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Last published 2026
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Difei Geng

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Vanderbilt University (2012–2018)

Faculty Researcher

8 h-index 22 pubs 134 cited

  • Drug Costs
  • Drugs, Generic
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Drug Industry
  • Economic Competition
  • Humans
  • Social Welfare
  • Policy

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Difei Geng's research investigates the intersection of international trade, intellectual property, and economic policy, particularly within the pharmaceutical sector. Their work examines how tariff barriers influence innovation and the global protection of intellectual property, with publications addressing these topics in relation to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Geng also studies the economic implications of drug pricing, focusing on optimal price regulations in international markets where generic competition exists. Additional research explores international product standard agreements, considering factors such as production externalities. Geng's scholarship includes analyses of trade and innovation dynamics, tariff impacts on intellectual property, and national treatment principles within global trade frameworks. Their work is supported by a scholarly record of 22 publications, with an h-index of 8 and 133 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 22
  • Citations: 134

Selected Publications

  • Equilibrium price controls in an international setting: effects on product quality and global welfare (2026)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Mutual Recognition in the International Protection of Intellectual Property (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Tariffs, product standards, and national treatment at the WTO (2024)
    Economic Inquiry DOI OpenAlex
  • Optimal price regulations in international pharmaceutical markets with generic competition (2023)
    World Scientific Studies in International Economics DOI OpenAlex
  • Tariff barriers and the protection of intellectual property in the global economy (2023)
    World Scientific Studies in International Economics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • International Product Standard Agreements Under Production Externalities (2023)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • International effects of national regulations: External reference pricing and price controls (2023)
    World Scientific Studies in International Economics DOI OpenAlex
  • Tariffs, Product Standards, and National Treatment at the WTO (2022)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Tariff barriers and the protection of intellectual property in the global economy (2022)
    European Economic Review 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Trade and innovation: Unraveling a complex nexus (2021)
    International Journal of Innovation Studies 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Optimal price regulations in international pharmaceutical markets with generic competition (2020)
    Journal of Health Economics 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Foreign Direct Investment and International Technology Diffusion (2019)
    Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON PRODUCT STANDARDS UNDER CONSUMPTION EXTERNALITIES: NATIONAL TREATMENT VERSUS MUTUAL RECOGNITION (2019)
    Economic Inquiry 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • International effects of national regulations: External reference pricing and price controls (2017)
    Journal of International Economics 9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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