Professor
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 2013
B.S. Mathematics, Peking University, 2007
B.S. Economics, Peking University, 2007
Curriculum Vitae
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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.
Courses Taught
Autumn 2025
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Winter 2023
Affiliations
Home Department