Xiang Lucas Long

Xiang Lucas Long

Assistant Professor

Xiang Lucas Long Lucas Long

Long came to the U.S. in 2010 to get his master’s degree in accounting. After receiving his master’s degree, he joined the Ph.D. program in finance and began to teach in 2014. Long has taught various business courses, including economics and finance courses. His research interests include corporate finance and behavior finance. Long joined Hollins in fall of 2020. Since then, he has taught introductory level courses in economics, business, and accounting.

Areas of Expertise

  • Corporate Finance
  • Behavior Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Statement Analysis

Courses Taught

  • Principle of Financial Accounting
  • Principle of Managerial Accounting
  • Microeconomics
  • Introduction to Business

Accomplishments

  • Discussant 2020 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2020
  • Strome College of Business Teaching Moments
  • Volunteer for Food for the homeless (featured by local Fox and NBC TV stations)

Research Interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Behavior Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Statement Analysis

Education

  • Ph.D., business administration; Old Dominion University, Strome College of Business
  • M.S., accounting; Old Dominion University, Strome College of Business
  • B.S., international economics and foreign trade; Tianjin University of Science and Technology

Publications & Articles

  • CEO Overconfidence and Inside Debt,” presented at the conference of Southeastern Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (SEINFORMS), 2021.
  • “CEO Overconfidence and the Adjustment Speed of Leverage and Cash: Evidence on Cash Is Not the Same as Negative Debt,” published in Empirical Economics.
  • “Relationship between Economic Freedom, National Culture, and Emerging Markets;” Academy of Business Research (ABR) Conference, San Antonio, 2012
  • “CEO Overconfidence and Speed of Adjustment of Firm’s Financial Policy”; presented at Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) Conference in San Antonio.
  • “CEO Overconfidence and Firm’s Inside Debt;” presented at Southeastern Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, (2021), St. Norbert University (Feb. 2020), Wheaton University (Feb. 2020), and Shandong University of Finance and Economics (Sept. 2019)
  • Antecedents of CEO Overconfidence: An International Perspective;” presented at Old Dominion University (May 2014)