Xiaoguang (Shawn) Chen is a Senior Lecturer at the Business School of the University of Western Australia. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and an earlier Ph.D. from Peking University. He is also a Research Affiliate of the TTPI at Australian National University, Research Fellow with the NIFS based at Tsinghua University, and the IPFT at Renmin University of China. His research explores the impact of tax systems and rent extraction on productivity, development, and economic growth. His papers published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, International Tax and Public Finance, and in top Chinese journals including 《中国社会科学》、《经济研究》、《经济学（季刊）》. His work has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Gregory Chow Best Paper Award, and Best Paper Award from the First Public Finance Forum of China.