Binru joined Bangor Business School in Sep 2022 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Banking and Finance. He specialises in Empirical Banking, Financial Intermediation and Corporate Credit Market. His research output has attracted policy-makers' attention and has been featured in some major media outlets including the Columbia Law School (CLS) Blue Sky Blog, the Daily Telegraph, the Duke Financial Economics Center Blog, the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Blog, and the Oxford Business Law Blog. His previous research has been published in leading international academic journals including The European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance. Also, he held a visiting position at Bank of Finland, Helsinki. His research project has been funded by the British Academy/The Leverhulme Trust.

Additionally, he has been an ad-hoc reviewer for several internationally well-established journals, such as European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, International Journal of Finance and Accounting, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, International Review of Financial Analysis, etc.

Binru is currently serving as the Interim Director of Postgraduate Research at Bangor Business School.

Location: Room 1.15, Hen Goleg

Email: b.zhao@bangor.ac.uk

  • PhD: Finance
    University of Bath, 2023
Empirical Banking, Financial Intermediation and Corporate Credit Market

2023

  • PublishedBank funding constraints and stock liquidity
    Molyneux, P., Wang, Q., Xie, R. & Zhao, B., Jan 2023, In: European Journal of Finance. 29, 1, p. 1-16
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • E-pub ahead of printFirm ESG reputation risk and debt choice
    Newton, D., Ongena, S., Xie, R. & Zhao, B., 8 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Financial Management.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022