Staff profile

Xing Wang joined the faculty of the Durham University Business School in September 2010 as a Lecturer in Economics. Prior to joining Durham, he was a teaching assistant and lecturer at the University of Southampton, where he received his PhD degree.

Xing works in the area of econometrics. His current research projects involve empirical likelihood and related methods, and applications of large deviations in statistical inference.

Mini Biography

Xing Wang joined the faculty of the Durham University Business School in September 2010 as a Lecturer in Economics. Prior to joining Durham, he was a teaching assistant and lecturer at the University of Southampton, where he received his PhD degree.

• Econometrics
• Applied Econometrics

Journal Article

• Ren, X., Li, J., Wang, X., & Lei, X. (2024). Female directors and CSR: Does the presence of female directors affect CSR focus?. International Review of Financial Analysis, 92, Article 103101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103101
• Lu, M., Wang, X., & Speeckaert, R. (2023). Price bubbles in Beijing carbon market and environmental policy announcement. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 52(3), 884-897. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610918.2020.1870696
• Lu, M., Xu, H., & Wang, X. (2021). Impact of carbon markets on industrial competitiveness: An analysis of selected industries in Beijing. Energy Reports, 7(7), 1601-1611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.063
• Lu, M., Passariello, M., & Wang, X. (2021). Sovereign CDS Premiums’ Reaction to Macroeconomic News: An Empirical Investigation. Complexity, 2021, Article 5568698. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5568698
• Hu, N., Li, L., Li, H., & Wang, X. (2020). Do mega-mergers create value? The acquisition experience and mega-deal outcomes. Journal of Empirical Finance, 55, 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2019.11.004
• Guo, M., Hu, N., Li, L., & Wang, X. (2019). Do Managers Keep Their Word? The Disclosure of Merger Intention at Pre-merger Issuance and M&A Performance. Finance Research Letters, 28, 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2018.03.007
• Lu, M., Wang, X., & Cang, Y. (2018). Carbon Productivity: Findings from Industry Case Studies in Beijing. Energies, 11(10), Article 2796. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11102796
• Wang, X. (2014). The efficiency of empirical likelihood with nuisance parameters. Journal of mathematics and statistics, 10(2), 125-129. https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2014.125.129
• Wang, X. (2014). Empirical Likelihood Estimation Based on Simulated Moment Conditions. Journal of mathematics and statistics, 10(2), 111-116. https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2014.111.116
• Wang, X. (2013). The Rate Function of S-mixing Process and Its Application in Evaluating Empirical Likelihood Tests. Journal of mathematics and statistics, 9(4), 334-338. https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2013.334.338