Faculty Profile

Jianren Xu

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
College
College of Business
Associate Professor
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
College of Business

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Georgia, 2014. 
Major: Business Administration
Degree Specialization: Risk Management and Insurance; Minor: Finance
MS, St. John’s University, 2008. 
Major: Risk Management and Insurance
BS, Wuhan University, 2004. 
Major: Insurance and Actuarial Science





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
FINA 3770.402, Finance, Summer 2024 
FINA 3770.502, Finance, Summer 2024 
RMIN 4600.001, Corporate Risk Management, Spring 2024 Syllabus
FINA 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
FINA 3770.700, Finance, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Corporate Risk Management, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    FINA 3770.002, Finance, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 3770.003, Finance, Summer 5W2 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    FINA 3770.501, Finance, Summer 5W2 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Corporate Risk Management, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    FINA 3770.003, Finance, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Corporate Risk Management, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    FINA 3770.002, Finance, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 3770.008, Finance, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 3770.501, Finance, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Corporate Risk Management, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    FINA 3770.002, Finance, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Corporate Risk Management, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    FINA 3770.009, Finance, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.710, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W2 2021 
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    FINA 3770.002, Finance, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 3770.502, Finance, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Risk Management, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    FINA 3770.011, Finance, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.002, Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 6950.708, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W2 2020 
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    RMIN 2500.002, Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Risk Management, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    FINA 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    RMIN 2500.001, Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Risk Management, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.002, Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Risk Management, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.001, Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.002, Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.002, Principles of Risk and Insurance Management, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 4600.001, Risk Management, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.001, Principles of Risk and Insurance Management, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RMIN 2500.002, Principles of Risk and Insurance Management, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
*
  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Che, X., Liebenberg, A., Xu, J.  (2022). Usage-Based Insurance—Impact on Insurers and Potential Implications for InsurTech. North American Actuarial Journal. 
Berry-Stölzle, T. R., Xu, J.  (2022). Local Religious Beliefs and Insurance Companies’ Risk-Taking Behaviors. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41288-021-00211-z
Eastman, E. M., Xu, J.  (2021). Market Reactions to Enterprise Risk Management Adoption, Incorporation  by Ratings Agencies, and ORSA Act Passage. Risk Management and Insurance Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/rmir.12170
Barinov, A., Xu, J., Pottier, S. W. (2020). Estimating the Cost of Equity Capital for Insurance Firms with Multi-period Asset Pricing Models. The Journal of Risk and Insurance. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jori.12267
Ragin, M. A., Xu, J.  (2019). An Ex-post Assessment of Investor Response to Catastrophes. North American Actuarial Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2018.1536885
Berry-Stölzle, T. R., Eastman, E. M., Xu, J.  (2018). CEO Overconfidence and Earnings Management:  Evidence from Property-Liability Insurers’ Loss Reserves. North American Actuarial Journal. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10920277.2017.1421977?journalCode=uaaj20
Berry-Stölzle, T. R., Xu, J.  (2018). Enterprise Risk Management and the Cost of Capital. Journal of Risk and Insurance. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jori.12152
Hilliard, J. I., Pottier, S. W., Xu, J.  (2018). Trust-Preferred Securities and Insurer Financing Decisions. Journal of Risk and Insurance. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jori.12137/full
Pottier, S. W., Xu, J., Frederick, J. D. (2017). The Journal of Risk and Insurance: Authors of Influence. Risk Management and Insurance Review. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rmir.12089



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Xu, J., "Summer Research Grant," Sponsored by Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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