Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, Cornell University

409 Warren Hall

Ithaca, NY, 14850

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Cell: (617) 599-0341    

Email: yl3458@cornell.edu

Please download my CV in PDF here   

CURRENT AFFILIATION

• August 2019 – Present   Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, Cornell University

EDUCATION

• 09/2014-09/2019

Boston University, Boston, MA
Doctoral degree in Economics, awarded September 2019. Advisor: Marc Rysman

• 09/2012-06/2014

Boston University, Boston, MA
Masters degree in Economics, awarded June 2014.

• 09/2008-06/2012

Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Bachelors degree in Finance, awarded June 2012.

• 08/2010-05/2011

State University of New York (SUNY Oswego), Oswego, NY International Exchange Program

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, Chinese Economy

WORKING PAPERS

• "Competition for Exclusivity and Customer Lock-in: Evidence from Copyright Enforcement in China," Job Market Paper

• "Dynamic Analysis of Automobile License Allocations in Beijing," with Shanjun Li and Caixia Shen, NBER working paper. R&R at Rand Journal of Economics

• "The Cost of Greening Stimulus: A Dynamic Discrete Choice Analysis of Vehicle Scrappage Programs," with Shanjun Li and Chao Wei. R&R at International Economic Review

WORKING IN PROGRESS

• Quality Upgrading in China's Automobile Industry (with Panle Jia Barwick and Shanjun Li)

• On the Linkage Between Used Automobile Market Development and New Car Sales (with Panle Jia Barwick and Shanjun Li) 

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PRESENTATIONS

• World Congress of the Econometric Society, August 2020

• Conference in Industrial Organization, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, June 2019

• Economics Graduate Students Conference, Washington University in St.Louis, October 2018​​​

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• Dean's Fellowship, Boston University, 2014-2018​​​​

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• Special Ph.D. Stipend for MA Graduates, Boston University, 2014

RESEARCH AND

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Spring 2017 Spring 2018

Research Assistant for Marc Rysman,

Department of Economics, Boston University

• Fall 2015

Research Assistant for Zhongjun Qu,

Department of Economics, Boston University

• Fall 2018

Teaching Assistant, Game Theory,

Department of Economics, Boston University

• Fall 2018

Teaching Assistant, Environmental Economics,

Department of Economics, Boston University

• Fall 2016

Teaching Assistant, Legal Issues,

Department of Economics, Boston University

• Fall 2016

Teaching Assistant, Market Structure and Economic Performance, Department of Economics, Boston University

• Spring 2016

       - Fall 2016

Teaching Assistant, Empirical Economics 2,

Department of Economics, Boston University

SKILLS

Software: MATLAB, STATA, GAUSS, R, Python, LATEX, Bash, and MS Office. Languages: Mandarin Chinese (native), English (fluent).

REFERENCE

Professor Marc Rysman

Department of Economics

Boston University

270 Bay State Rd

Room 304

Boston MA 02215 USA

Phone: (617) 353-3086

Email: mrysman@bu.edu

Professor Shanjun Li

Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Cornell University

405 Warren Hall

Ithaca NY 14853

Phone: (607) 255-1832

Email: SL2448@cornell.edu

Professor Jihye Jeon

Department of Economics

Boston University

270 Bay State Rd

Room 312

Boston MA 02215

Phone: (617) 353-3184

Email: jjeon@bu.edu