Associate Professor Contact Information tanxu@uw.edu 206-685-6081 Savery 344 Personal Website Fields of Interest Development Economics Information Social Networks Biography Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 2013 B.S. Mathematics, Peking University, 2007 B.S. Economics, Peking University, 2007 Curriculum Vitae (228.58 KB) Research Selected Research Li, Wei and Xu Tan. 2021. "Cognitively-Constrained Learning from Neighbors." Games and Economic Behavior, 129:32-54. Tan, Xu and Quan Wen. 2020. ``Information Acquisition and Voting with Heterogeneous Experts.'' RAND Journal of Economics, 51(4) :1063-1092. Li, Wei and Xu Tan. 2020. “Locally Bayesian Learning in Networks.” Theoretical Economics, 15: 238-278. Heath, Rachel and Xu Tan. 2020. “Intrahousehold Bargaining, Female Autonomy, and Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence from India.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(4):1928-1968 Heath, Rachel and Xu Tan. 2018. “Worth Fighting For: Daughters Improve their Mother's Autonomy in South Asia,” Journal of Development Economics, 135: 255-271. Tan, Xu. 2016. “Information Revelation in Auctions with Common and Private Values,” Games and Economic Behavior, 97: 147-165. Jackson, Matthew O. and Xu Tan. 2013. “Deliberation, Disclosure of Information, and Voting,” Journal of Economic Theory, 148: 2-30. Jackson, Matthew O., Tomas Rodriguez-Barraquer, and Xu Tan. 2012. “Social Capital and Social Quilts: Network Patterns of Favor Exchange,” American Economic Review, 102(5): 1857-1897. Blumenstock, Joshua, Guanghua Chi, and Xu Tan. Forthcoming. "Migration and the Value of Social Networks." Review of Economic Studies. Research Advised Understanding Deductible and Reimbursement Maximum: A Study of Rural China’s Tiered Medical System Courses Taught Winter 2025ECON 411 A: Behavioral EconomicsECON 501 A: Microeconomic Analysis IIAutumn 2024ECON 500 A: Microeconomic Analysis IWinter 2023ECON 411 A: Behavioral EconomicsECON 501 A: Microeconomic Analysis IIAutumn 2022ECON 485 A: Game Theory with Applications to EconomicsECON 500 A: Microeconomic Analysis IECON 516 A: Noncooperative Game Theory for EconomistsSpring 2022ECON 411 A: Behavioral EconomicsECON 516 A: Noncooperative Game Theory for EconomistsWinter 2021ECON 411 A: Behavioral EconomicsECON 501 A: Microeconomic Analysis II Affiliations Home Department Economics Related News Related News Interview with 2023 Husky 100 Awardee, Grace Du (April 20, 2023) Letter from the Chair (October 1, 2020) Xu Tan Promoted to Associate Professor, with Tenure (September 24, 2020)
