Ruqing Xu

I am an economist at Amazon. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University in 2025, with a minor in Computer Science. My CV is available here. You can reach me at rx24@cornell.edu.

My research is at the intersection of Economics and Computer Science. I study learning and information empirically and theoretically. A theme of my research is to combine theory and evidence in human-AI collaboration to design algorithms around human biases, see here. I interned at Microsoft Research New England and Amazon.

To better prepare for a career in Economics, I obtained a B.A. in Comparative Literature. I studied at the University of Hong Kong and spent a year at Yale University.

In a past life, I rode horses and took pictures of stars. View some of my works here.