Educational Qualifications

2017                    
PhD (Finance), Nanyang Technological University

2011                      
BSc (1st Class Honors, Mathematics and Economics), Nanyang Technological University  

Academic and Professional Experience

2026 - Present      
Associate Professor, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences                  

2025 - 2027          
Provost’s Chair, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2023 - 2025       
Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2019 - 2023          
Associate Professor of Finance (Tenure-track), University of Science and Technology of China

2017 - 2019          
Assistant Professor of Finance, Xiamen University

Awards and Honours

2026                    
2nd Prize, Shaanxi (China) Outstanding Achievement Awards for Philosophy and Social Sciences

2025                    
2nd Prize, Accounting Cooperation Forum of Jiao Tong University and The Seventh Annual Academic Conference         

2024-2026             
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (Grant number: 72302225), PI

2024-2026             
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (Grant number: 71973133), Co-PI     

2024                    
2nd Prize, Blockchain International Scientific Conference

2023                    
Responsible Research in Management Award, Sponsored by the Academy of Management Fellows, Co-sponsored by the Responsible Research in Business and Management

2019-2023            
Mozi Outstanding Young Scholar Allowance

2021-2022            
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Principal Investigator

2021                    
STR Best Paper Award in Stakeholder and Nonmarket Strategy, Academy of Management Annual Conference

2020-2021            
Humanities and Social Science Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China Grant, Co-PI   

2018-2019            
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

  • Nuo Shi, Yi Si, and Chongwu Xia. Cross-Industry Spillover Effects of Accounting Frauds on Corporate Investment Decisions: Evidence from the Complementary Production Networks, Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming. (ABDC A)
  • Zhiyuan Wang, Tristan Lim, Yun Teng, and Chongwu Xia. A Data-Driven Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Criteria ESG Evaluation. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 2026, 10(5): 130.
  • Ding Ding, Yang Li, Poh Ling Neo, Zhiyuan Wang, and Chongwu Xia. Network Effects and Boom–Bust Dynamics in NFT Prices. Fintech, 2026, 5(2):36.
  • Ding Ding, Yang Li, Poh Ling Neo, Zhiyuan Wang, and Chongwu Xia.  Subjective-objective Median-based Importance Technique (SOMIT) to Aid Multi-criteria Renewable Energy Evaluation. Applied Energy, 2025, 402: 126872. (ABDC A)
  • Jeffrey Pittman, Baolei Qi, Yi Si, Zitian Wang, and Chongwu Xia. Individual Auditor Social Responsibility and Audit Quality: Evidence from China. Journal of Business Ethics, 2024, 194(1): 119-144. (ABDC A)
  • Zeyuan Huang, Yi Si, Gaoliang Tian, Chongwu Xia, and Lei Zhang. Learning ESG from Stock Prices: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China. Accounting & Finance, 2024, 64(5): 4619-4646. (ABDC A)
  • Xin Dai, Zheng Qiao, and Chongwu Xia. Options Trading and Earnings Management. Accounting Horizons, 2024, 38(3): 13-34. (ABDC A)
  • Chongwu Xia, Chong Guan, Ding Ding, and Yun Teng. Navigating Success in Carbon Offset Projects: A Deep Dive into the Determinants Using Topic Modeling. Sustainability, 2024, 16(4): 1595.
  • Yi Si, and Chongwu Xia. The Effect of Human Capital on Stock Price Crash Risk. Journal of Business Ethics, 2023, 187(3): 589-609. (ABDC A)
  • Wei Shi, Chongwu Xia, and Philipp Meyer-Doyle. Institutional Investor Activism and Employee Safety: The Role of Activist and Board Political Ideology. Organization Science, 2022, 33(6): 2404-2420. (UTD24; FT50; ABDC A*)
  • Jeong-Bon Kim, Yi Si, Chongwu Xia, and Lei Zhang. Corporate Derivatives Usage, Information Environment, and Stock Price Crash Risk. European Accounting Review, 2022, 31(5): 1263-1297. (ABDC A*)
  • Chongwu Xia, Chuyi Yang, and Lei Zhang. The Real Effect of Foreign Exchange Hedging on Corporate Innovation. Journal of Futures Markets, 2021, 41(12): 2046-2078. (ABDC A)
  • Zheng Qiao, Chongwu Xia, and Lei Zhang. Does Corporate Hedging Affect Firm Valuation? Evidence from the IPO Market. Journal of Futures Markets, 2020, 40(6): 895-927. (ABDC A)
  • Yi Si, Chongwu Xia, and Endong Yang. The Bright Side of Sentiment: Evidence from Real Activities Manipulation. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2020, 27(3): 327-351. (ABDC B)
  • Wai Yee Wan, Christopher C. Chen, Chongwu Xia, and Say Hak Goo. Managing the Risks of Corporate Fraud: The Evidence from Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong Law Journal, 2018, 48(1): 125-166. (ABDC A)

 

Book Chapters

  • Joseph Young Sain Lim, Chongwu Xia, and Adrian Yeow Yong Kwang. Ethics and Governance of Generative AI. Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, vol. 3, 251-262.
  • Jincheng Zheng, Chongwu Xia, Swee-Won Lo, and David Lee Kuo Chuen. Navigating Cryptocurrencies’ Next Frontier: The Revolution Towards Decentralizing Physical Infrastructure.  Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, vol. 3, 51-59.

 

Conference Papers

  • Chongwu Xia, and Philipp Meyer-Doyle. Who Bleeds When Activists Attack? Activist Institutional Ownership and Employee Safety. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021, 2021(1): 10538.

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