Daniel Yi Xu
Professor of Economics
Professor Yi (Daniel) 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 Rand Journal of Economics, the World Bank Economic Review, the American 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.
Education
- Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 2007
Hu, M. M., S. Yang, and D. Y. Xu. “Understanding the social learning effect in contagious switching behavior.” Management Science 65, no. 10 (October 1, 2019): 4771–94. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3173. Full Text Open Access Copy
Roberts, M. J., D. Y. Xu, X. Fan, and S. Zhang. “The role of firm factors in demand, cost, and export market selection for chinese footwear producers.” Review of Economic Studies 85, no. 4 (October 1, 2018): 2429–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdx066. Full Text
Xu, D. Y. “Comments on “Innovation and product reallocation in the great recession”.” Journal of Monetary Economics 93 (January 1, 2018): 21–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2017.10.002. Full Text
Fieler, A. C., M. Eslava, and D. Y. Xu. “Trade, quality upgrading, and input linkages: Theory and evidence from Colombia.” American Economic Review 108, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 109–46. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20150796. Full Text
Eslava, M., A. C. Fieler, and D. Y. Xu. “(Indirect) input linkages.” American Economic Review 105, no. 5 (January 1, 2015): 662–66. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151122. Full Text
Edmond, C., V. Midrigan, and D. Y. Xu. “Competition, markups, and the gains from international trade.” American Economic Review 105, no. 10 (January 1, 2015): 3183–3221. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20120549. Full Text
Midrigan, V., and D. Y. Xu. “Finance and misallocation: Evidence from plant-level data.” American Economic Review 104, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 422–58. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.2.422. Full Text
Dunne, T., S. D. Klimek, M. J. Roberts, and D. Y. Xu. “Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure.” Rand Journal of Economics 44, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 462–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12027. Full Text
Lederman, D., A. Rodríguez-Clare, and D. Y. Xu. “Entrepreneurship and the extensive margin in export growth: A microeconomic accounting of Costa Rica's export growth during 1997-2007.” World Bank Economic Review 25, no. 3 (December 1, 2011): 543–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhr031. Full Text
Aw, B. Y., M. J. Roberts, and D. Y. Xu. “R&D investment, exporting, and productivity dynamics.” American Economic Review 101, no. 4 (June 1, 2011): 1312–44. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.4.1312. Full Text
Pages
Cabral, L., Z. Wang, and D. Y. Xu. “Competitors, complementors, parents and places: Explaining regional agglomeration in the U.S. auto industry,” October 1, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2018.01.006. Full Text
Chen, Zhao, Zhikuo Liu, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, and Daniel Yi Xu. “Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China,” June 2018.
Roberts, Mark, Daniel Yi Xu, Xiaoyan Fan, and Shengxing Zhang. “The Role of Firm Factors in Demand, Cost, and Export Market Selection for Chinese Footwear Producers.” National Bureau of Economic Research, n.d. https://doi.org/10.3386/w17725. Full Text
Xu, D. Y., V. Narayan, S. Yang, and R. Winer. “Structural Analysis of Buyer Expenditure and Seller Entry in Two-Sided Exchange Networks,” n.d.
Selected Grants
Excellence in Research: The impact of online comparison websites on the remittance industry awarded by Spelman College (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2020
Fiscal Incentives and Firm Growth awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
Collaborative Research: International Buyer-Seller Matches awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2017
Collaborative Research: Measurement and Modeling Changes in the Quality and Production of Chinese Exports awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2014