Chenzi Xu

Research Statement

• Chenzi Xu’s research is on the intersection of finance, international trade, and economic history.

Academic Degrees

• PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 2019
• MPhil in Economic and Social History, University of Cambridge, 2013
• AB in Economics, Harvard University, 2012

Academic Appointments

• International Economics Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College, 2019–2020

Awards and Honors

• AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2019
• WFA Cubist Systematic Strategies PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research, 2019
• BlackRock Applied Research Award Finalist, 2018
• Economic History Society New Researcher Prize, 2018
• British Academy Leverhulme Grant (joint with Wilfried Kisling & Chris Meissner), 2018
• Economic History Association Sokoloff Dissertation Fellowship, 2017
• International Econometric Game Champion, 2017
• Thomas Cochran Fellowship in Economic & Business History, 2016
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Kuznets Research Fund, 2015
• Hirtle Callaghan Prize, 2014
• Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors, Harvard University, 2012
• Center for History and Economics Prize Research Student, University of Cambridge, 2012
• Pembroke College William Shirley Scholar (Harvard-Cambridge Scholarship), Harvard University, 2012