment Behavior in China

World Development Perspective, forthcoming.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 May 2025 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2026
Qiying Chen and Wenjian Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Gender Differences, Mutual Funds, Risk Taking JEL CLASSIFICATION: D14, G11, G41, G50, J16, financial participation

11.

Truncating the Tail: Wage Caps and the Human Capital Pipeline in Finance 

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Mar 2026
Independent, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - College of Business, Hebei University of Economics and Business and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Wage Cap, Financial Industry, Major Choice, Brain Drain, Human Capital

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Caveat Emptor as an Obstacle to Business Transfers: Effect of Product Line Liability Exceptions on Acquisitions, Entry, and Exit

Strategic Management Journal (Forthcoming)
Posted: 18 Apr 2024
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management

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Acquisitions, Entry, Business Closures, Product Liability, Successor Liability,