Boying Xu

Dr. Boying Xu is a Lecturer in Finance at the School of Economics, Finance and Accounting. She holds a Doctorate from SOAS, University of London, where her dissertation examined private equity investment patterns in China's evolving financial markets.

Her research investigates:

• ESG factors in cross-border transactions
• Corporate social responsibility impacts on efficiency
• Private equity influence on pre-IPO performance
• Chinese financial market dynamics

Recent publications analyze how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance mitigates political risks in international mergers and acquisitions, and measures the cost-efficiency impacts of corporate volunteering programs. Her work on Chinese private equity markets reveals accounting inflation practices preceding initial public offerings.