Fei Xu

FEI XU

Browaldh Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics

Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics

Umeå University

Sweden

E-mail: fei.xu@umu.se

• CV

• Research Interests

           Microeconomics, Political Economy,  Public Economics, Economics of Corruption.

• Research Project

        - ANTICORPOL (2018-2020) with Quoc-Anh Do - European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.

        - Efficient Grid Use and Demand Flexibility in Local Distribution Markets (2022-2026) with Evelina Jansson. 

• Working Papers

            - "China's VAT Reform and Its Effects on Enterprises' Tax Burden and Innovation", with Haibo Feng, Sheng Liu, R&R at European Economic Review.

            - "Contractual Requirements and Bidding Behavior in Public Procurement with Endogenous Entry", with Samielle Drake,  R&R at the Journal of Public Economic Theory. 

         - "Corruption, the Ability to Pay, and the Cost of Breaking the Law", with Leonidas Koutsougeras and Manuel Santos, under review.

         - "Optimal Income Tax Without Tax Evasion", with Thomas Aronsson, under review.

         - "Tax Rate-based Incentives, Tax Base-based Incentives, and the Combined Policy Effects on Corporate Innovation", with Haibo Feng, Sheng Liu, and Yongyi Xu, under review.

        - "Corruption:  Outbribing the Competition", with Leonidas Koutsougeras and Manuel Santos. 

         - "Corruption and Adverse Selection", with Leonidas Koutsougeras and Manuel Santos.   

• Work in progress

         - "Corruption in Public Procurement", with Leonidas Koutsougeras and Manuel Santos.

         - "The Value of Political Connection: Evidence from Anti-Corruption Campaign in China", with Quoc-Anh Do and Jonathan Norris.

         - "A Cross-Country Study of the Determinants of Corruption", with Leonidas Koutsougeras and Manuel Santos.

         - "A Theory of Succession", with Hanming Fang.

• Publications

            - Dhillon, A., A. Nicolò and F. Xu, 2017, "Corruption, Intrinsic Motivation and the Love of Praise," Journal of Public Economic Theory, 19: 1117-1138.

          - Xu, F. and J. Yong, 2013, "Nash Equilibrium on Soft Information Control Games – Based on Banking Industry in China,"  International Journal of Financial Research,  4: 94-92.

        - Xu, F. and J. Yong, 2012, "Mathematical Model of Dynamic Games of Imperfect Agency – Based on Conspiracy of SMEs and Bank Managers," Progress in Applied Mathematics, 4: 1-8.

       - Liao, G. M., and F. Xu, 2011, "Final Consumption, Gross Capital Formation and Economic Growth: An Impulse Response-based Analysis," Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 6: 23-28.

       - Wang. L., and F. Xu, 2010, "The Analysis of Cooperative Potential of Productive Service Industry between Guangdong and Hong Kong," Economic Review,10: 50-53.

• Degrees

         Ph.D., Economics, University of Manchester, 2018

         Master, Economics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 2013

         B.S., Economics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 2010