Research and Teaching Interests

Econometrics theory, Spatial econometrics model, Regional and urban economics, Social network and peer effects 

Working Experience

Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, August 2023 - Present (Chair of Economics Department from March 2023, Associate Dean from July 2024)

Tenured Associate Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, August 2019 - Present,

Non-tenured Associate Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, August 2015 - July 2019,

Assistant Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, August 2013 - July 2015.

Education
 Ph.D. Economics, The Ohio State University, May 2013
 M.A., Economics, Peking University, July 2008
 B.S., Statistics, Peking University, July 2006
 B.A., Economics, Peking University, July 2006 

 Honors and Awards

Cem Ertur Prize, Spatial Econometrics Workshop, France, 2018

Outstanding Head Teacher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2017

SMC Excellent Young Teacher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2014

Dice Research Award, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2012

G.S. Maddala Prize in Econometrics, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2011

Excellent Graduate, Peking University, 2006

Graduated Phd students

Juncong Guo (2016-2021, Placement: School of Economics, Shanghai University, Assistant Professor, 2021; Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Assistant Research Fellow)

Chuanmin Zhao (2017-2022, Placement: China Investment Corporation, Post-doc)

Jiajun Zhang (2020-2024, Placement: Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Research Fellow)

Current Phd students

Weiwei Zheng (2022-), Yuanbo Liang (2023-), Jian Yang (2024-)

Graduated master students

Jing Wu (2021, Placement: Creditcard center, China Construction Bank)

Meizhu Zhang (2021, Placement: New Oriental)

Chuanshui Guo (2022, Placement: Public Servant in Wuxi City)

Yue Wang (2022, Placement: Xinyin Wealth Management)

Jiang Hu (2023, Bank of Jiangsu)

Xiwei Zhang (2023, China Post)

Guangyu Yang (2024, Shanghai International)

Yongliang Liao (2024, Agricultural Bank of China)

Current master students

Ke Shi, Bingqian Li, Junshun Yin

MBA students

Junxin Gao (Ant Group), Shuang Nie (Shenwan Hongyuan Securities)

Fall 2024 Office Hour 

Wednesday morning, 8am - 11am.

Research and Teaching Interests

Econometrics theory, Spatial econometrics model, Regional and urban economics, Social network and peer effects 

 Publication

1. Estimating the spatial econometric model of complex FDI: a study on the influencing factors of the third-party country (with Liangjun Su), The Journal of Quantitative and Technical Economics (Chinese), Issue 2 (2009), 88-101.

2. Xi Qu* and Lung-fei Lee,LM tests for spatial correlation in spatial models with limited dependent variables, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42 (May 2012), 430-445.

3. Xi Qu and Rober de Jong*, Sums of exponentials of random walks with drift, Econometric Theory, 28 (August 2012), 915-924.

4. Xi Qu* and Lung-fei Lee, Locally most powerful tests for spatial interactions in the simultaneous SAR Tobit model, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 43 (March 2013), 307-321. 

5. Xi Qu* and Lung-fei Lee, Estimating a spatial autoregressive model with an endogenous spatial weight matrix, Journal of Econometrics, 184 (2015), 209-232.（Web of Science High Citation Paper in 2016 and 2017）

6. Xi Qu*, Xiaoliang Wang, and Lung-fei Lee, Instrumental variable estimation of a spatial dynamic panel data model with endogenous spatial weight matrices when T is small, Econometrics Journal, 19 (2016), 261-290.

7. Liangjun Su and Xi Qu, Specification test for spatial autoregressive models, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 35:4 (2017), 572-584.

8. Xi Qu*, Lung-fei Lee, and Jihai Yu, QML Estimation of spatial dynamic panel data models with endogenous time varying spatial weights matrices, Journal of Econometrics, 197 (2017), 173-201.

9. Chao Yang, Lung-fei Lee, and Xi Qu*, Tobit Models with Social Interactions: Complete vs Incomplete Information, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 73 (2018), 30-50.

10.  Juncong Guo* and Xi Qu, Spatial interactive effects on housing prices in Shanghai and Beijing, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 76 (2019), 147-160. (with my Phd student)

11.  Chuanmin Zhao, Xi Qu*, and Shougui Luo, Impact of the InnoCom Program on Corporate Innovation Performance in China: Evidence from Shanghai, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 146 (2019), 103-118. (with my Phd student Chuanmin Zhao)

12. Yufei Liu, Xi Qu*, Wei Wang, Xiaokun Chang, Does Population Aging Hinder the Accumulation of Human Capital? Evidence from China , Frontiers of Economics in China. 2020, 15 (2): 257-281.

13. Xi Qu, Lung-fei Lee, Chao Yang*, Estimating a SAR model with spatial weights constructed by endogenous bilateral variables, Journal of Econometrics,  221 (2021), 180-197.

14. Juncong Guo, Xi Qu*, Fixed effects spatial panel data model with time varying spatial dependence, Economics Letters, 2020, 109531. (with my Phd student)

15. Chuanmin Zhao, Juncong Guo, Xi Qu*, Stock Market Reaction to Corporate Philanthropic Response and Silence: Does Charity Style Matter? Applied Economics Letters, 2021,  28:16, 1344-1350.  (with my Phd stduents)

16. Chuanmin Zhao, Xi Qu*, Peer effects in pension decision-making: evidence from China’s new rural pension scheme (with my Phd student),  Labour Economics, 69 (2021), 101978.

17. Arthur Lewbel, Samuel Norris, Krishna Pendakur, Xi Qu, Consumption Peer Effects and Utility Needs in India,  Quantitative Economics, 13 (2022), 1257-1295.

18. Chuanmin Zhao, Xi Qu*, Social networks and internal migration in China: a spatial autoregressive model (with my Phd student),  Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26(2): 1132-1163.

19. Chuanmin Zhao, Xi Qu*, Social interaction and peasant financial decisions: Evidence from the new rural pension insurance, Studies in Labor Economics (Chinese), 2021, 9(5), 51-77.

20. Juncong Guo, Xi Qu*, Competition in household human capital investments: strength, motivations and consequences (with my Phd student), Journal of Development Economics, 158 (2022),  102937.

21. Arthur Lewbel, Xi Qu, and Xun Tang,  Social Networks with Unobserved Links, Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131(4): 898-946.

22. Abhimanyu Gupta*, Xi Qu, Consistent specification testing under spatial dependence, forthcoming in Econometric Theory.

23. Xi Qu, Zhiwei Xu, Jinxiang Yu, and Jun Zhu. Understanding local government debt in China: A regional competition perspective, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2023, 98: 103859.

24. Weiwei Zheng, Xi Qu*, Yaobin Liu, Linglin An.Is “Offline Communication” No Longer Important in the Internet Era? Test from the Paradox of “Knowledge Spatial Spillover” and Regional Innovation, Journal of Finance and Economics (Chinese), 2023（3), 155-168.

25. Weiwei ZHENG, Xi Qu, Yaobin Liu, Yuansheng Wang, The Formation Mechanism of China's New Pattern of Regional Development in the New Era: Based on the Evolutionary Economic Analysis of the Ternary System of “Dynamic-Efficiency-Quality, Nankai Economic Studies (Chinese), 2023(8): 24-42.

26. Chuanmin Zhao, Xi Qu*, Place-Based Policies, Rural Employment, and Intra-household Resources Allocation: Evidence from China's Economic Zones, Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 167: 103210.

27.Arthur Lewbel, Xi Qu, and Xun Tang, Ignoring Measurement Errors in Social Networks, accepted by the Econometrics Journal.

Working Papers

1. The Duality in Diversification: The Internal and External Configurations of Diversification and Their Performance Impacts (with Xiao Li and Aurora Liu).

2. Spatial dynamic panel data models with high order time varying endogenous weights matrices (with Jiajun Zhang and Jinxiang Yu), R&R to Econometric Reviews.

3. Simmelian Forbearance in Multimarket Rivalry  (with Xiao Li and Aurora Liu).

4. Estimation of Social Network Models with Missing Links (with Arthur Lewbel and Xun Tang).

5. Jiajun Zhang, Xi Qu, and Chuanmin Zhao, Nonlinear spatial dynamic panel data model with endogenous dominant units: An application to share data, Conditionally accepted by Journal of Business & Economic Statistics.

Grants

PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 72222007, 2023/01-2025/12

Co-PI, General Research Fund of Hong Kong, 11505420, 2020/21

PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71973097, 2020/01-2023/12

PI, National Natural Science Foundation for the Youth of China, 71601115, 2017/01-2019/12

PI, Shanghai Chenguang Program Research Grant, 15CG09, 2016/01-2018/01

PI, Shanghai Pujiang Program Research Grant, 14PJC065, 2014/07-2016/06

PI, University Social Science Grant, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2013

Participant, Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 72031006,  2021/01-2025/12

Advanced Probability and Statistics (Ph.D.)

Advanced Econometrics III (Ph.D.)

Econometrics (Undergraduate, full English teaching)

Data, Model, and Decision (MBA