Wesley X. Deng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Finance
UNSW Business School
UNSW Sydney
Research Interests
Corporate Finance; The Economics of Innovation; Labor and Finance; AI and Finance; International Financial Markets
Email: wesley.deng@unsw.edu.au
Wesley (Xiaohu) is an Assistant Professor of Finance at UNSW Sydney. His primary research area is the real effects of financial market frictions. His research also focuses on emerging issues facing companies and financial markets, including 1) gender and racial diversity in labor market; and 2) the interactions between labor/private/product market dynamics and Innovation; with cutting-edge big data and AI analytics.
He has published at leading academic journals such as Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. His research has made significant social impact. Some of his research findings have been featured in several major academic conferences, news media, and think tanks such as AFA, EFA, SFS Cavalcade, Harvard Business Review, Oxford Business Law Blog, Duke FinReg Blog, CATO Institute, and among others.
