Paper by Dr. Liguo Lin Accepted by <i>Journal of Public Economics</i>

2012-11-22

Recently, the paper titled "Enforcement of Pollution Levies in China" by SOE Assistant Professor Dr. Liguo Lin was accepted by tier-1 Journal of Public Economics for publication. In this paper, Dr. Lin investigates how industrial plants react to inspections conducted by environmental authorities under the pollution levy (taxation) regulation in China. Contrary to studies in the United States and Canada (Magat and Viscusi, 1990; Laplant and Rilstone, 1996), and previous studies in China (Dasgupta et al. 2001), this paper finds that inspections increase plants�...

First National Marxist Economics Forum and the 6^th National Symposium on Mathematical Analysis of Modern Political Economy and the 10^th Anniversary of <i>Economics Study of Shanghai School</i> Held at SUFE

2012-09-27

First National Marxist Economics Forum and the 6th National Symposium on Mathematical Analysis of Modern Political Economy and the 10th Anniversary of Economics Study of Shanghai School Held at SUFE SUFE Vice President Hongwei Wang Delivers a Speech Vice President Jie Li of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Delivers a Congratulatory Speech Deputy Director Qi Li of the Publicity Department at Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Delivers a Congratulatory Speech Special Adviser Guoguang Liu of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Delivers a Speech Dean Enfu Ch...

Seven Projects Obtain Grants from NSFC 2012

2012-08-31

Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced the recipients of 2012 NSFC grants, with seven projects of SOE wining the financial support. This number of NSFC-funded SOE projects hits record high. SOE attaches great importance to the application of the National Natural Science Funding. We invite experts and NSFC recipients to offer guidance and share experience in the application, and provide incentives for applying for the fund, which has contributed to achieving remarkable outcomes. NSFC is an organization directly affiliated to the State Council o...

Inauguration Ceremony of Collaborative Innovation Center for Economic Theory and Practice Held

2012-07-26

On July 22, the inauguration ceremony of Collaborative Innovation Center for Economic Theory and Practice was held at the administration building of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. It is the first collaborative innovation center for economics in China, which is jointly founded by SOE at SUFE, the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University and the Research Institute of Economics and Management at Southwest University of Finance and Economics under the support of SUFE, Tsinghua University and Southwest University of Finance and Economics. Deputy Director Xianchun ...

Upcoming Event: The 3rd Shanghai Macroeconomics Workshop

2012-05-30

Upcoming Event: The 3rd Shanghai Microeconomics Workshop

2012-05-30

Paper by Dr. Fuhai Hong Accepted by <i>Journal of Public Economics</i>

2012-05-24

Recently, the paper of SOE Assistant Professor Dr. Fuhai Hong "International Environmental Agreements with Mixed Strategies and Investment" co-authored with Prof. Larry Karp at University of California Berkeley was accepted by Journal of Public Economics for publication. International Environmental Agreements with Mixed Strategies and Investment Abstract: We modify a canonical participation game used to study International Environmental Agreements (IEA), considering both mixed and pure strategies at the participation stage, and including a prior cost-reducing investment s...

2012 Shanghai Econometrics Workshop Held

2012-05-23

During May 17~18, the 2012 Shanghai Econometrics Workshop was held by the Department of Quantitative Economics at SOE, SUFE. This workshop welcomed econometricians and scholars from China and abroad to gather together and exchange their views on interesting topics and frontier research findings in econometrics. The keynote speaker at this workshop was Prof. Peter C.B. Phillips from Yale University. Invited speakers included Profs. Jushan Bai from Columbia University, Jin-Chuan Duan from National University of Singapore, Liangjun Su from Singapore Management University, Zhijie Xiao from Bost...

Upcoming Event: 2012 Shanghai Econometrics Workshop

2012-05-14

New Faculty Recruited: Dr. Pak Hung Au from Northwestern U. Accepted Offer from SOE

2012-02-20

Recently, Dr. Pak Hung Au from Northwestern University has accepted our offer of tenure-track Assistant Professorship at SOE. Dr. Au is an outstanding young scholar whose research interests include Microeconomic Theory, Contract Theory and Corporate Finance. His basic information is as follows: Homepage: www.depot.northwestern.edu/~pha277/indexjm.html EducationPh.D., Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IllinoisCommittee Chairperson: Professor Asher WolinskyDate of Completion: June 2012 (expected)M.A.: Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2007...

New Faculty Recruited: Dr. Yu Jin from Iowa State U. Accepted Offer from SOE

2012-02-20

Recently, Dr. Yu Jin from Iowa State University has accepted our offer of tenure-track Assistant Professorship at SOE. Dr. Jin is an outstanding young scholar whose research interests include Financial Economics, Credit Markets, Economic Theory and Applied Econometrics. His basic information is as follows: Homepage: http://yujin.public.iastate.edu Education2012 (expected) Ph.D., Major: Economics, Minor: Applied Mathematics, Iowa State University, U.S.Thesis Topic: Essays on Financial Institutions and Instability2005 M.A., in Economics, Fudan University, China2002 B.A.,...

New Faculty Recruited: Dr. Xin Jin from U. of Toronto Accepted Offer from SOE

2012-02-20

Recently, Dr. Xin Jin from University of Toronto has accepted our offer of tenure-track Assistant Professorship at SOE. Dr. Jin is an outstanding young scholar whose research interests include Financial Econometrics and Applied Econometrics. His basic information is as follows: Homepage: http://individual.utoronto.ca/jin_xin Education2011 PhD, Economics, University of Toronto (2006-)Dissertation: Modelling Covariance Dynamics for Assets returnsCommittee: John Maheu (supervisor), Martin Burda, Gordon Anderson2006 MA, Economics, University of Toronto (2005-2...

New Faculty Recruited: Dr. Lei Ji from North Carolina State U. Accepted Offer from SOE

2012-02-20

Recently, Dr. Lei Ji from North Carolina State University has accepted our offer of tenure-track Assistant Professorship at SOE. Dr. Ji is an outstanding young scholar whose research interests include Economic Growth and Development, International Trade, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization and Econometrics. Her basic information is as follows: Homepage: http://mwpweb.eu/leiji/ Current PositionMax Weber Fellow, European University Institute EducationPh.D. Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Dec 2010M.A. Economics, North Carolina State University, R...

New Faculty Recruited: Dr. King King Li from HKUST Accepted Offer from SOE

2012-02-20

Recently, Dr. King King Li from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has accepted our offer of tenure-track Assistant Professorship at SOE. Dr. Li is an outstanding young scholar whose research interests include Behavioral Economics/Experimental Economics, Experimental Political Economy, Design of Voting Institutions, Design of Incentive Payment Schemes and Choice under Risk and Uncertainty. His basic information is as follows: Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/likingking EducationPh.D. Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, November 2008Adviso...