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Xu Sun

Faculty Member

Xu Sun

Education

MBA, University of Texas - Pan American (now University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley), 2015

Major: Business Administration

PhD, University of Texas - Pan American (now University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley), 2015

Major: Business Administration - Finance

BA, Henan University of Economics and Law, 2011

Major: Finance

Teaching

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Spring 2025

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Spring 2025

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Spring 2025

FIN 3100

Principles of Finance, Spring 2025

Presentations

Meng, Chong , Sun, Xu , Welker, Adam , Southern Finance Association, "The Role of Accelerated SEOs in M&A Activity", Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (November, 2023)
Sun, Xu , Jory, Surendranath , Ngo, Thanh , Eastern Finance Association, "Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership Volatility", New Orleans, LA. (April, 2015)
Sun, Xu , Jory, Surendranath , Ngo, Thanh , Eastern Finance Association, "The Information Content of Insider Trading_ Evidence from Stock Splits", New Orleans, LA. (April, 2015)
Sun, Xu , Jory, Surendranath , Ngo, Thanh , Southwestern Finance Association, "Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership Volatility", Houston, TX. (March, 2015)
Sun, Xu , Southern Finance Association, "(N/A, Presented as chair person of the session and discussant)", Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (November, 2014)
Sun, Xu , Southwestern Finance Association , "The Within-week Reversal on Stock Market_ International Evidence", Dallas, TX. (March, 2014)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Li, Ming , Song, Zilong , Sun, Xu , Yu, Yumiao , (2025) "Can Digital Transformation Decrease the Debt Concentration? (forthcoming)" . Accounting and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13399
Song, Zilong , Zhang, Wenwen , Liang, Rixin , Sun, Xu , (2025) "Local happiness and executive compensation (forthcoming)" . Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting . http://doi.org/10.1111/jifm.12225
Zhu, Haitao , Zhang, Yi , Bai, Ruobing , Sun, Xu , (2023) "Happiness and Executive Team Stability" (vol. 57). Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104286
Sun, Xu , Zhang, Tianming , (2023) "The Impact of Short Sale Prospect on Income Smoothing" (Issue: 1, vol. 22). Review of Accounting and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-01-2022-0020
Sun, Xu , Sun, Lijuan , (2021) "Managerial Ability and Corporate Repurchase Activity" (Issue: 2, vol. 26). United States: International Journal of Business. https://ijb.cyut.edu.tw/var/file/10/1010/img/838/V26N2-4.pdf
Bi, Qianwen , Dean, Luke , Guo, Tao , Sun, Xu , (2021) "The Impact of Using Financial Technology on Positive Financial Behaviors" (Issue: 1, vol. 29). Financial Services Review. https://doi.org/10.61190/fsr.v29i1.3442

Awards

SPOT Award

UVU Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation - April 2, 2025

This award acknowledges a faculty's exceptional dedication and hard work in supporting the final stages of changes to UVU’s General Education program.

Spot Award

Woodbury School of Business Finance & Economics Department - April 15, 2024

Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award

UVU Faculty Senate - April, 2023

The purpose of the Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award is to recognize full-time and adjunct faculty who have made significant contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Dean’s Award of Excellence for Service

Woodbury School of Business - March, 2020