Dr. Xie's research interests include fixed-income securities, risk management, corporate capital structure, earnings management, and pedagogical research. Her papers have been published in journals such as European Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Research, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Accounting Education and others. In addition, her research work appears as a book chapter in Frontiers of Economics and Globalization: International Financial Markets published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.