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Weiwei Guo BA, MSc

Miss Weiwei Guo

(she/her)

BA, MSc

Research Student/Graduate Tutor

Cardiff Business School

Overview

Weiwei is a PhD candidate in Accounting and Finance at Cardiff Business School (CARBS), supported by the CARBS Doctoral Scholarship Programme. Her research focuses on cryptocurrencies, blockchain economics, and market microstructure. Her doctoral thesis examines blockchain transaction activities, miner behaviour, cross-exchange arbitrage, and broader cryptocurrency market dynamics. Weiwei holds an MSc in Quantitative Finance (with Distinction) from The University of Manchester.

Her supervisory team are Professor Qingwei Wang, Dr Hossein Jahanshahloo, and Dr Laima Spokeviciute.

Publication

2025

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Research

"The Dual Impact of On-chain and Off-chain Factors on Bitcoin Market Efficiency" (with H. Jahanshahloo, L. Spokeviciute, and Q. Wang), R&R, British Accounting Review

  • The Best Paper of World-Class Workshop in Fintech Award, 2024
  • Presented at: Edinburgh Economics of Financial Technology Conference 2023, Cardiff Fintech Conference 2023, Welsh Postgraduate Research Conference 2023, Cardiff Business School Accounting and Finance Seminar, 2024 Lancaster-Manchester-Warwick Joint PhD Workshop, 2024 Edinburgh World-Class Workshop, and Tri-University (Cardiff-Xiamen-Newcastle) Annual Conference 2024.

Teaching

Postgraduate:

BST956 Quantitative Methods in Finance (Tutorial), 2024

BST713 Analysing Financial Performance (Tutorial), 2023

Undergraduate:

BS2517 Performance and Financial Management (Tutorial), 2023-2024

Biography

Honours and awards

Cardiff Business School (CARBS) Scholarship, 2022-2025

Committees and reviewing

Conference Co-chair for Welsh Postgraduate Research Conference, 2024.

Journal Reviewer:

  • European Journal of Finance
  • Finance Research Letters

Contact Details

Email GuoW17@cardiff.ac.uk

External profiles