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 | XIONG Ruichi | 
| Assistant Professor | 
| Department of Economics | 
| Email: [email protected] | 
| Personal Website : www.ruichixiong.com | 
| Ph.D., Economics, University of Toronto (2023) | 
| M.A., Economics, CEMFI (2018) | 
| M.A., Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (2016) | 
| B.A., Economics, Hubei University (2012) | 
TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
Teaching Courses : International Economics, Econometrics
Research Areas : Urban, Trade, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Development
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Economics and Management School of Wuhan University, 2023.08
Researches
Working Papers
Interregional Accessibility and Firm Creation in the Fragmented Economy
Familiar Strangers: The Role of Diaspora Networks in Foreign Investment and Long-run Development, with Fanghao Chen and Xiaobo Zhang
Ripple Effects of Deregulating Startup Investment with Agglomeration Spillovers, with Siyuan Liu and Zijun Cheng
Endogenous Learning and the Skill-Biased Dynamic Agglomeration over Life Cycle
RESEARCH GRANTS
Government-funded grants
National Science Foundation Youth Program, 2025-2027
International collaborative grants
Rotman TD MDAL Research Grant,2023-2024
Rotman China Initiative Research Grant, 2020-2021
Referee Services:
Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, China Economic Review