Research Projects

“Trade Exposures in Local Pricing”

Senior Honors Thesis. Advisors: Prof. Lydia Cox & Prof. Jesse Gregory

Abstract. (available soon)

Preliminary Figure.

“Elasticity of Related-party Trade”

Junior Honors Proposal. [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.

Research Experience

University of Wisconsin–Madison:

• Research assistant to Prof. Lydia Cox, Department of Economics (February 2024–present)
• Directed Study with Prof. Jesse Gregory & Sarah Bass, Department of Economics (Fall 2024)
• Research assistant to Dr. Reka Sundaram-Stukel, Department of Economics (August 2023–December 2023)
• Directed Study with Prof. Matteo Camboni, Department of Economics (Spring 2023)
• Research assistant to CALL-ECL Project, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (January 2023–May 2024)
• Research assistant to Dr. Ruo-Fan Liu, Department of Sociology (Summer 2022–Summer 2023)