Name: Xuan Tian
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Birthday: May 24, 1978
Education:
2003---Present: Ph.D. in Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
2001---2003: M.A. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Washington
1997---2001: Bachelor in Economics, School of Economics, Peking University
1991---1997: Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
Working Papers
1. The Role of Venture Capital Syndication in Value Creation for Entrepreneurial Firms
European Finance Association Annual Meetings, Ljubljana, August 2007 (Scheduled)
Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, Orlando, October 2007 (Scheduled)
Fifth China International Conference in Finance, Chengdu, July 2007 (Scheduled)
Eastern Finance Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, April 2007
Midwest Financing Association Annual Meetings, Minneapolis, March 2007
Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meetings, San Diego, March 2007
2. "Preparing" Equity Market for Corporate Events: Theory and Evidence on Firms Cutting Dividends (with Thomas J. Chemmanur)
Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, Orlando, October 2007 (Scheduled)
Western Finance Association Annual Meetings, Big Sky, June 2007 (Scheduled)
Boston College Seminar, April 2006
3. Geography, Staging, and Venture Capital Financing
European Finance Association Annual Meetings, Ljubljana, August 2007 (Scheduled)
Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, Orlando, October 2007 (Scheduled)
Seventh Annual Transatlantic Doctoral Conference, London, May 2007
Boston College Seminar, April 2007
4. Keep a Tight Leash: What Does Staged Venture Capital Financing Tell the Market?
Midwest Financing Association Annual Meetings, Minneapolis, March 2007
Research In Progress
Venture Capital Syndication: Theory and Empirical Evidence (with Thomas J. Chemmanur)
Honors and Awards
Best Doctoral Student Paper Award, Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meetings, 2007
American Finance Association, Boston College Travel Grant, 2007
Graduate Student Fellowship, Department of Finance, Boston College, 2003-present
University Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Washington, 2002-2003.
James O. York Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Washington, 2001-2002.
Freshmen Scholarship, Peking University, 1997-1998.
Outstanding Student Fellowship, Peking University, 1997. Ranked the 3rd out of more than 15,000 students in Beijing in China's National University Entrance Examination.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Conference Discussions:
2007: Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meetings
Midwest Finance Association Annual Meetings
Seventh Annual Transatlantic Doctoral Conference
Conference Committees:
2007: Financial Management Association Annual Meetings
Southern Finance Association Annual Meetings
Eastern Finance Association Annual Meetings
Referee Activity:
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
International Business Review
Teaching Experience:
Instructor (Independent charge of course) for Basic Finance (Undergraduate), Fall 2007 (Scheduled)
Teaching Assistant for Doctoral Seminar in Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance (Ph.D.), Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant for Doctoral Seminar in Corporate Finance (Ph.D.), Spring 2006
Teaching Assistant for Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA/MSF), Spring 2006, Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant for Basic Finance (Undergraduate), Fall 2006
Teaching Assistant for Financial Econometrics (MBA/MSF), Fall 2005
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Silberberg and Leffler at the University of Washington, 2001---2003
Instructor for Introductory Microeconomics at the University of Washington, Summer 2002
Research Experience:
2003--- 2005: Research Assistant for Professor Thomas J. Chemmanur
2004--- 2005: Research Assistant for Professor Edie Hotchkiss
2003--- 2004: Research Assistant for Professor Philip E. Strahan
College Graduation Paper (Permanent Working Paper):
Political Analysis on the Benefits and Costs of the Corruption. Peking University (2001)