Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, June 2015 to present
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, The Ohio State University, May 2015
M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, August 2010
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Wuhan University, June 2005
Dissertation
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information: Games, Equilibrium, and Expectations”
Advisor: Lung-fei Lee
Areas of Specialization
Research: Microeconometrics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Graduate Teaching: Microeconometrics, Econometrics, Probability and Statistics, Micro Theory
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
The Ohio State University Fellowship, 2009-2010
JMCB Research Grant, 2012
GS Maddala Prize in Econometrics, 2013
Dice Research Award, 2014 Summer
L.Edwin Smart Graduate Associate Teaching Award, 2014
The Ohio State University Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2014-2015
Publications
“Strategical Interactions on Municipal Public Safety Spending with Correlated Private Information,” (with Lung-fei Lee), Regional Science and Urban Economics, forthcoming.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Heterogeneous Expectations,” (with Lung-fei Lee), Journal of Econometrics, 198, 65-83, 2017.
“Career Concern and Tax Preparer Fraud,” (with Liansheng Wu and Xianhui Bo), Annuals of Economics and Finance, Vol.11, Issue 2, 355-379, 2010.
Working Papers
“Tobit Models with Social Interactions: Complete vs. Incomplete Information,” (with Xi Qu and Lung-fei Lee), under review at Quantitative Economics.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria”
“Sample Selection with Social Interactions”
Other Research in Progress
“Social Learning and Endogenous Networks: An Application to Patent Citations”.
“A Multinomial Social Interaction Model with Asymmetric Private Information.”
Conference Presentations
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria”,
the 15th International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, Orleans, France, May 2016.
“A Tobit Model with Social Interactions under Incomplete Information,”
the 12th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Application, Waikato, New Zealand, February, 2016.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria”,
the 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal, Canada, August 2015;
the 5th Shanghai Econometric Workshop, Shanghai, China, June 2015;
the 11th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Application, Tokyo, Japan, May 2015.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Heterogeneous Expectations”,
the North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Minneapolis, MN, June 2014;
China Meeting of Econometric Society, Xiamen, China, June 2014.
“Sample Selection with Social Interactions”,
the 4th Shanghai Econometrics Workshop, June 2014.
“Social Learning in Endogenous Networks: An Application to Patent Citations”,
the 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International Atlanta, GA, November, 2013;
the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Columbus OH, March, 2013.
“Social Interactions and Private Information: A Game Theoretical Approach”,
the 23rd Annual Meetings of the Midwest Econometrics Group, Bloomington, IN, October 2013.
“Bayesian Learning in Endogenous Networks: Theory and Application”,
the 5th Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit for Regional, Population, Health, and Environmental Economics,
West Lafeyette, IN, April 2012.
Seminar Talk
“Strategic Interactions on Municipal Public Safety Spending with Correlated Private Information”, School of Economics, Shandong University, Shandong, China, December, 2016.
“A Tobit Model with Social Interactions under Complete and Incomplete Information,” Department of Economics, University of Orleans, France, May, 2016.
Teaching Experience
Advanced Mathematical Statistics, 1st-Year Graduate Students
Advanced Financial Economics I, 1st-Year Graduate Students
Financial Economics, 1st-Year Graduate Students
Probability and Statistics in 1st-Year Graduate Student Summer Math Camp (Full Responsibility)
Intermediate Microeconomics (Full Responsibility)
Graduate Micro Theory Sequence (Recitation Leader)
1st-Yest Graduate Student Summer Math Camp (Recitation Leader)
Principles of Macroeconomics (Recitation Leader)
Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, June 2015 to present
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, The Ohio State University, May 2015
M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, August 2010
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Wuhan University, June 2005
Dissertation
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information: Games, Equilibrium, and Expectations”
Advisor: Lung-fei Lee
Areas of Specialization
Research: Microeconometrics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Graduate Teaching: Microeconometrics, Econometrics, Probability and Statistics, Micro Theory
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
The Ohio State University Fellowship, 2009-2010
JMCB Research Grant, 2012
GS Maddala Prize in Econometrics, 2013
Dice Research Award, 2014 Summer
L.Edwin Smart Graduate Associate Teaching Award, 2014
The Ohio State University Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2014-2015
Publications
“Strategical Interactions on Municipal Public Safety Spending with Correlated Private Information,” (with Lung-fei Lee), Regional Science and Urban Economics, forthcoming.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Heterogeneous Expectations,” (with Lung-fei Lee), Journal of Econometrics, 198, 65-83, 2017.
“Career Concern and Tax Preparer Fraud,” (with Liansheng Wu and Xianhui Bo), Annuals of Economics and Finance, Vol.11, Issue 2, 355-379, 2010.
Working Papers
“Tobit Models with Social Interactions: Complete vs. Incomplete Information,” (with Xi Qu and Lung-fei Lee), under review at Quantitative Economics.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria”
“Sample Selection with Social Interactions”
Other Research in Progress
“Social Learning and Endogenous Networks: An Application to Patent Citations”.
“A Multinomial Social Interaction Model with Asymmetric Private Information.”
Conference Presentations
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria”,
the 15th International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, Orleans, France, May 2016.
“A Tobit Model with Social Interactions under Incomplete Information,”
the 12th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Application, Waikato, New Zealand, February, 2016.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria”,
the 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal, Canada, August 2015;
the 5th Shanghai Econometric Workshop, Shanghai, China, June 2015;
the 11th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Application, Tokyo, Japan, May 2015.
“Social Interactions under Incomplete Information with Heterogeneous Expectations”,
the North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Minneapolis, MN, June 2014;
China Meeting of Econometric Society, Xiamen, China, June 2014.
“Sample Selection with Social Interactions”,
the 4th Shanghai Econometrics Workshop, June 2014.
“Social Learning in Endogenous Networks: An Application to Patent Citations”,
the 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International Atlanta, GA, November, 2013;
the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Columbus OH, March, 2013.
“Social Interactions and Private Information: A Game Theoretical Approach”,
the 23rd Annual Meetings of the Midwest Econometrics Group, Bloomington, IN, October 2013.
“Bayesian Learning in Endogenous Networks: Theory and Application”,
the 5th Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit for Regional, Population, Health, and Environmental Economics,
West Lafeyette, IN, April 2012.
Seminar Talk
“Strategic Interactions on Municipal Public Safety Spending with Correlated Private Information”, School of Economics, Shandong University, Shandong, China, December, 2016.
“A Tobit Model with Social Interactions under Complete and Incomplete Information,” Department of Economics, University of Orleans, France, May, 2016.
Teaching Experience
Advanced Mathematical Statistics, 1st-Year Graduate Students
Advanced Financial Economics I, 1st-Year Graduate Students
Financial Economics, 1st-Year Graduate Students
Probability and Statistics in 1st-Year Graduate Student Summer Math Camp (Full Responsibility)
Intermediate Microeconomics (Full Responsibility)
Graduate Micro Theory Sequence (Recitation Leader)
1st-Yest Graduate Student Summer Math Camp (Recitation Leader)
Principles of Macroeconomics (Recitation Leader)