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Claire Xiaoying Deng

Associate Professor of Real Estate and Finance

MSc Real Estate(Flexible) Programme Director

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Specialisms

  • Real Estate, 
  • International Capital Flows and Investment, 
  • Corporate Finance and Asset Securitization, 
  • Household Finance, 
  • FinTech and PropTech, 
  • ESG and Green Finance

Location

HBS 218, Whiteknights Campus

Claire Xiaoying Deng is Associate Professor of Real Estate and Finance and MSc Real Estate (Flexible) Programme Director at Henley Business School (University of Reading).

Claire is also Deputy Director at the Center for Housing Policy Studies, Fudan University, periodically Visiting Scholar at Hitotsubashi University and Adjunct Lecturer at Renmin University of China. Previously, she worked at Wuhan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate and was MapleTree Fellow at Singapore Management University.

Claire’s research interests include Real Estate Finance, International Capital Flows and Investment, Corporate Finance, Household Finance, FinTech and PropTech. She is a recipient of several research grants from various institutions.Her research has appeared in academic journals including Regional Studies, Habitat International, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research and Journal of Housing Economics.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. National University of Singapore, Department of Real Estate, Real Estate and Finance
  • B.A. Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Insurance and Financial Management (Dual Degree)

Applied Research

“The Yin-Yang Contract in China’s Property Market” with Huasheng Gao and Weizeng Sun, Fudan Financial Review, Volume 2, December 2018.

Reference: Deng, X. , Liu, C. and Ong, S. E. (2023) Shadow bank, risk-taking, and real estate financing: evidence from the online loan market. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. ISSN 1573-045X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-022-09936-7
Henley faculty authors:
Claire Xiaoying Deng
Reference: Deng, X. , Anglin, P. M., Gao, Y. and Sun, H. (2021) How do the CEO political leanings affect REIT business decisions? Journal of Real Estate Research, 43 (4). pp. 419-446. ISSN 2691-1175 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08965803.2021.2003507
Henley faculty authors:
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Reference: Sun, W., Deng, C. X. and Wan, G. (2020) Housing rents and household consumption: effect, mechanism and inequality. Economic Research Journal. pp. 132-147. ISSN 0577-9154
Henley faculty authors:
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Reference: Deng, X. , Nanda, A. and Ong, S. E. (2019) Does infrastructure spending lead to price effects in the property market? Evidence from major cities across India. Regional Studies, 53 (12). pp. 1747-1760. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2019.1619925
Henley faculty authors:
Claire Xiaoying Deng
Reference: Yi, D., Deng, X. , Fan, G.-Z. and Ong, S. E. (2018) House price and co-residence with older parents: evidence from China. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 57 (3). pp. 502-533. ISSN 1573-045X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-018-9653-4
Henley faculty authors:
Claire Xiaoying Deng
Reference: Fan, G.-Z., Pu, M., Deng, X. and Ong, S. E. (2018) Optimal portfolio choices and the determination of housing rents under housing market uncertainty. Journal of Housing Economics, 41. pp. 200-217. ISSN 1096-0791 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2018.06.003
Henley faculty authors:
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Reference: Deng, X. and Ong, S. E. (2018) Real earnings management, liquidity risk and REITs SEO dynamics. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 56 (3). pp. 410-442. ISSN 1573-045X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-017-9649-5
Henley faculty authors:
Claire Xiaoying Deng
Reference: Deng, X. , Ong, S. E. and Qian, M. (2018) Real estate risk, corporate investment and financing choice. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 57 (1). pp. 87-113. ISSN 1573-045X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-017-9599-y
Henley faculty authors:
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Reference: Wu, Y., Chen, Y., Deng, X. and Hui, E. C.M. (2018) Development of characteristic towns in China. Habitat International, 77. pp. 21-31. ISSN 1873-5428 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.12.008
Henley faculty authors:
Claire Xiaoying Deng
Reference: Deng, X. , Hrnjic, E. and Ong, S. E. (2014) Investor sentiment and the SEO pricing process: evidence from REITs. The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 20 (2). pp. 85-110. ISSN 2691-1205
Henley faculty authors:
Claire Xiaoying Deng

Foreign Buyers, Capital Outflow the International Real Estate Markets, with Chihiro Shimizu and Iichiro Uesugi, 2021-2024, Tokyo University/Hitotsubashi University.

Sustainable Real Estate, with Zhiyong Yao, 2023, Research Institute for Private Economy of Jiangsu Province, China.

Digital Transformation, Infrastructure Investment and Urban Resilience, 2021, Global City Research Institute of Shanghai Municipal Government, China.

Real Estate Risk and Private Enterprise: Theory and Evidence, 2018-2020, National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Anti-Corruption and Land Acquisitions, 2020, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

Real Estate Risk, Financial Budgeting and Corporate Performance, 2017-2019, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.