Faculty

ESSEC faculty

Because educational excellence depends on the quality of the faculty, ESSEC strives to recruit the most highly qualified professors. The three assets that best characterize ESSEC faculty are academic excellence, a global frame of mind and instructional creativity. On this page, you will find the CVs of

all our professors, as well as announcements of available positions. 




Peng Xu
Professeur Assistant, Finance Department

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General Information Research Areas Teaching Other Activities
Education

PhD, Collaborative Program in Finance and Economics, Department of Economics and Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada

MA, Economics, University of Toronto, Canada

Bachelor of Economics, International Finance, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China

Research Areas
Areas
Liquidity Analysis, Asset Pricing, Derivatives and Risk Management


On-going Projects

“Is the S&P 500 Index Tradable? ”, Manuscript. (2006)

“S&P 500 Index Options and Put-Call Parity”, Manuscript. (2007)

“Non-tradable S&P 500 Index and the Pricing of Its Traded Derivatives”, working paper, joint with Christian Gourieroux and Joann Jasiak.

Teaching at ESSEC

"Finance Refresher", MBA Grande Ecole Program

"Financial risk management", Advanced Master in Financial Engineering Program

"Financial Theory", MBA Program

Other Teaching Activities

Lecturer, "Financial Markets and Institutions", Iowa State University Business School, 2007.

Course Instructor, "Business Finance", Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2006.

Awards and Distinctions

CFA Institute Society Scholarship, 2009

Thesis Completion Grant, 2004-2006

University of Toronto Doctoral Fellowship, 2000-2005

Department Research Award, 2003-2004

International Recruitment Award, 2000-2002

University of Toronto Fellowship for MA, 1999-2000

 


Scientific Activities
Conference Presentations
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (Presenter and Discussant), Reno, US, 2009

Affiliations and Academic Responsibilities

Member, American Finance Association, 2007 – 2009

Member, Financial Management Association, 2007 – 2009

Resident Graduate Student, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto, 2003 – 2007

Member, Canadian Economics Association, 2003


Professional Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, 1999 – 2006

Research Assistant, University of Toronto, 2003

Manager of the Department of Trade, Shin Nihon Global Inc., China, 1998-1999

Intern, Bank of China, China, 1997

Useful Links
Finance
Contact
E-mail

ESSEC Asian Center
100 Victoria Street
#13-02 National Library
Singapore