Awards and Grants
2025 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, Collaborator, “Mapping Autism Support Pathways in Ontario”
2024 Western University Interdisciplinary Development Initiatives Grants, Co-Investigator, “Bridging the Gaps: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Policy and Practice in Canada”
2024 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, Principal Investigator, “Economic Burden of Families with Children with Autism in Ontario”
2023 King's Research Excellence Scholar Grant: “Economic Burden of Families with Children with Autism in Canada”
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Carleton University, Canada
M.Sc. in Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark
Teaching
Behavioral Economics
Financial Economics
Research
Macroeconomics, Household Finance
Selected Publications
- Tian, R., Xu, J., Feng, H., & McFarlane, A. (2024). A maximum entropy bootstrap approach to financial development and economic growth in China. Economic Systems, 48(4), 101219
- Xu, J. (2024). Intergenerational transfers in China: What are the patterns of the transfers and when do the transfers occur? International Studies of Economics, 19(1), 117-150
- Xu, J. (2023). The Welfare Effects of Social Insurance Reform in the Presence of Intergenerational Transfers. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
- Xu, J. (2022). Does culture play a role in the stock market’s response to uncertainty? International Journal of Finance & Economics, 27(2), 2530-2548