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Associate Professor, Joint Research Institute

Nanjing Audit University

Research on digital economy, industrial organization, and labor markets.

Assistant Professor, Institute of Politics and Economics

Nanjing Audit University

Teaching and conducting research on digital economy, labor markets, and industrial organization.

Assistant Professor, International Academy of Business and Economics

Tianjin University of Finance and Economics

Taught undergraduate courses and conducted research in economics.

中国专利质量的测度、变化机制与经济增长效应

Chen, Zhiyuan, Yiran Zhang, Jie Zhang, and Zexuan Liu*. Published in 经济研究 (Economic Research Journal), 2026, No. 03.

Computerization and the Decline of Unincorporated Self-Employment

Liu*, Zexuan, Sun Lee, and Yao-yu Chih. Published in Journal of Human Capital, 2024.

The Puzzle of Changes in Employment and Wages in Routine Task-Intensive Occupations

Ghosh, Pallab, and Zexuan Liu*. Published in Empirical Economics, 2023.

Incumbents' Pricing and Non-pricing Responses to Entry in Vertically Differentiated Markets

Bauner, Christoph, and Zexuan Liu*. Published in Journal of Air Transport Management, 2022. Lead article.

Heterogeneous Price Effects and Increased Price Dispersion from Quantity-based Congestion Management

Lee, Sun, Zexuan Liu*, and Haojun Yu. Published in Economic Inquiry, 2021.

Effects of Motherhood Timing, Breast-milk Substitutes and Education on the Duration of Breastfeeding: Evidence from Egypt

Demir, Firat, Pallab Ghosh, and Zexuan Liu*. Published in World Development, 2020.

Ownership and Pricing Response to Entry

Liu*, Zexuan. Published in Economics Letters, 2019.

Do State Minimum Wages Affect the Incarceration Rate?

Ghosh, Pallab, Gary Hoover, and Zexuan Liu. Published in Southern Economic Journal, 2019.

Coauthorship and the Gender Gap in Top Economics Journal Publications

Ghosh, Pallab, and Zexuan Liu*. Published in Applied Economics Letters, 2019.

The Impact of Automation and Artificial Intelligence on the Unincorporated Firm's Market Entry

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Principal Investigator, Grant #72103098, Completed, 2021–2024

Research on the Quality of Consumption Space in Mega-cities Based on Multi-source Big Data: Mechanisms, Effects, and Policy Optimization

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, General Program)

Participant, Grant #72473071, In Progress, 2024–2028

Chong Liew Research Award

University of Oklahoma

2014–2015