Xiaoji Lin

Education

• Ph.D University of Minnesota (2003 — 2007)
• MA Nankai University (1999 — 2001)
• BA Nankai University (1995 — 1999)

Publications

Investment, Tobin’s q, and Interest Rates, 2017, with Chong Wang, Neng Wang, and Jinqiang Yang, Forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics

Labor-Force Heterogeneity and Asset Prices: The Importance of Skilled Labor, 2017, with Frederico Belo, Jun Li, and Xiaofei Zhao, Review of Financial Studies 30 (10): 3669–3709 | Online Appendix | Industry Level Skill Data

Does Wage Rigidity Make Firms Riskier? Evidence from Long-Horizon Return Predictability, 2016, with Jack Favilukis, Journal of Monetary Economics, 78, 80-95 | Online Appendix

Wage Rigidity: A Quantitative Solution to Several Asset Pricing Puzzles, 2016, with Jack Favilukis. Review of Financial Studies, 29 (1), 148-192 | Online Appendix

Labor Hiring, Investment and Stock Return Predictability in the Cross Section, 2014, with Frederico Belo and Santiago Bazdresch. Journal of Political Economy, 122(1) 129-177 | Online Appendix

Brand Capital, Firm Value, and Asset Returns, 2014, with Frederico Belo and Maria Ana Vitorino. Review of Economic Dynamics, 17(1) 150-169 | Online Appendix

Long Run Productivity Risk and Aggregate Investment, 2013, with Jack Favilukis, Journal of Monetary Economics, 60 (6): 737-751. Supersedes the working paper previously circulated as Micro Frictions, Asset Pricing, and Aggregate Implications

The Investment Manifesto, 2013, with Lu Zhang. Journal of Monetary Economics, 60 (3): 351-366. | SAS and Matlab Codes

The Inventory Growth Spread, 2012, with Frederico Belo. Review of Financial Studies, 25 (1): 278-313

Endogenous Technological Progress and the Cross Section of Stock Returns, 2012. Journal of Financial Economics, 103 (2): 411-428 [Winner of the Trefftzs Award for the Best Student Paper, WFA 2008]

Working Papers

The Elephant in the Room: the Impact of Labor Obligations on Credit Markets, June 2018, with Jack Favilukis and Xiaofei Zhao

The Finance Uncertainty Multiplier, April 2018, with Iván Alfaro and Nick Bloom

External Equity Financing Shocks, Financial Flows, and Asset Prices, August 2017, with Frederico Belo and Fan Yang | Online Appendix

The Risks of Old Capital Age: Asset Pricing Implications of Technology Adoption, June 2018, with Berardino Palazzo and Fan Yang

Investor Protection, Corporate Investment, and Valuation, November 2017, with Yingcong Lan, Neng Wang and Jinqiang Yang

The Opposing Effects of Information Complexity and Information Content on Return Volatility, January 2018, with Frederico Belo, Jun Li and Xiaofei Zhao

Experience

Before joining Ohio State, Dr. Xiaoji Lin taught at London School of Economics and Political Science. His research fields include asset pricing, corporate finance, and macroeconomics. Dr. Lin has published at leading academic journals including Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Political Economy, and Review of Financial Studies. His doctoral thesis won the Trefftzs award at 2008 Western Finance Association annual meetings.

Teaching

Investments, OSU, 2011 – present.

Financial Econometrics, LSE, 2009 – 2011.

Multinational Business Finance, LSE-PKU Summer School, 2009 – 2010.

Debt Markets, LSE, Summer School, 2009 – 2011.

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, University of Minnesota, 2006 – 2007.