Daniel Yi Xu

4.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
38 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel Yi Xu is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Yi Xu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 20 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 11 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Daniel Yi Xu's work include Global trade and economics (20 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (16 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (10 papers). Daniel Yi Xu is often cited by papers focused on Global trade and economics (20 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (16 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (10 papers). Daniel Yi Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Daniel Yi Xu's co-authors include Virgiliu Midrigan, Mark J. Roberts, Bee Yan Aw, Chris Edmond, Zhikuo Liu, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Chen Zhao, Ana Cecília Fieler, Marcela Eslava and Shawn D. Klimek and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Management Science and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Yi Xu

34 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Finance and Misallocation: Evidence from Plant-Level Data

2014 619 citations Virgiliu Midrigan, Daniel Yi Xu American Economic Review profile →
R&D Investment, Exporting, and Productivity Dynamics

2011 468 citations Bee Yan Aw, Mark J. Roberts et al. American Economic Review profile →
Competition, Markups, and the Gains from International Trade

2015 251 citations Chris Edmond, Virgiliu Midrigan et al. American Economic Review profile →
Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China

2021 194 citations Chen Zhao, Zhikuo Liu et al. American Economic Review profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Yi Xu United States	15	1.7k	1.1k	660	468	271	38	2.3k
Haichao Fan China	18	1.0k 0.6×	731 0.7×	629 1.0×	191 0.4×	182 0.7×	69	1.6k
Thibault Fally United States	14	1.1k 0.6×	965 0.9×	548 0.8×	274 0.6×	144 0.5×	26	1.6k
Jens Arnold France	17	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	821 1.2×	349 0.7×	111 0.4×	31	1.9k
Garth Frazer Canada	9	1.3k 0.7×	815 0.7×	493 0.7×	248 0.5×	79 0.3×	17	1.7k
Sofronis Clerides Cyprus	18	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	188 0.4×	176 0.6×	49	2.3k
Miaojie Yu China	18	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	971 1.5×	220 0.5×	216 0.8×	79	2.1k
Deborah L. Swenson United States	17	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	482 1.0×	129 0.5×	39	2.3k
Beata Smarzynska United States	10	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 2.3×	355 0.8×	145 0.5×	12	2.4k
Wan Azman Saini Wan Ngah Malaysia	22	1.4k 0.8×	555 0.5×	493 0.7×	530 1.1×	442 1.6×	79	2.2k
Larry D. Qiu Hong Kong	22	1.3k 0.7×	792 0.7×	680 1.0×	217 0.5×	79 0.3×	85	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Chen, et al.. (2025). Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program in China. American Economic Review. 115(2). 408–447. 19 indexed citations

Xu, Daniel Yi, et al.. (2023). A Structural Empirical Model of R&D, Firm Heterogeneity, and Industry Evolution*. Journal of Industrial Economics. 71(2). 323–353. 4 indexed citations

Heuer, Josef G., Catalina M. Meyer, Hana E. Baker, et al.. (2022). Pharmacological Evaluation of a Pegylated Urocortin-1 Peptide in Experimental Autoimmune Disease Models. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 382(3). 287–298.

Edmond, Chris, Virgiliu Midrigan, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2022). How Costly Are Markups?. Journal of Political Economy. 131(7). 1619–1675.

Zhao, Chen, Xian Jiang, Zhikuo Liu, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2022). Tax Policy and Lumpy Investment Behaviour: Evidence from China’s VAT Reform. The Review of Economic Studies. 90(2). 634–674. 54 indexed citations

Chen, Zhao, et al.. (2021). Industrial Energy Regulation: The Role of Business Conglomerates in China. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 111. 396–400. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang, et al.. (2020). Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms: Evidence from AliExpress. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Chen, Zhikuo Liu, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2018). Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations

Cabral, Luı́s, et al.. (2018). Competitors, complementors, parents and places: Explaining regional agglomeration in the U.S. auto industry. Review of Economic Dynamics. 30. 1–29. 11 indexed citations

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Tybout, James, David Jinkins, Daniel Yi Xu, & Jonathan Eaton. (2016). Two-sided Search in International Markets. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Daniel Yi. (2014). From Manufacturing to Retail: An Anatomy of Chinese Footwear Firms. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations

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Midrigan, Virgiliu & Daniel Yi Xu. (2014). Finance and Misallocation: Evidence from Plant-Level Data. American Economic Review. 104(2). 422–458. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roberts, Mark J., Daniel Yi Xu, Xiaoyan Fan, & Shengxing Zhang. (2012). The Role of Firm Factors in Demand, Cost, and Export Market Selection for Chinese Footwear Producers. The Review of Economic Studies. 85(4). 2429–2461. 4 indexed citations

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Roberts, Mark J., Daniel Yi Xu, Xiaoyan Fan, & Shengxing Zhang. (2011). A Structural Model of Demand, Cost, and Export Market Selection for Chinese Footwear Producers. 27 indexed citations

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Aw, Bee Yan, Mark J. Roberts, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2011). R&D Investment, Exporting, and Productivity Dynamics. American Economic Review. 101(4). 1312–1344. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Daniel Yi, et al.. (2010). Finance and Misallocation: Evidence from Plant-Level Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhi, et al.. (2010). A Time Series Database for Global Trade, Production and Consumption Linkages. 4 indexed citations

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Dunne, Timothy, Shawn D. Klimek, Mark J. Roberts, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2009). The Dynamics of Market Structure and Market Size in Two Health Service Industries. NBER Chapters. 303–327. 6 indexed citations

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Aw, Bee Yan, Mark J. Roberts, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2009). R&D Investment, Exporting, and Productivity Dynamics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 53 indexed citations

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Dunne, Timothy, Shawn D. Klimek, Mark J. Roberts, & Daniel Yi Xu. (2009). Entry, Exit, and the Determinants of Market Structure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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