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I’m Xiaobo Yu a PhD Candidate in Finance. a Researcher in Corporate Finance. looking for an academic job.

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I’m Xiaobo Yu

  • Corporate Finance
  • Banking
  • Liquidity

About Me

I am a PhD Candidate in Finance at Columbia Business School. My main research interest is corporate finance theory.

In particular, I am interested in how the institutional design of bankruptcy and restructuring affect each other, how the asset and cash flow pledegability affects a firm's ability to obtain liquidity insurance.

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My Research

Restructuring and Bankruptcy

with Ed R. Morrison, Giorgia Piacentino and Jason R. Donaldson

We develop a model of a firm in financial distress. Distress can be mitigated by filing for bankruptcy (which is costly) or preempted by restructuring (which is impeded by a collective action problem).

Debt Maturity in Financial Networks

with Giorgia Piacentino and Jason R. Donaldson

We develop a model of interbank networks in which banks experience state-contingent liquidity shocks. We show that networks of long-term debt facilitate efficient transfer of liquidity:

Liquidity Insurance and Pledgeability

See slides here .

I model the design of liquidity insurance when firms suffer a concurrent unverifiable quality shock. The contactual incompleteness limits the extent of liquidity insurance:

Teaching

I am not teaching or TAing any course currently.

  • ALL COURSES
  • CURRENT
  • ARCHIVE EMBA
  • ARCHIVE MBA
  • ARCHIVE PhD

Corporate Finance

Capital Markets

Banking

Resume

Download PDF here (Latest Update: September 2019)

Education:

September 2018 - Present

PhD Candidate in Finance

Wrote papers on bankruptcy vs. resutructuring, liquidity insurance

Columbia University, New York

August 2016 - 2018 July

Master in Econometrics and Theoretical Economics (Doctoral Track)

  • Summa Cum Laude (Très bien)
  • Merit-based Tuition Waiver
Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse

September 2011 - 2016 June

Bachelor in Economics

  • Excellence Scholarship for Undergrads
Fudan University, Shanghai

August 2014 - 2015 July

Exchange Program

  • JASSO Scholarship Recipient
  • Dean's List (top 10%)
Waseda University, Tokyo

Experience:

June 2021- 2021 December

Research Assistant

Provided research assitance on multiple projects.

Professor Laura Veldkamp

June 2019- Present

Research Assistant

Provided research assitance on multiple projects.

Professor Giorgia Piacentino

June 2017- 2014 August.

Research Assistant

Provided research assitance on multiple projects.

Professor Neng Wang and Patrick Bolton

December 2015- 2016 August.

Research Assistant

Provided research assitance on multiple projects.

Professor Yiqing Xie and Yu Zhou

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