Daniel Yi Xu, David Rubenstein Distinguished Professor

Daniel Yi Xu is the David Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University, a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research, and a Senior Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research.
His research focuses on the intersection of productivity, international trade, and industrial organization. Professor Xu’s current research agenda involves the use of large-scale microdata to model and estimate a broad range of dynamic individual firm decisions and to examine how these decisions impact resource allocation, industry performance, and economic growth, particularly in developing and emerging economies.
His most recent work has been published in leading economics journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, and Management Science. Professor Xu is currently a co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics and an associate editor of the RAND Journal of Economics. He previously served as co-editor for the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Development Economics. Additionally, he has been an associate editor for the American Economic Journal: Applied, Economic Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of International Economics, Quantitative Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	220 Social Sciences Bldg, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.danielyixu.com

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• ECON 613.01, APPLIED ECONOMETRICS: MICRO Synopsis

  Social Sciences 119, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

Education:

Ph.D.

Pennsylvania State University

2007

Specialties:

Economic Growth and Technological Change
International Economics and Finance
Industrial Organization

Research Interests:

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.

Curriculum Vitae  Bio

Recent Publications   (More 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]

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