Chenzi Xu
Assistant Professor of Finance
Fletcher Jones Faculty Scholar for 2021-22
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Research Statement
Chenzi Xu’s research is on the intersection of finance, international trade, and economic history.
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 2019
- MPhil in Economic and Social History, University of Cambridge, 2013
- AB in Economics, Harvard University, 2012
Academic Appointments
- International Economics Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College, 2019–2020
Awards and Honors
- AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2019
- WFA Cubist Systematic Strategies PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research, 2019
- BlackRock Applied Research Award Finalist, 2018
- Economic History Society New Researcher Prize, 2018
- British Academy Leverhulme Grant (joint with Wilfried Kisling & Chris Meissner), 2018
- Economic History Association Sokoloff Dissertation Fellowship, 2017
- International Econometric Game Champion, 2017
- Thomas Cochran Fellowship in Economic & Business History, 2016
- Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Kuznets Research Fund, 2015
- Hirtle Callaghan Prize, 2014
- Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors, Harvard University, 2012
- Center for History and Economics Prize Research Student, University of Cambridge, 2012
- Pembroke College William Shirley Scholar (Harvard-Cambridge Scholarship), Harvard University, 2012