Nicholas Emery-Xu

Nicholas Emery-Xu

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

University of California, Los Angeles

I am a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in economics at UCLA. I do research in empirical industrial organization, focusing on digital economics and the economics of AI, with additional interests in political economy.

I am on the 2026-2027 academic job market.

I am affiliated with MIT FutureTech. I was previously a Global Priorities Fellow at the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research (2022-2023) and a Summer Research Fellow at the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (2021). My research has been supported by Coefficient Giving and the Institute for Humane Studies. I received my BA in economics and Russian from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018.

Research Statement

Interests

  • Empirical industrial organization
  • Productivity
  • Digital economics and economics of AI
  • Political economy

Education

  • MA in Economics, 2023

    UCLA

  • BA in Economics, Russian, 2018

    University of Pennsylvania

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