Research Interests for Daniel Yi Xu

Professor Xu’s research focuses on Productivity, International Trade, and Industrial Organization. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, and the NET Institute. His most recent work has been published in the American Economic Review, the Rand Journal of Economics, the World Bank Economic Review, and the Review of Economic Dynamics. He is currently working on projects that explore innovation, productivity, exporting and industry dynamics, with a special focus on East Asian emerging economies such as China, Taiwan, and Korea.

Recent Publications

1. Demir, B; Fieler, AC; Xu, DY; Yang, KK, O-Ring Production Networks, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 132 no. 1 (January, 2024), pp. 200-247 [doi] [abs]
2. Edmond, C; Midrigan, V; Xu, DY, How Costly Are Markups?, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 131 no. 7 (July, 2023), pp. 1619-1675, University of Chicago Press [doi] [abs]
3. Chen, Z; Jiang, X; Liu, Z; Suárez Serrato, JC; Xu, DY, Tax Policy and Lumpy Investment Behaviour: Evidence from China’s VAT Reform, Review of Economic Studies, vol. 90 no. 2 (March, 2023), pp. 634-674, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi] [abs]
4. Demir, B; Fieler, AC; Yi Xu, D; Yang, KK, O-Ring Production Networks (February, 2021)
5. Chen, Z; He, Y; Liu, Z; Xu, DY; Serrato, JCS, The structure of business taxation in China, vol. 35 no. 1 (January, 2021), pp. 131-177 [doi] [abs]