Research

Research areas: transportation economics, urban economics, and experimental economics.

Working papers

Xue, J. “Interstate Highways and Economic Activity in Less-Urbanized Areas.” Working Paper. Presented at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
Xue, J. “Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Accessibility: Evidence from Waymo’s Deployment in California.” Dissertation chapter / Working Paper. Scheduled for presentation at the International Transportation Economics Association Annual Conference, Bergamo, Italy.
Hall, J., and Xue, J. “Red Flag Laws and Suicide Prevention: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from U.S. States.” Working Paper.
Deck, C., Kim, Y., Promi, A., and Xue, J. “Final Offer Arbitration with Asymmetric Evidence.” Revise and resubmit, Southern Economic Journal.

Xue, J. (2023). “Trusting Behavior, Risk Preference and Loss Aversion.” Journal of Economic, Business and Management, 11(2), 57–62.

Xue, J. (2026). “Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Accessibility: Evidence from Waymo’s Deployment in California.” International Transportation Economics Association Annual Conference, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.
Xue, J. (2025). “Interstate Highway’s Impact on Less-Urbanized Areas.” Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
Xue, J. (2022). “Trusting Behavior, Risk Preference, and Loss Aversion.” International Conference on Economics, Business and Management (ICEBM), Shenzhen, China (Virtual).

2026 Summer Research Grant, The University of Alabama — $4,000.
2026 Better Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Land-use Decision Research Network (BUILD) — $3,075.