Dr. Xijuan Bellotti

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Department: Accounting and finance

Contact

Telephone: 0208-411-5705
E-mail: x.bellotti@mdx.ac.uk

Qualifications

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1539353#reg

Phd in Finance; MBA, Banking and Finance; BEng, Computer Application.

Research Interests

My research work can be categorized into three closely related fields: (a) International Finance, Banking Risk Management; the relationship between asset price bubbles, (b) what is the most appropriate forecast model to estimate the risk of liquidity, credit crises, and (c) how these models can generate effective implications for both financial practitioners and policy regulators.

Selected publications

A. Books

1. Cross-Border Bank M&A in Emerging Markets -Value Creation or Destruction? (With Jonathan Williams, Palgrave book chapter, Frontiers of Banks in a Global World', Chapter 3, 2007)

B.Journal and Serials

2. “The search for value: cross-border M&A transactions in emerging markets”(With Jonathon Williams, Journal of Comparative Economic Studies 2008, 50,(274-296)

3. Volatility transmission and changes in stock market interdependence in the European Community” (with Jonathan Williams, European Review of Economics and Finance, vol.3, no. 3, pp. 203-231,2004)

C. Papers under review

1. “The Impact of Effective Investor Relations on Market Value”, (with Richard Taffler et al, Financial Management, 2010)

2. “The Predictive Ability of Audit Report Going-Concern Uncertainty Narratives”(with Richard Taffler et al Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory)

3. “Integration, Price Discovery: Evidence from FX and Stock Markets in the BRICs (with Jonathan Williams, International Review of Economics & Finance, 2010) Online. “Does Good or Bad News Matter? Implication of “News” Asymmetries in FX markets” (with Jonathan Williams, Multinational Finance Journal, 2010) Online.

D. Work in Progress

1. ‘Is past performance consistence? Evidence of consultants’ and trustees fund manager selection’ (with R. Taffler and A. Byrne, Journal of Business and Finance) [in progress]

2. ‘Does managerial social responsibility enhance firm value? (With R Taffler, Journal of business ethics) [in progress]

3. How market conditions influence the behaviour of the venture capital funds (With Pierre Giot, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis) [in progress]

4. Time varying volatility transmission: the case of emerging equity markets in Asia and Latin America, 1984 – 2004 (with Jonathan Williams, Multinational Finance Journal)

Teaching Interests

Behavior Finance, Internationa Finance; Currently conducting, undergradute course: Fundamental of Finance (3^rd year undergraduate)

Postgraduate: Applied Corporate Finance

Languages spoken

Chinese,(native), English, (fluent), Korean, French, Japanese (good knowledge)