Xichao Wang

CV (pdf)

I am a Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University. I will join School of International Business at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (in Chengdu, China) this fall.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, August 2015 (Expected)

B.A. in Economics (with honors), China Agricultural University, Beijing, July 2010

Research Interests

International Trade

Publications

“Trade, Non-Homothetic Preferences, and the Impact of Country Size on Wages” joint with Mark Gibson, 2015, forthcoming, Economics Letters

Working Papers

[1]”Import Growth and the Emergence of an Agricultural Productivity Gap” joint with Phil Wandschneider, December 2014, under review

[2]”Trade Costs, Country Size, and Per-Capita Income: Implications of Increasing Returns and Icebergs”, March 2015

Work in Progress

“Social Indifference Curves and Monopolistic Competition”

Conference Presentations

“Trade Costs, Country Size, and Per-Capita Income: Implications of Increasing Returns and Icebergs”, 2015 Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 2015

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant to Dr. Mark Gibson (Washington State University) Spring 2015

Teaching Assistant to Dr. Michael Brady (Washington State University) Fall 2014

Teaching Assistant to Prof. Ray Batina (Washington State University)  2012-2013

Research Experience

Research Assistant to Dr. Michal Fabinger (University of Tokyo) Spring 2014

Research Assistant to Prof. Zheng Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences & East China Normal University) 2010-2011