Dr. Cheng CHEN received his B.A. from Nanjing University in 2005, M.A. in Economics from Hitotsubashi University in 2008, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2011 and 2014. He joined Clemson University SC in Septemberof 2018. Cheng's research areas include international economics, organizational economics, and firm dynamics. His doctoral thesis ("Essays on Firm Organization and International Trade", 2014) investigates the impact of improvements in management quality on aggregate economic outcomes, such as the size distribution of firms, aggregate productivity, and welfare. His current research interests include firm-level uncertainty, expectations and technology transfers.
VoxEU Column
Import competition, family firms, and productivity
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- Global economy ![](../../../../../../../../../../var/folders/34/zq18d8kx7kbgby0j06p_j6t40000gn/T/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_screencaptureui_EM2XPo/Screenshot 2022-01-04 at 17.01.16.png)
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- Productivity and Innovation