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Xu Sun

Faculty Member

Xu Sun

Education

MBA, University of Texas - Pan American (now University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley), 2015

Major: Business Administration

PhD, University of Texas - Pan American (now University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley), 2015

Major: Business Administration - Finance

BA, Henan University of Economics and Law, 2011

Major: Finance

Teaching

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Summer 2025

FIN 3100

Principles of Finance, Summer 2025

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Spring 2025

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Spring 2025

FIN 3150

Financial Management, Spring 2025

FIN 3100

Principles of Finance, Spring 2025

Presentations

Meng, Chong , Sun, Xu , Welker, Adam , Southern Finance Association, "The Role of Accelerated SEOs in M&A Activity", Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (November, 2023)
Sun, Xu , Jory, Surendranath , Ngo, Thanh , Eastern Finance Association, "Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership Volatility", New Orleans, LA. (April, 2015)
Sun, Xu , Jory, Surendranath , Ngo, Thanh , Eastern Finance Association, "The Information Content of Insider Trading_ Evidence from Stock Splits", New Orleans, LA. (April, 2015)
Sun, Xu , Jory, Surendranath , Ngo, Thanh , Southwestern Finance Association, "Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership Volatility", Houston, TX. (March, 2015)
Sun, Xu , Southern Finance Association, "(N/A, Presented as chair person of the session and discussant)", Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (November, 2014)
Sun, Xu , Southwestern Finance Association , "The Within-week Reversal on Stock Market_ International Evidence", Dallas, TX. (March, 2014)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Li, Ming , Song, Zilong , Sun, Xu , Yu, Yumiao , (2025) "Can Digital Transformation Decrease the Debt Concentration? (forthcoming)" . Accounting and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13399
Song, Zilong , Zhang, Wenwen , Liang, Rixin , Sun, Xu , (2025) "Local happiness and executive compensation (forthcoming)" . Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting . http://doi.org/10.1111/jifm.12225
Zhu, Haitao , Zhang, Yi , Bai, Ruobing , Sun, Xu , (2023) "Happiness and Executive Team Stability" (vol. 57). Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104286
Sun, Xu , Zhang, Tianming , (2023) "The Impact of Short Sale Prospect on Income Smoothing" (Issue: 1, vol. 22). Review of Accounting and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-01-2022-0020
Sun, Xu , Sun, Lijuan , (2021) "Managerial Ability and Corporate Repurchase Activity" (Issue: 2, vol. 26). United States: International Journal of Business. https://ijb.cyut.edu.tw/var/file/10/1010/img/838/V26N2-4.pdf
Bi, Qianwen , Dean, Luke , Guo, Tao , Sun, Xu , (2021) "The Impact of Using Financial Technology on Positive Financial Behaviors" (Issue: 1, vol. 29). Financial Services Review. https://doi.org/10.61190/fsr.v29i1.3442

Awards

SPOT Award

UVU Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation - April 2, 2025

This award acknowledges a faculty's exceptional dedication and hard work in supporting the final stages of changes to UVU’s General Education program.

Spot Award

Woodbury School of Business Finance & Economics Department - April 15, 2024

Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award

UVU Faculty Senate - April, 2023

The purpose of the Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award is to recognize full-time and adjunct faculty who have made significant contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Dean’s Award of Excellence for Service

Woodbury School of Business - March, 2020