Dian Jiao

Dian Jiao is an Economist at Amazon. Her research focuses on development economics, applied microeconomics, and corporate finance, with a particular emphasis on firm dynamics, financial frictions, and structural transformation in emerging economies. Dian received her Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 2024, where her dissertation examined how bank expansion and land market liberalization shape firm behavior and productivity growth in India. Before joining Amazon, Dian was a Research Faculty Associate at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a Research Assistant at Harvard Business School. She also holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Vassar College.

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