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XIONG Ruichi
Date:2025-03-19

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XIONG Ruichi

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Email: ruichixiong@whu.edu.cn

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