Dr Linxiang Ma

Lecturer

Accounting and Finance

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Personal statement

Linxiang Ma joined the Strathclyde Business School as a Lecturer in Finance in July 2023. Before joining SBS, he was a PhD candidate in Finance at the University of Melbourne. He holds an MPhil in Economics from the Tinbergen Institute, two economic master's degrees from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and the University of Essex, and a bachelor's degree from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. Linxiang's research focuses on economic and financial history, political economy, and corporate finance. He is interested in understanding how frictions (e.g., politics, institutions, regulations, behaviours) affect corporate decisions and performances and how these effects evolve in the long run.

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Area of Expertise

  • Economic and Financial History
  • Political Economy
  • Corporate Finance
  • Operations-Finance Interactions
  • ESG
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Research Interests

Economic/Financial History, Political Economy, Corporate Finance and Governance, Supply Chain Operations, ESG/CSR

Professional Activities

2025 Responsible Finance Workshop - "Responsible Business and AI"
Organiser
22/5/2025
Politics in Finance 2025
Speaker
2025
European Finance Association Annual Meeting 2025
Participant
2025
Stigler Center- CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference
Speaker
2025
Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2025)
Member of programme committee
2025
2025 Financial Management Association (FMA) European meeting
Member of programme committee
2025

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Projects

REA PGR Studentship - Zitao Zhao
Ma, Linxiang (Principal Investigator) Zhao, Zitao (Post Grad Student) Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Co-investigator)
29-Jan-2025
GRS / Diamond Jubilee fee-waiver studentships £64,650 - PhD Scholarship - WEI, YINGHUI
Marshall, Andrew (Co-investigator) Ma, Linxiang (Principal Investigator) Wei, Yinghui (Post Grad Student)
Diamond Jubilee Research Scholarships - £64650
24-Jan-2024
GRS / Diamond Jubilee fee-waiver studentships- PhD Scholarship - Yiqing Li
Ma, Linxiang (Principal Investigator) Li, Yiqing (Post Grad Student) Zhang, Hai (Co-investigator)
21-Jan-2024

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Contact

Dr Linxiang Ma
Lecturer
Accounting and Finance

Email: linxiang.ma@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4545