Dr Ye Bai

Dr Ye Bai
International Business School Suzhou

Head of Department of Economics

Dr Ye Bai is a Senior Associate Professor in the International Business School Suzhou and was the Interim Head of the Economics Department from 2020 to 2021. Subsequently, Ye has been serving as the Head of the Economics Department till now. Prior to joining XJTLU in 2018, she worked for the University of Nottingham as an Assistant Professor in Finance. Ye holds a PhD from Loughborough University, where she focused her research on portfolio diversification and market integration. Ye’s current research interests include emerging financial markets, financial integration, financial inclusion, and the interbank market, etc. Her recent publications have appeared in internationally reputable journals, including the Journal of Banking and Finance, the International Review of Financial Analysis, the Journal of International Money and Finance, the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, among others. She has been actively supervising doctoral students, including a most recent student working on financial inclusion for SMEs and rural households. She has been involved in various research projects funded by governments, including a research consultancy project on the Kenya interbank market funded by the Kenyan Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Kenya. Ye’s current stream of research on the interbank market is funded by grants from the UK DFID-ESRC Growth Research programme.


Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D., Loughborough University, U.K., 2008
M.Sc., Loughborough University, U.K., 2003
B.Sc., Yunnan University, China, 2001

Experience

Academic Quality Sub-Committee member, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2018 –2020
Head of Extenuating Circumstance Approvals Committee, University of Nottingham, 2017- 2018
MBA programme Admission Tutor, University of Nottingham, 2017 –2018
M.Sc. Banking and Finance and M.Sc. Banking and Risk Admission Tutor, University of Nottingham, 2013- 2018
Undergraduate Programme Examination Officer, University of Nottingham, 2011- 2013
Business School Staff Development Committee member, University of Nottingham, 2011- 2016

Contact

Email: Ye.Bai@xjtlu.edu.cn
Address: BS340 (SIP Campus-IBSS Building)