Xufeng Wang

Welcome to my website!

I am Xufeng Wang, and I am currently a PhD student in Economics at KU Leuven, affiliated with VIVES, the Research Centre for Regional Economics.

I will be on the 2026/2027 academic job market.

Previously, I received academic training in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Anàlisi Econòmica, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Current topics: Production Networks, M&A.

Research

• Supporting Upstream Industries, Choosing Purchasers: Industrial Policy in Open Economies 

Work in progress

• The Structure of Sectoral Government-Spending Multipliers  

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• Measuring Merger Effects With Revenue Data, with Jacob Hess (Bank of Spain)

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News

I will be presenting my paper at:

• European Economic Association Annual Congress (EEA-ESEM), Dublin, August 17-21

My coauthor, Jacob Hess, will present our paper at:

• Jornadas de Economía Industrial (JEI), Málaga, September 3-4