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Mengxiao Liu

Assistant Professor

Mengxiao Liu

Economics
mel622@lehigh.edu
610-758-6243

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Curriculum Vitae

Mengxiao Liu is an assistant professor at the department of economics at Lehigh University College of Business. Before joining Lehigh, she was an assistant professor in the department of economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Her research has been published in the European Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

Education

  • Nanjing University, B.A.
  • University of British Columbia, M.A.
  • University of Toronto, Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • Global supply chains
  • Innovation
  • Applied network theory

  • What’s the Big Idea? Multi-Function Products, Firm Scope and Firm Boundaries (with Daniel Trefler). NBER Working Paper #26320. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 180: 381-406, 2020.
  • The Missing Option in Firm Boundary Decisions. The European Economic Review, Volume 132 (2021) 103602.

Working Papers

  • Quality Innovation, Cost Innovation, Exporting, and Firm Productivity Evolution: Evidence from the Chinese Electronics Industry (with Luhang Wang and Yimin Yi). Under Review

Work in Progress

  • How Far are You from the Technological Frontier?
  • Quality innovation, Cost innovation, R&D, and Firm productivity evolution with Yoonseok Lee
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