
Research Topic
Corporate finance and manager characteristics: a three-paper thesis
Research Summary
Tianxi's research focuses on empirical studies of corporate finance and its links with many socio-economic factors such as population, culture and personal characteristics.
Tianxi currently has two thesis papers in progress:
- Little Emperor CEOs: Firm Risk and Performance when CEOs grow up without siblings
- CEO Climate Change Awareness and Firm Emission Reductions
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Background
Tianxi Wang is a doctoral researcher and teaching assistant in the Accounting and Finance Group at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He studied a Bachelor degree of Economics at Xiamen University in China and obtained his MSc Finance at the University of Edinburgh Business School in the UK. He was also a funded visiting student at Warwick Business School.
Education and Qualifications
Institute | Award | Dates |
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University of Edinburgh Business School | MSc Finance (Distinction) | 2018–2019 |
University of Warwick | Visiting Student | 2017 |
Xiamen University School of Economics | Bachelor of Economics | 2014–2018 |
Professional and Voluntary Experience
- Organised and coordinated the Scottish Doctoral Conference (ScotDoc) in Accounting and Finance (August 2021)
- Conference Organiser and Secretary at the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (2020)