I am a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

My research lies in macro-finance. I develop quantitative and theoretical models of banks and their contractual relationship with non-depository financial institutions. My models quantify macroeconomic outcomes and deliver policy implications for regulation, including spillovers of bank capital requirements and off-balance-sheet rules.

I will join London Business School as an Assistant Professor of Finance in August 2026.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I received a B.A. in Applied Mathematics, with minors in Music and German, from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of International Affairs in International Finance and Economic Policy from Columbia University.

Contact: chixu@wharton.upenn.edu

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