• Aug. 2024 – Present,  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Finance, City University of Macau.
• Sept. 2022 – Jan. 2024, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.
• Apr. 2018 – Sept. 2022, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.
• Oct. 2013 – Mar. 2018, Associate Research Fellow, School of Economics, Sichuan University.
• Mar. 2013 – Jul. 2013, Post-Doc Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.
• Sept. 2006 – Dec. 2012, Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.

Political Economy, Financial Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics.

 

Publications:

1. Chen, X., Gong, C., Long, Y., Wan, C., & Zhang, L. (2024). The Impact of Differential COVID-19 Pandemic Containment Policies on International Trade and Capital Flows. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 1-15.
2. Chen, X., Gui, L., Wu, T., & Zhang, J. (2024). A theory of symbiotic corruption. Journal of Comparative Economics, 52(2), 478-494.
3. Tan, H., & Chen, X. (Corresponding Author) (2024). The no surcharge rule and its welfare implication. International Review of Economics & Finance, 89, 1369-1384.
4. Yang, Y., Chen, X., Gu, J., & Fujita, H. (2019). Alleviating financing constraints of SMEs through supply chain. Sustainability, 11(3), 673.
5. Gu, J., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., & Chen, X. (Corresponding Author) (2018). A decision-making framework based on the prospect theory under an intuitionistic fuzzy environment. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 24(6), 2374-2396.
6. Chen, X., Gong, C., & Zhang, L. (2018) Divide-and-Rule and Its Redistribution Effect, Theoretical Economics (《中国人民大学复印报刊资料（理论经济学）》, Chinese, A Duplicated Publication by Renmin University of China), Issue 4.
7. Chen, X., Gong, C., & Zhang, L. (2017) Divide-and-Rule and Its Redistribution Effect, Economic Research Journal (Chinese，《经济研究》), 12, 149-163.
8. Wu, L., Li, Y., & Chen, X. (Corresponding Author) (2016). On the scale free laws of urban facilities. Physics Letters A, 380(3), 349-352.
9. Deng, X., Lu, Z., & Chen, X. (Corresponding Author) (2015). The evolution and impact of China’s regional policy: A study of regional support policy for western China. The Evolution of Economic and Innovation systems, 119-141.

 

Working Papers

1. Solo Author，A Dynamic Model of Preferences, Behaviors, and Social Norms.
2. First author,  The Double-Edged Sword: How do Military Interventions Affect the Dynamics of Civil Conflict and Regime Transitions.
3. First Author,  Lying in Groups: Team Incentives and Social Learning.
4. First Author，Peer Effects on Dishonesty: Teammates vs. Competitors.
5. First Author，How Do Authoritarian Leaders Vary in Their Implementation of The Divide-and-Rule Strategy? : A Theoretical Study.
6. First Author，Labor Market Segmentation in a Transitional Economy: A Theoretical Study.
7. First Author,  Lying and Its Spreading Channels: A Behavioral and  Experimental Study.

 

Awards

• 2019, The 18th Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award of Sichuan Province, awarded to paper titled “Divide-and-Rule and Its Redistribution Effect”.
• 2019, The 1st China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum，Excellent Paper Award, awarded to paper titled “Competition, Lying and Its Spreading Channels: A Behavioral and  Experimental Study”.
• 2018, Academic Leading Talent of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.
• 2015, The 15th China Young Economists Forum, Excellent Paper Award, awarded to paper titled “Divide-and-Rule and Its Redistribution Effect” (Original title “Divide-and-Rule and Socioeconomic Inequality”).

 

Research Fundings

• Second Main Researcher: The National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars, Grand No. 71401116, Project Title: the Assessment of Risky Enterprises and the Dynamic Optimization of Risky Investment, 2015/01—2017/12，RMB 220,000, Accomplished.
• Second Main Researcher: The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grand No. 71473168, Project Title: the Estimation and the Evaluation of the Structural Macroeconomic Model: A New Ex-post Simulation Method, 2015/01—2018/12，RMB 620,00，Accomplished.
• Second Main Researcher: SCU Research Funding for Outstanding Researchers With an Oversea Ph.D. Degree, Grand No. Skyb201304， Project Title: Economic Sanctions, Military Interventions and Institutional Evolution，2014/06—2017/12，RMB 100,000, Accomplished.
• Project Leader: Academic Innovation Team Funding Project of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, project title “Public Goods Supply and Decision-Making System Selection - Public Goods Experimental Research”, 2019/1/1-2023/12/1, RMB 150,000, Accomplished.
• Project Leader: Overseas Excellent Doctoral Research Funding Program of Social Sciences, Sichuan University, Skyb201404, project title “Economic Sanctions, Military Interventions and Political Transition, 2014/06—2017/ 12, RMB 100,000, Accomplished.
• Project Leader: Targeted Poverty Alleviation Plans for 138 Impoverished villages in Ganluo County, Liangshan Prefecture, Contract No. H170736, RMB 1,380,000, Accomplished.

Membership

Royal Economic Society（RES），European Economic Association （EEA）American Political Science Association (APSA).

 

Reffree For

Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》); Economic Modelling, Small Business Economics; International Political Science Review；Journal of Politics; Armed Force and Society; Managerial and Decision Economics; Routledge / Taylor & Francis

 

Confrences and Workshops 

• 2008: Royal Economic Society Annual Conference;
• 2009: New Micro-foundations for Macroeconomics;
• 2010: Review of Economic Studies; the CRETA Workshop on Economic Theory;
• 2011: CAGE International Trade Research Day; Modelling Individual and Interactive Decision Processes; Economic Theory Workshop;
• 2012: Political Economy Workshop; Public Economics UK.
• 2013: ASSA Annual Meeting 2013; CREAT/ESRC Workshop: Financial Market and Aggregate Fluctuations; The Workshop on Institution and Political Economy; CAGE International Trade Research Day; CAGE International Trade Research Day; The 13th Chinese Economics Annual Conference; The 7th Annual Meeting of Chinese Association for Political Economy; Seminar Presentations: Coventry University, Shandong University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan University.
• 2014: the 4th ACCER Workshop on Cross-Cultural Experimental Economics Research.
• 2015: the 15th forum of Chinese Young Economists.
• 2018: the 5th CEC Forum; the 6th Chinese Organizational Economics Workshop; the7th Xiamen University International Workshop of Experimental Economics
• 2019: the 1st China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum; the 2nd Wuhan University Cherry Blossom Festival International Conference on Experimental Economics; the 6th CEC Forum (organizer of the conference); the Workshop of Organizational Behavior and State Governance (School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics).
• 2020: the Forum of “High-quality Development of China's Economy under the New Development Pattern” (Institute of National Accounts, Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University)
• 2021: The 3rd Forum of China Microeconomic Theories (the Central University of Finance and Economics & Economic Research Journal; Workshop on Attention Modeling in Individual Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Institute of National Accounting, Beijing Normal University)
• 2023: 2023 APAEA Conference, Bay-area International Business School, Beijing Normal University.