Simon Xu

About Me

I am a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab at Harvard Business School AI Institute. I received my PhD in Finance (2023) at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

My research lies at the intersection of financial accounting, climate finance, and corporate finance. I examine how firms' climate-related disclosures, environmental regulatory exposure, and non-financial information shape capital allocation, market valuation, and corporate decision-making. I also explore the broader landscape of climate transformation by leveraging large language models to develop new metrics on climate solution products and services, highlighting the opportunities firms create in the low-carbon transition.

My references are George Serafeim, Edward Riedl, Ross Levine, and Shirley Lu.

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