Curriculum Vita
EDUCATION
- PhD, Economics, University of Washington, June 2007
- MA, Economics, University of Washington, March 2006
- BA, Economics, Nanjing University, China, June 2001
DISSERTATION
- “Essays on Inference in Weakly Identified Models in Macroeconomics and Finance”
Committee Members: Charles R. Nelson (Chair), Richard Startz, and Eric Zivot
CERTIFICATE
- Computational Finance , University of Washington, June 2007
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Time Series Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Finance
EMPLOYMENT
- Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, 2007 – Present
PUBLICATIONS
- Spurious Inference in the GARCH(1,1) Model When It Is Weakly Identified, with Charles R. Nelson, Richard Startz, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, Vol. 11 (2007), No. 1, Article 1.
- The Characteristics of 'Club Convergence' of China's Economic Growth and Its Causes, with Kunrong Shen, Economic Research Journal (in Chinese), 2002, 1, 33-9.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- March 2005 – June 2005 & June 2006 – August 2006,
Research Assistant to Professor Charles R. Nelson, Department of Economics, University of Washington
PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
- 2008: Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics Annual Conference (San Francisco, CA)
Midwest Economic Association Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)
Macro Brown Bag, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
- 2007: Midwest Econometrics Group (St. Louis, MO)
Macro Brown Bag, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Paul Heyne Seminar, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Western Economic Association Conference (Seattle, WA)
- 2006: NBER/NSF Time Series Conference (Montreal, Canada)
Macro Brown Bag, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
- 2005: Western Economic Association Conference (San Francisco, CA)
REFEREE ACTIVITY
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Journal of Economics and Business
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Econometric Society
Western Economic Association
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Alabama
- Seminar in International Finance, Spring 2008
- Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
University of Washington
- Graduate Advanced Econometric Theory I (4 lectures), Fall 2006
- Introduction to Macroeconomics, Summer 2004, Fall 2004
- Introduction to Microeconomics, Winter 2005, Fall 2005
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Best Macroeconomics Paper, Department of Economics, University of Washington (2006)
- Grover and Creta Ensley Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Washington (2006 - 2007)
- Buechel Scholarship, Department of Economics, University of Washington (2006)
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Washington (2004)
- Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Washington (2005, 2006)
COMPUTER SKILLS
- EVIEWS, S-PLUS, RATS, GAUSS, MATLAB