Biography (CV)

I gained my Ph.D. in Economics from Rice University in July 2019. I worked with Prof. Vivian Ho on Healthcare Market Competition.

Research Field: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, Econometrics; Dissertation Summary

I received my Master in Agricultural and Resource Economics from University of California - Davis in Dec, 2013. During my master program, I worked with Prof.Stephen Vosti on the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS) Project (by Gates foundation) for 2 years.

I received my Bachelor degree from Zhejiang University in 2012. I was an exchange scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the summer of 2011, working with Prof. Hayri Onal.

Publications:

Ho V, Xu Y, Akhter M. Freestanding Emergency Department Entry and Market-Level Spending on Emergency Care. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2019 Oct. [web link]

Xu Y, Ho V. Freestanding Emergency Departments in Texas do not Alleviate Congestion in Hospital-based Emergency Departments. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019 May. [web link]

Dark C, Xu Y, Ho V. Freestanding emergency departments preferentially locate in areas with higher household income. Health Affairs. 2017 Oct 1;36(10):1712-9. [web link]

Dark C, Xu Y, Kao E. Comparative throughput at freestanding emergency departments versus hospital-based emergency departments: A pilot study. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Dec 28. [web link]

Guissou R, Adams K, Xu Y, Vosti S, Hess S, Ouedraogo JB. Willingness-to-Pay for Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements in Burkina Faso. 2014. [web link]

Conference:

Prakash S, Xu Y, Vose J, The Effect of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Use on Combustible Cigarette Smoking: Findings from a Randomized Trial. [Poster @ 2020 Academy Health Research Meeting]

Xu Y, Prakash S, The Impact of JUUL Market Entry on Cigarette Sales: Evidence of Store-Level Sales Declines from Canada. [Poster @ 2020 Academy Health Research Meeting]

Xu Y, Emergency Care Market Competition: the Entry of Freestanding Emergency Departments in Texas. [Presentation @ 2019 American Society of Health Economists]

Xu Y, Ho V. Freestanding Emergency Departments in Texas do not Alleviate Congestion in Hospital-based Emergency Departments. [Poster @ 2018 American Society of Health Economists]