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Xu Cheng is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in econometrics and its applications. She holds academic positions in the Department of Economics within the School of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on robust econometric methods addressing limited identification, model misspecification, and high-dimensional estimation. She has held visiting roles at Princeton University and Yale University.
- Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University (2010)
- M.S. in Applied Economics from University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005)
- B.A. in Economics from Peking University (2003)
Her research interests span econometric theory, including volatility risk pricing, macro-finance decoupling, and structural VAR models. She has been honored as a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics and International Association of Applied Econometrics, and received the Kravis Award for teaching (2022 and 2012). Xu serves as Co-editor of Econometric Theory and Associate Editor of several top journals.
Her work has been recognized through grants like the Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center Grant (2021–2024). She advises Ph.D. students and has contributed to academic service through editorial roles and conference organization.
