Paper Co-authored by PhD Candidate Jing Zhang and his Supervisors Published in Economic Research Journal

2022-03-13

A paper, titled “Industrial Robots and Spatial Allocation of Labor”, co-authored by SOE PhD Candidate Jing Zhang, Prof. Yuanyuan Chen and Prof. Yahong Zhou, has been published in the Economic Research Journal in January, 2022. This paper mainly studies the effects of the application of industrial robots on the spatial allocation of labor in China.  AbstractThe report of the 19th CPC National Congress states that China's economy has changed from the stage of rapid growth to the stage of high-quality development, and from extensive high-speed growth that mainly depends on increasing f...

Associate Professor Gaoji Hu Paper Accepted for Publication in American Economic Journal - Microeconomics

2021-12-29

Associate Professor Gaoji Hu has his paper accepted for publication by American Economic Journal - Microeconomics, a first-tier journal as listed by SUFE. The paper entitled “A Theory of Stability in Matching with Incomplete Information” was co-authored with Dr. Yi-Chun Chen.AbstractWe provide a framework for studying two-sided matching markets with incomplete information. The framework accommodates two-sided incomplete information as well as heterogeneous information among the agents. We propose a notion called stability for a market state, which, based upon agents' information structur...

2021 Warwick-SUFE Workshop Held Online

2021-12-16

The 2021 Warwick-SUFE Workshop was held online from Dec. 9-10, 2021. The workshop was co-sponsored by School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Warwick with the theme of China’s economic issues. Prof. Yahong Zhou, Dean of School of Economics of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and Prof. Jeremy Smith, Head of the Department of Economics of University of Warwick, delivered opening speeches respectively. The workshop consisted of four sessions, and there were three reports in each session. Prof. Zhenxing Huang from SOE of...

Associate Professor Xin Jin Paper Accepted for Publication in Journal of Econometrics

2021-12-01

Associate Professor Xin Jin has his paper accepted for publication by Journal of Econometrics, a first-tier journal as listed by SUFE. The paper entitled “Infinite Markov Pooling of Predictive Distributions”was co-authored with John Maheu from McMaster University and Qiao Yang from ShanghaiTech University. He has two papers published on the same journal before. AbstractThis paper introduces novel approaches to forecast pooling methods based on a nonparametric prior for a weight vector combining predictive densities. The first approach places a Dirichlet process prior on the weight vecto...

The 4th SUFE Economic History Workshop - "China's Monetary and Financial History from an International Perspective" Held at SOE

2021-11-26

During November 6-7, the 4th SUFE Economic History Workshop - China's Monetary and Financial History from an International Perspective was held at SOE. The workshop was sponsored by the SOE, the Editorial Department of Researches in Chinese Economic History and the Institute for the Development of Chinese Economic Thought of SUFE, combining online and offline participation. Over 50 experts and scholars from famous universities and research institutes attended the workshop, including those from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Academy of Social...

Associate Professor Dawen Meng Paper Accepted for Publication in Games and Economic Behavior

2021-11-05

Associate Professor Dawen Meng has his paper accepted for publication by Games and Economic Behavior, a first-tier journal as listed by SUFE. The paper entitled “Dynamic Mechanism Design on Social Networks” was co-authored with Professor Guoqiang Tian and Dr. Lei Sun. Associate Professor Meng had another paper, titled “The competitive and welfare effects of long-term contracts with network externalities and bounded rationality”, published in Economic Theory, a tier-II journal as listed by SUFE, in July.   AbstractThis paper studies a mechanism design problem with networked agents...

Assistant Professor Xirong Lin Publish Paper Online in Journal of Econometrics

2021-10-12

Assistant Professor Xirong Lin has published a paper online in Journal of Econometrics, a first-tier journal as listed by SUFE. The paper entitled “Identification of Semiparametric Model Coefficients, With an Application to Collective Households” was co-authored with Arthur Lewbel (Boston College). AbstractWe prove identification of coefficients for a set of semiparametric specifications that are related to multiple index models. Potential applications of these results include models of observed heterogeneity in production functions and in consumer demand systems. We then generaliz...

Associate Professor Nathan Schiff Publish Paper Online in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

2021-09-24

Associate Professor Nathan Schiff has published a paper online in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, a first-tier journal as listed by SUFE. The paper entitled “Reducing Frictions in College Admissions: Evidence from the Common Application” was co-authored with Brian Knight from Brown University.  AbstractCollege admissions in the U.S. is decentralized, creating frictions that limit student choice. We study the Common Application (CA) platform, under which students submit a single application to member schools, potentially reducing frictions and increasing student cho...

Associate Professor Huaxia Zeng Paper Accepted for Publication in Games and Economic Behavior

2021-09-01

Associate Professor Huaxia Zeng has his paper accepted for publication in Games and Economic Behavior, a first-tier journal as listed by SUFE. The paper entitled “Local Global Equivalence for Unanimous Social Choice Functions” was co-authored with Ujjwal Kumar, Souvik Roy, Arunava Sen, Sonal Yadav. AbstractWe identify a condition on preference domains that ensures that every locally strategy-proof and unanimous random social choice function is also strategy-proof. Furthermore every unanimous, locally strategy-proof deterministic social choice function is also group strategy-proof. ...

Paper Co-authored by Prof. Fang Wang and PhD Candidate Yongchen Xu Reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest

2021-09-01

A paper, co-authored by Prof. Fang Wang and her PhD candidate Yongchen Xu, has been reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest, Issue 8, 2021. The paper, titled “Realization Mechanism for Silver Monetization and Institutional Changes in Late Ming Dynasty——Based on the Ideological Investigation of Exchange Medium Attributes”, was first published in Jiangxi Social Sciences, Issue 2, 2021, and had been reprinted by Copied Materials of Renmin University of China. AbstractSilver monetization in late Ming Dynasty is an important topic in the history of ancient Chinese currency, but the e...

Paper Co-authored by Professors and Students Published in Economic Research Journal

2021-08-27

A paper, titled “IHeterogeneous Policy Effect: A New Outcome Conditioned Quantile Regression Approach” and co-authored by Prof. Zhengyu Zhang, 2021 PhD graduate Guangya Sun, PhD candidate Chao Yang and Prof. Yahong Zhou, has been published in the Economic Research Journal in June, a tier-two journal in SUFE list.  AbstractQuantile regression (QR) is an econometric approach frequently taken by applied researchers using micro-data. Compared to the ordinary least squares (OLS), QR help researchers understand heterogeneous marginal effects of X on Y at different points of the cond...

High-end Meeting on Frontiers and Development of Econometrics in the Big Data Era Held at SOE

2021-06-30

The High-end Meeting on Frontiers and Development of Econometrics in the Big Data Era was held in the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, on 19th June. More than twenty scholars from seventeen universities or institutes participated in the conference. Yahong Zhou, Dean of School of Economics (SOE) of SUFE, Yan Sun, Vice Dean of SOE, and Zhengyu Zhang, Director of the Mathematical Economics Department, attended the conference. The opening ceremony was hosted by Yan Sun, and the keynote speeches were hosted by Zhengyu Zhang.  Prof. Yahong Zhou extend...

2021 Shanghai Applied Economics Workshop Held in SUFE

2021-06-30

The 2021 Shanghai Applied Economics Workshop was held in Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, from June 18-19, 2021. The workshop was co-sponsored by School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Research (IAR), and the Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics (SUFE) of Ministry of Education. Guest speakers from over 20 universities are invited. The workshop attracted many scholars and students in the field of applied economics. Xinyuan Chen, Vice President of SUFE, and Yahong Zhou, Dean of School of Economics of SUFE, attended the workshop and delivered speeches. The opening ceremony w...

Dr. Zhengyu Zhang Paper Accepted for Publication in Econometric Theory

2021-06-04

Professor Zhengyu Zhang recently had a paper accepted for publication in the Econometric Theory, a tier-two journal in SUFE list. The paper, titled“Identification and Estimation of Random Coefficients Transformation Model”, was coauthored with Post-doctor Zequn Jin from School of Economics.AbstractThis study examines identification and estimation in a correlated random coefficients (CRC) model with an unknown transformation of the dependent variable, namely λ(Y∗) = B0 + X′B, where the latent outcome Y∗ may be subject to a certain kind of censoring mechanism, λ(·) is an unknown, one-t...