Extends the Acemoglu & Restrepo (2018) task framework to higher education supply. Constructs an occupational LLM exposure crosswalk for 889 undergraduate majors and evaluates enrollment adjustments with a 2015–2024 micro panel of 4.34 million provincial admission records using continuous difference-in-differences and causal forests.
@article{wei2026llm,title={Adaptive Adjustment of Higher Education Majors Under LLM Shocks: Theoretical Modeling, Exposure Measurement, and Continuous DID Estimation},author={Wei, Mengqi and Chen, Xiaodong and Yang, Xiaoliang},journal={Working Paper, Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University},year={2026},}
Project
Claim2Value: Financial AI Agent for Technical Claim Verification and Dynamic Valuation
Mengqi Wei and Team
PKU Financial AI Agent Competition (Awarded Project), 2026
An AI agent pipeline designed for embodied AI and humanoid robotics supply chains. Extracts technical claims from disclosures, verifies specifications against industry benchmarks, and maps technical metrics into multi-scenario financial valuation models.
@article{wei2026claim2value,title={Claim2Value: Financial AI Agent for Technical Claim Verification and Dynamic Valuation},author={Wei, Mengqi and Team},journal={PKU Financial AI Agent Competition (Awarded Project)},year={2026},}
Project
IP-Finance Agent: Due Diligence Evidence Verification and Cash Flow Stress Testing
A multi-source due diligence audit pipeline for asset-light gaming and creative enterprises. Reconciles official filings, third-party estimates, and operational records, with quarterly cash flow stress-testing models with deterministic reproducibility and audit report exports.
@article{wei2026ipfinance,title={IP-Finance Agent: Due Diligence Evidence Verification and Cash Flow Stress Testing},author={Wei, Mengqi and Team},journal={ICBC Financial Technology Innovation Competition},year={2026},}
Working Paper
Firm Decision-Making and Market Structure Under Token and AI Agent Shocks: Cost Restructuring, Competitive Pass-Through, and Welfare Implications
Models Tokens and AI Agents as on-demand production inputs, altering firm cost functions. Examines market concentration, pricing, and consumer surplus under Cournot and Bertrand competition with entry/exit and search frictions.
@article{wei2026agenttoken,title={Firm Decision-Making and Market Structure Under Token and AI Agent Shocks: Cost Restructuring, Competitive Pass-Through, and Welfare Implications},author={Wei, Mengqi},journal={Working Paper / Independent Research},year={2026},}
Course Paper
From Hotelling to Voting Systems: Preference Space and Social Choice Distortions
Examines candidate positioning and social choice outcomes in multidimensional policy spaces under different electoral rules, highlighting spatial equilibrium characteristics and welfare distortions.
@article{wei2026hotelling,title={From Hotelling to Voting Systems: Preference Space and Social Choice Distortions},author={Wei, Mengqi},journal={Coursework Paper / Political Economy},year={2026},}
Research
Heterogeneous Energy Price Pass-Through Across Consumption Structures Under Geopolitical Shocks
Mengqi Wei
Undergraduate Innovation Research Program, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2026
Uses cross-country panel time-series data to measure differences in price pass-through elasticities across energy consumption structures following international geopolitical and supply shocks.
@article{wei2026energy,title={Heterogeneous Energy Price Pass-Through Across Consumption Structures Under Geopolitical Shocks},author={Wei, Mengqi},journal={Undergraduate Innovation Research Program, Xi'an Jiaotong University},year={2026},}
Competition
Perceived Age Discrimination, Coping Strategies, and Policy Demands of Job Seekers Aged 35+
Mengqi Wei
National "Challenge Cup" Academic Competition, 2026
Cleaned survey microdata, extracted behavioral patterns via principal component analysis, and applied quantile regressions to assess wage penalty heterogeneity across different segments of the labor market.
@article{wei2026age,title={Perceived Age Discrimination, Coping Strategies, and Policy Demands of Job Seekers Aged 35+},author={Wei, Mengqi},journal={National "Challenge Cup" Academic Competition},year={2026},}