Faculty

Xiangyu Feng graduated from Boston University with a PhD degree in economics, and has ever since been employed as an assistant professor by the Chow Institute for Studies in Economics and the School of Economics at Xiamen University. His research interest includes firm dynamics, public finance, and computational economics with particular emphasis on quantitative methods to solve general equilibrium heterogeneous agent models and neural networks. He has published a paper in Journal of Public Economics and has several papers being conditionally accepted by or in R&R with the Economic Journal and American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.

Research Interests: Firm Dynamics, Public Finance, Computational Economics

Educations:

2014-2020 PhD in Economics, Boston University, USA

2012-2014 MSc & MRes in Economics, UCL, UK

2008-2012 Bachelor in Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong, China

Academic Position:

2020-Present Assistant Professor, Center for Macroeconomic Research, Xiamen University

2022-Present Editor, China Economic Studies

Teaching Interests：Macroeconomics (undergraduate level), Advanced Macroeconomics (graduate level)