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

Winter 2008,  E666 International Finance (undergraduate)
Winter 2008,  E861 International Trade and Open Macroeconomics (graduate)

 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

“News Shock and Firm Entries” with Mohammad Saif Mehkari

“Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Developing Countries: A Suggested Interpretation” with Peter Henry

 “Stock Markets Before External Debt Crises”

PRESENTATIONS

2008:    Society of Economic Dynamics, Midwest Macro Meeting, Midwest Conference, World Congress of International Economics Association,  UC-Irvine (scheduled), University of Notre Dame (scheduled)

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, UC - Santa Cruz, University of Wisconsin -Madison
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