X. (Xiaolong) Liu, Dr

Education

2010. 09  Ph.D. in Economics, University of Amsterdam                                                                                  

2007. 08  M.phil. in Economics, University of Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute                                                

2005. 08  B.Sc. in Economics and Business (Cum Laude), University of Amsterdam                           

Academic positions

2014. 03 -               Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance, University of Groningen, The Netherlands            

2010. 09 - 2014. 02  Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance, Renmin University of China, China

2007. 09 - 2010. 08  Ph.D. Candidate in Real Estate Finance, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Teaching experience   

2014. 03 -  International Real Estate Markets (Master Course), Real Estate Investment (Master Course), University of Groningen                               

2010.09 - 2014. 02  Corporate Finance (Bachelor Course), Real Estate Finance and Investments (Bachelor Course), Renmin University of China

2007. 09 - 2010. 08    Corporate Finance (Bachelor Course), University of Amsterdam 

Publication in international peer-reviewed academic journals    

• Winner’s curse or signaling? Bidding outcomes in the Chinese land market, co-authored with Weidong Qu, International Real Estate Review, Vol. 18(1), pp. 113-129. 2015  
• Spatial and temporal dependence in house price prediction, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 47, pp. 341-369. 2013
• Market portfolio composition in REITs risk premium estimation, co-authored with Peng Liu, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Vol. 18(1), pp. 291-310. 2012
• Assessing the performance of Chinese land lease auctions: evidence from Beijing, co-authored with Weidong Qu, Journal of Real Estate Research, Vol. 34(3), pp. 291-310. 2012
• Empirical analysis on land auction premium – evidence from Beijing, co-authored with Weidong Qu, System Engineering - Theory and Practice, Vol. 32(8), pp. 1-8. 2012 (Chinese Journal) 

Working papers  

• Land use planning and asymmetric capitalization effects of infrastructure development, co-authored with Arno van der Vlist, Tom de Jong and Taede Tillema, under review
• Loss aversion, learning and price cutting behavior, co-authored with Arno van der Vlist 

Conferences and presentations  

2015   RUSE symposium, Beijing

2014   Global Chinese real estate congress, Nanjing

2011   Global Chinese real estate congress, Hangzhou

2010   Asian real estate society annual conference, Kaoshiong

2010   Global Chinese real estate congress, Taipei

2010   American real estate and urban economics association international conference, Rotterdam

2009   Global Chinese real estate congress, Beijing

2009   Asian real estate society and American real estate and urban economics association joint international conference, Los Angeles

2009   European real estate society annual conference, Stockholm

2008   Amsterdam-Cambridge-UNC Charlotte symposium, Amsterdam

2008   Asian real estate society annual conference, Beijing 

Professional certificate  

2012. 10 -   Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA)  

Honors and awards 

2013            Best student advisor award, Renmin University of China, China

2006            Full scholarship, Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands

2005            Partial scholarship, Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlandsds

Other competences  

• Programming: SPSS, STATA, MATLAB
• Language: Chinese (native), English (advanced), Dutch (basic)