Research

Research Projects 

"Trade Exposures in Local Pricing" 

Senior Honors Thesis. Advisor: Prof. Lydia Cox

Abstract. (available soon)

Figure. Listing exposure of road bikes, county-level

"Elasticity of Related-party Trade" [Draft][Slide] [Slide-short]

Abstract. I explore how the import demand of multinationals (MNEs) responds to a short-term tariff shock given the heterogeneity in shares of related-party imports. In particular, I focus on estimating the trade elasticities of MNEs during the 2017-18 Trump tariff period. Building on Amiti et al. (2019) and Fajgelbaum et al. (2020), I estimated the elasticities of related-party imports to be between -1.578 and -1.955 and more elastic than their arms-length counterparts. The preliminary finding of MNE importers/industry being more responsive to tariff changes than non-MNE counterparts under complete tariff pass-through may reflect their profit shifting process in a very short run.

Inactive Research Projects

"JMC's problem: Academic Inclination and Placement Game," Directed Study with Prof. Matteo Camboni

Other Articles

"Dual Search and Market Mechanism for the Econ Job Market." Equilibrium: Vol.13, 16-19.

"Circumstances, Effort and Inequality of Opportunity," Equilibrium: Vol.12, 8-10. 

Research Experience 

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