Education Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, N.Y. 2006 M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, N.Y. 2005 M. Phil. in Economics, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong 2001 B. Soc. Sc. in Economics, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong 1999
Experience Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside, Since July 2006 Visiting Scholar, University of Western Ontario, March 2010
Research Interests Macroeconomics
Publications
A Quantitative Analysis of Suburbanization and the Diffusion of the Automobile with Karen A. Kopecky International Economic Review, forthcoming.
Finite State Markov-chain Approximations to Highly Persistent Processes with Karen A. Kopecky Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 13, 2010.
Superneutrality, Indeterminacy and Endogenous Growth with Chong K. Yip Journal of Macroeconomics, Volume 27, Issue 4, 2005.
Presentations CEA Annual Conference, Quebec City, May 2010 Midwest Macro Meetings, East Lansing, April 2010 University of Western Ontario, March 2010 The University of Hong Kong, January 2010 City University of Hong Kong, January 2010 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 2009 ACE International Conference, Hong Kong, December 2009 University of Southern California, December 2009 Conference on Health and the Macroeconomy, UCSB, October 2009 Georgia State University, September, 2009 Workshop for Economists Working in Parallel, Kansas City Fed, August 2009 CEF Conference, Sydney, July 2009 WEAI Annual Conference, Vancouver, June 2009 Econometric Society Meeting, Boston, June 2009 UCR Conference on Business Cycles, April 2009 Wegmans Conference, Rochester, October 2008 University of California, Riverside, October 2007, October 2008 University of Miami, November 2006 University of Southern California, October 2006 Midwest Macro Meetings, St. Louis, May 2006 University of California, Riverside, February 2006 SUNY Albany, January 2006 Carleton University, January 2006 Simon Fraser University, January 2006 University of Rochester, November 2005 Midwest Macro Meetings, Iowa, May 2005
Referee Activity Economic Inquiry Economic Theory International Economic Review (5) Journal of Economics Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2) Journal of Macroeconomics National Science Foundation Regional Science and Urban Economics Review of Economic Dynamics