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Xu Xiaonian


January 15 - 29, 2010

Dr. Xiaonian Xu is a professor of economics and finance at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Before joining CEIBS in 2004, Xu worked for China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) as managing director and head of research. Prior to his work with CICC, Xu served as senior economist with Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, from 1997 to 1998, and also as a consultant with the World Bank in Washington, D.C. in 1996. Xu has also served as an assistant professor at Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he taught economics and financial markets, and as a research fellow with the State Development Research Center of China.

Xu holds a Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Davis, and an M.A. in industrial economics from People's University of China. In 1996, Xu received the Sun Yefang Economics Prize, the highest Chinese award in the field, for his research on China's capital markets.

His research interests include macroeconomics, finance, financial institutions and financial markets, transitional economies, and economic reform in China.