Tracy Xu is a Fritz Family Fellow at Georgetown University’s Knight–Georgetown Institute (KGI). She studies how institutional rules and infrastructures—from migration systems to digital platforms—shape who can build and use skills, and how those choices scale into productivity and regional development. Methodologically, she combines structural spatial-equilibrium models with applied microeconometrics to inform platform governance, competition policy, and public-interest policy. Tracy holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown; a M.A. in International Development Economics from Georgetown; and a B.A. in International Relations from the Renmin University of China.
