Dr. Chia-Feng (Jeffrey) Yu is a Senior Associate Professor in Finance at the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) of Xian-Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU). Prior to joining XJTLU, he worked at the University of Adelaide (Go8) in Australia. He is passionate about bringing his research and teaching interests to his new cohorts and developing his career in new educational contexts.

Dr. Yu obtained his PhD from Monash University. His research covers a broad spectrum of areas, including corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, behavioral finance, and financial disclosures. He has published extensively in high-quality internationally referred journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics (FT-50); Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (ABDC: A*); Journal of Business Research (ABS: 3); Journal of Corporate Finance (x2) (ABDC: A*, ABS: 4); European Accounting Review (sole-authored; ABDC: A*); European Financial Management (ABS: 3); European Journal of Finance (ABS: 3); Journal of Futures Market (ABS: 3); Journal of Management Accounting Research (sole-authored; ABDC: A*); International Review of Economics & Finance; International Review of Financial Analysis (x3) (ABS: 3); Economics Letters (ABS:3); Finance Research Letters; Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, among others.

Dr. Yu enjoys thinking outside the box and conducting inter-disciplinary research. He is currently working with internationally renowned scholars in Australia, Canada, UK, USA, and New Zealand on research projects regarding competition and coordination within top management teams, real effects of financial disclosures and regulations, determinants and consequences of technological and financial innovation, and public sector auditing. He also works with scholars from various universities in China on research projects regarding environmental, labor, and gender issues in China. His work has been accepted to present at prestigious international conferences in different disciplines, including the Annual Conference of Strategic Management Society (SMS), the Annual Conference of the Financial Management Association (FMA) Europe, the American Accounting Association (AAA) Mid-Year Meeting, the AFAANZ Annual Conference, the Australian Finance and Banking Conference, the Behavioral Finance and Capital Market Conference, the Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets, and New Zealand Finance Annual Meeting.

Dr. Yu has successfully completed the supervision of 4 PhD students and more than 20 Master's students. His students, including all PhD students and some outstanding Master’s students, graduated with a thesis that was presented at a prestigious international conference (SMS, FMA, AAA) and published in a high-quality (ABS-3 or above) journal. He always tries his best to provide suggestions for his students in a timely and helpful manner and guide them to develop and accomplish high-quality research. He has been well-recognized as a superb researcher, supervisor, and teacher by his students and colleagues.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=Vvtn1H0AAAAJ&hl=en

Corporate Finance

Corporate Governance

Corporate Social Responsibility

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Behavioral Finance

Financial Disclosures

Senior Associate Professor, International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2022 - present

Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide, 2017 - 2022

Lecturer, Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide, 2013 - 2017

FIN405, 412 & BUS303: Master Thesis / FYP on Finance Research 

FIN413 Equity: Cash and Derivatives Investments

FIN204 Financial Instruments

Behavioral Finance (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)

Corporate Finance (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)

Game Theory with Financial Applications (Postgraduate/PhD)

Real Options and Corporate Investment Strategies (Postgraduate/PhD)

The Best Paper Award of 2024 Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Vancouver, Canada. 

The Best Paper Award for Asian Capital Market at the 7th Behavioral Finance and Capital Market Conference, Melbourne.

Donald Cochrane Postgraduate Scholarship, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University