Jiajie Xu
Chris and Elise Klein Faculty Excellence Fellowship and Assistant Professor
Current Positions
- Assistant Professor, Finance
- Chris and Elise Klein Faculty Excellence Fellowship, Finance
Research Interests
- Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, Corporate Finance
Selected Publications
- Xu, J. (2023). Is There a Trade-Off between Protecting Investors and Promoting Entrepreneurial Activity? Evidence from Angel Financing. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 58 (8) pp. 3305-3341.
- Tian, X. & Xu, J. (2022). Do Place-Based Policies Promote Local Innovation and Entrepreneurship?. Review of Finance. 26 (3) pp. 595–635.
Selected Presentations
- "The Effect of Tax Incentives on Local Private Investments and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017," Accepted Speaker at Western Finance Association Meeting/Conference, June 2023.
- "The Effect of Tax Incentives on Local Private Investments and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017," Accepted Speaker at NBER Summer Institute, July 2022.
- "Do Place-Based Policies Promote Local Innovation and Entrepreneurship?," Accepted Speaker at Western Finance Association Meeting/Conference, June 2019.
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Xu, J. (Co-Investigator). EAGER: PBI: Paving the Path to Market: The Role of Place-Based Innovation in R&D Product Availability. National Science Foundation (NSF). Funded. September 2024 - September 2025.
- Xu, J. (Principal Investigator). Early Career Scholars Award. University of Iowa. Funded. January 2023 - January 2024.
Working Papers
- Li, X., Zheng, X., & Wang, S. (2024). How Does VC Activism Backfire in Startup Experimentation?.
- Hammoudeh, M., Krieger, J., & Xu, J. (2023). Dusting Off the Old Ones: Drug Licensing to Startups, Innovation Success and Efficiency.
- Mao, Y., Tian, X., Xu, J., & Ye, K. (2022). Resurrecting Dead Capital: The Sharing Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Job Creation.
- Chemmanur, T. J., Rajaiya, H., & Xu, J. (2022). Angels and Venture Capitalists: Complementarity Versus Substitution, Financing Sequence, and Relative Value Addition to Entrepreneurial Firms.
- Xu, J. (2021). Can Capital Inflows Stifle Local Entrepreneurship.
- Oreski, T. & Xu, J. (2020). Product Life Cycle and Initial Public Offerings.