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Dr Xing Huang

Lecturer in Accounting

Xing Huang

Specialisms

  • Small business finance, 
  • Accounting quality, 
  • Empirical banking, 
  • Social (in)equality, 
  • Innovation

Location

Whiteknights Campus

Dr Xing Huang has published numerous articles in highly regarded finance journals and co-investigated European Commission funded research projects. Her research has been featured by major media outlets such as Forbes, Sky News, and The Guardian.

Xing works as a Lecturer in Accounting at Henley Business School. She holds a PhD in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Reading and an MSc in Economics from the University of Surrey. Before returning to Henley, she lectured at the University of Portsmouth, where she also served as the faculty representative for early career researchers.

Her main research interests include small business finance, social (in)equality, accounting quality, and empirical banking. She has published research articles in internationally leading finance journals such as International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, and The European Journal of Finance. Her research received UK government responses and significant media coverage.

She has also secured multi-million-euro research grants that aim to address structural inequalities in society, with an emphasis on gender. For example, she co-investigated the European Commission Horizon 2022 project “Realising Girls' and Women's Inclusion, Representation and Empowerment (RE-WIRING)”, and the "Accelerating Women's Enterprise" project, co-funded by the Interreg France (Channel) England Programme and European Regional Development Funds.

Currently, she teaches two undergraduate modules: AC317 Accounting Project and AC201 Management Accounting. Since 2015, she has taught twelve accounting and finance modules at the University of Portsmouth and the University of Reading.

Reference: Huang, X. , Wang, X., Han, L. and Laker, B. (2023) Does sound lending infrastructure foster better financial reporting quality of SMEs? European Journal of Finance, 29 (5). pp. 542-566. ISSN 1466-4364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2022.2075281
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Xing Huang - Professor Liang Han, Visiting Professor - Professor Benjamin Laker
Reference: Wang, X., Han, L. , Huang, X. and Mi, B. (2021) The financial and operational impacts of European SMEs’ use of trade credit as a substitute for bank credit. European Journal of Finance, 27 (8). pp. 796-825. ISSN 1466-4364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2020.1846576
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Liang Han, Visiting Professor - Dr Xing Huang - Dr Biao Mi
Reference: Huang, X. (2021) Essays in SME earnings management. PhD thesis, University of Reading. doi: https://doi.org/10.48683/1926.00098539
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Xing Huang
Reference: Huang, L., Li, Y., Huang, X. and Zhou, L. (2021) How social distance affects the intention and behavior of collaborative consumption: a study based on online car-hailing service. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 61. 102534. ISSN 1873-1384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102534
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Xing Huang
Reference: Wang, X., Han, L. and Huang, X. (2020) Bank competition, concentration and EU SME cost of debt. International Review of Financial Analysis, 71. 101534. ISSN 1057-5219 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101534
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Liang Han, Visiting Professor - Dr Xing Huang
Reference: Wang, X., Han, L. and Huang, X. (2020) Bank market power and SME finance: firm-bank evidence from European countries. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 64. 101162. ISSN 1042-4431 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2019.101162
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Liang Han, Visiting Professor - Dr Xing Huang

Realising Girls' and Women’s Inclusion, Representation and Empowerment
Funded by European Commission (Horizon 2022) and UKRI. 2022 - 2025. Co-Investigator. Grant: €3,000,000.

Accelerating Women's Enterprise
Co-funded by the Interreg France (Channel) England Programme and European Regional Development Funds allocated by the European Union. 2022 - 2023. Co-Investigator. Grant: £211,651.

The Gender-Differential Effects of Social Capital on Household Income
Funded by Portsmouth Business School Research Project Fund. 2022 - 2023. Principal Investigator. Grant: £3,000.
Other Henley academics involved: Dr Biao Mi

Gender, Homophily, and Crowdfunding: An Experimental Approach
Funded by Portsmouth Business School Research Project Fund. 2023 - 2024. Principal Investigator. Grant: £5,000.