Xiaohui Liu

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


Dr. Xiaohui Liu holds a multidisciplinary educational background, including PhD in Banking and Finance from the University of Adelaide, a Master of Commerce (Advanced) with a major in Financial Accounting from the Australian National University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jiangnan University, China. She is a lecturer and course coordinator at the University of Adelaide Business School. She teaches postgraduate courses emphasizing quantitative methods in finance and accounting, such as Quantitative Methods, Equity Valuation and Analysis, and Financial Statement Analysis. Xiaohui's research focuses on corporate finance and accounting, exploring seasoned equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, spillover effects, earnings management, executive compensation, and corporate disclosures. She also actively develops working papers on the impact of environmental/ human factors on corporate financial strategies, including biodiversity risks, corporate equality, and board ethnicity.

Corporate finance: seasoned equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and spillover effects

Accounting: earnings management, executive compensation, and corporate disclosures

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Lecturer & Course Coordinator University of Adelaide
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    Australian National University Australia Master of Commerce (Advanced)
    Jiangnan University China Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
  • Research Interests

  • Journals

    Year Citation
    2025 Li, Y., Liu, X., Canil, J., & Cheong, C. S. (2025). Biodiversity risk and firm efficiency. Finance Research Letters, 71, 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus1
    2025 Liu, X., Luo, J., & Yawson, A. (2025). Equity offering following cyberattacks. Journal of Corporate Finance, 91, 28 pages.
    DOI
    2025 Liu, X., Li, Y., & Krishnamurti, C. (2025). Biodiversity risk and seasoned equity offerings. Economics Letters, 247, 112214.
    DOI
    - Liu, X. (n.d.). Analysis of Earnings Management and the Estimation Models in Earnings Management. Asian Business Research, 4(3), 13.
    DOI
  • Preprint

    Year Citation
    2024 Liu, X., Yawson, A., & Luo, J. (2024). The Spillover Effects of Exogenous Events on Managerial Disclosure of Earnings Forecasts: Evidence from U.S. Major Hurricanes.
    DOI

Quantitative Methods (PG)

Equity Valuation and Analysis (PG)

Financial Statement Analysis (PG)


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