Expertise

Dr. Xia’s research interests include industrial organization in food and agricultural industries, applied econometrics, and international trade and policy. His current research focuses on industrial organization issues such as contracts and vertical coordination, product differentiation, market structure, and competition in food and agricultural industries. His teaching interests are market structure and organization, econometrics, demand and price analysis, and international trade. He teaches courses in agricultural demand and commodity markets, quantitative methods, and international trade.

Area of Specialization

  • Industrial Organization
  • Applied Econometrics
  • International Trade
Communities
Agriculture, Agriculture Business and Management, Economics
Degrees
PhD, University of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2004
MS, University of Delaware, Agricultural Economics, 1999
Bachelor Degree, Wuhan University, China, Economics, 1992