Yajie Xu

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of South Florida, where I am also completing an M.S. in Artificial Intelligence. My research develops Bayesian econometric methods for networks and applies them to innovation, and studies how people learn and interact with AI.

I am on the 2026–27 academic job market. My job market paper estimates spillover effects when networks form endogenously, with an application to R&D alliances among pharmaceutical firms.