Biography
Ting Xu is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. His research focuses on entrepreneurial finance, innovation, labor and productivity. His work has been published in leading academic journals, such as the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. His research has been cited in news outlets such as the NYT, Bloomberg, NPR, and BBC, and by regulators at the SEC, FINRA, IFRS, BLS, and US state legislatives. He teaches Fintech and Financial Management to MBA students at Rotman, where he received the Rotman Teaching Award. Ting Xu holds a PhD in Finance from the University of British Columbia.