BO BIAN
Assistant Professor of Finance Phone: + 1 604 827 1816 Sauder School of Business Office: Henry Angus 865 University of British Columbia Email: [email protected] 2053 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC Website: www.bo-bian.com Canada V6T 1Z2
Academic Employment
2019- Assistant Professor of Finance, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Fall 2019 Visiting Researcher, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany 2016- Academic visitor, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
Education 2015-2019 PhD in Finance, London Business School, London, UK 2013-2015 M.Res. in Finance, London Business School, London, UK 2011-2013 Master of Science in Finance, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2007-2011 Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Research Interests
Empirical corporate finance: topics related to productivity, innovation, bankruptcy, and the interaction of regulatory and political economy factors with financing and investment
Working Papers
Globally Consistent Creditor Protection, Reallocation, and Productivity
The Political Economy of Decentralization: Evidence from Bank Bailouts (with R. Haselmann, T. Kick & V. Vig; 2017 CICF Best Paper Award)
Cross-Border Institutions and the Globalization of Innovation (with J. Meier & T. Xu)
Government Ownership of Banks and Corporate Innovation (with R. Haselmann, V. Vig & B. Weder di Mauro)
Seminars 2019 HEC Paris; Ohio State (Fisher); Boston College (Carroll); Georgetown University (McDonough); Columbia Business School; University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Gies); UC San Diego (Rady); Stanford University (GSB); UNC Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler); University of British Columbia (Sauder); Rochester (Simon); University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds); University of Oxford (Saïd) 2018 Goethe University Frankfurt; London Business School (×2) 2017 London Business School (×2) 2016 London Business School BO BIAN 2
Conference Presentations & Invited Workshops
2020 AEA, MFA(Scheduled), FIRS (Scheduled) 2019 SFS Cavalcade North America; Annual Conference in Financial Economics Research by Eagle Labs at the Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya; WFA; 3rd Junior Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Workshop 2018 Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium; TADC; Wheeler Institute PhD Conference; CTC Academic Project Conference; HEC Paris Finance PhD Workshop; 4th Workshop for the Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform Project; Oxford Finance Job Market Workshop; AFBC PhD Forum 2017 CICF (×2); EEA 2016 TADC 2015 Yale Behavioral Finance Summer School
Invited Discussions 2019 EFA, 2019 Regulating Financial Markets Conference, NFA 2018 TADC 2016 TADC
Teaching & Research Experience
2020- Instructor, University of British Columbia PhD course: Advanced Topics in Empirical Corporate Finance Undergraduate course: Applied Financial Markets 2015- Tutorial Sessions, London Business School (London & Dubai Campus) MBA/EMBA courses: Capital Markets and Financing 2013-2016 Teaching Assistant, London Business School PhD course: Corporate Finance Theory MBA/MIF courses: Distressed Investment, Corporate Finance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, M&A EMBA courses: Advanced Corporate Finance 2011-2013 Tutorial Sessions, University of British Columbia Courses: Empirical Finance, Corporate Finance
Honors, Awards and Grants
Jun 2019 Cubist Systematic Strategies Research Paper Award, Huntington Beach, CA 2016-2019 Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Grant, London Business School 2013-2018 Fellowship for Doctoral Students, London Business School Jul 2017 2017 CICF Best Paper Award, Hangzhou, China 2016 AQR Institute Research Grant, London Business School Jan 2016 American Finance Association (AFA) Doctoral Student Travel Grant, San Francisco 2011-2013 International Student Tuition Waiver, University of British Columbia 2007-2011 Academic Excellence Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professional Service
Ad-hoc Referee: Review of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Conference Organization: TADC 2015, London Conference Committee: NFA 2019, Vancouver Seminar Organization: Finance Ph.D. Seminar BO BIAN 3
References Francesca Cornelli Henri Servaes Donald P. Jacobs Chair of Finance Professor of Finance Kellogg, Northwestern University London Business School Phone: +1 847 491 2840 Phone: +44 (0)20 7000 8268 Email: dean@kellogg.northwestern.edu Email: [email protected]
Julian Franks Vikrant Vig (Committee Chair) Professor of Finance Professor of Finance London Business School London Business School Phone: +44 (0)20 7000 8261 Phone: +44 (0)20 7000 8274 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]