EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics 2007 Stanford University
B.S. Economics 2001 Peking University
DISSERTATION
“Essays on International Macroeconomics”
Advisors: Ronald McKinnon (Primary), Peter Henry, Pete Klenow, John Taylor
RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Economics, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Economic Development
CURRENT POSITION
Sept 2007 – Present Assistant Professor of Economics, Ohio State University
PAST RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fall 2005 Dissertation Intern, International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board
2005 - 2007 Research Assistant, Stanford Center for International Development, Stanford University
Spring 2005 Research Assistant, Prof. Narayana Kocherlakota, Department of Economics, Stanford University
Summer 2004 Intern, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
2003 - 2004 Research Assistant, Prof. Peter Henry, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002 – 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Stanford University
Courses: Core Macroeconomics (Ph.D.), Core Econometrics (Ph.D.), Macroeconomics (undergraduate), Money and Banking (undergraduate)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Larry Yung Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 2006-2007
Dissertation Internship, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fall 2005
IMF-Japan Scholarship for Advanced Studies, 2001-2003
Peking University Outstanding Research Prize, 1999-2000
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co. Foundation Scholarship for Distinguished Students, 1998-1999
WORKING PAPERS
“Cyclical Wage Movements in Emerging Markets Compared to Developed Economies: the Role of Interest Rates”
“Transaction Cost, Incomplete Market, and Exchange Rate Movements"
“Precautionary Saving and Cyclical Behavior of Employment and Real Wages in Emerging Markets” with Emine Boz and Bora Durdu
“Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Developing Countries: A Suggested Interpretation” with Peter Henry
“Stock Markets Before External Debt Crises”
PRESENTATIONS
2007: Bank of Canada, Columbia University, Federal Reserve Bank at St. Louis, Johns Hopkins – SAIS, London School of Business, Ohio State University, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, Tsinghua University, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Wisconsin at Madison (scheduled)
2005: Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System
REFERENCES
Prof. Ronald McKinnon (primary), Department of Economics, Stanford Univ., (650) 723-3721, mckinnon@stanford.edu Prof. Peter Henry, Graduate School of Business, Stanford Univ., (650) 723-0905, pbhenry@stanford.edu
Prof. Pete Klenow, Department of Economics, Stanford Univ., (650) 725-5702, pete@klenow.net
Prof. John Taylor, Department of Economics, Stanford Univ., (650) 725-8719, john.taylor@stanford.edu