Assistant Professor, Peking University Profile / Bio Profile / Bio Mingzhi Xu is an Assistant Professor at Peking University. In 2018–2019, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Bureau of the Economic Research and a visiting researcher at the Growth Lab of Harvard Kennedy School. He obtained the Ph.D. in economics from the University of California Davis. His research interests are international economics, economic development, and the economy of the People’s Republic of China. Materials Title Date Learning Materials Topics Riding on the New Silk Road: Quantifying the Welfare Gains from High-Speed Railways 14 November, 2018 Slides Economics, Transport