Lixin Colin Xu

World Bank

Lixin Colin Xu is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. After studying at Peking (or Beijing) University and the University of Chicago, he joined the Research Group of the World Bank in 1996. His current research has focused on applied microeconomics such as empirical industrial organization, corporate governance, political economy, labor and household economics, income distribution, and the Chinese economy in transition. He has also worked extensively on the behavior of Chinese and African firms, publishing around 30 journal articles in these areas.