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Yuting Chen
School of Economics, Singapore Management University https://yutingchen2014.wixsite.com/yuting/home
Contact Information School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903, Republic of Singapore Cell: +65-90823619 Personal Information: Date of Birth: 20th, Feb, 1990 Gender: Female Citizenship: China Undergraduate Studies: B.A. (Hons) International Business Economics (First Class), University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China,
2008 – 2012 Masters Level Work: MSc. Economics and Econometrics, University of Nottingham, 2012 – 2013 Graduate Studies: Ph.D. School of Economics, Singapore Management University, 2014 – 2019 (expected) References:
Pao-Li Chang (advisor) School of Economics, Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903 [email protected] +65 – 68280830
Amanda Jakobsson School of Economics, Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903 [email protected] +65 – 68085467
Yuan Mei School of Economics, Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903 [email protected] +65 – 68085212
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Teaching and Research Fields: Primary fields: International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment Secondary fields: Industrial Organization, Development Economics Teaching Experience: Teaching assistant (in Singapore Management Univeristy): Ph.D.: International Trade Undergraduate: International Economics; Urban Economics; Economics of Globalization Professional Activities: Referee: Frontiers of Economics in China Member: Econometric Society, Royal Economic Society Conference and Seminar Presentations: Oct. 2018, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Research Seminar (Invited) Sep. 2018, European Trade Study Group, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
June. 2018, Asia-Pacific Trade Seminar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology June. 2018, Asian Meeting of Econometric Society (Session Chair), Sogang University, Seoul
March.2018 Royal Economic Society Symposium for Junior Researchers, Sussex University June. 2017, Asia-Pacific Trade Seminar, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam June. 2017, China Meeting of Econometric Society, Wuhan University, China Dec. 2016 Singapore Management University Research Seminar Honors, Scholarships and Fellowships Singapore Management University Full Scholarship, 2014 – 2018 Universitas 21 Masters Scholarship, University of Nottingham, 2012 – 2013 Outstanding gradate, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, 2012 Dean’s Scholarship, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, 2008 – 2012 Publications: “Heterogeneous Firms in Importing: Theory and Evidence from China” Frontiers of Economics
in China, 2015, vol. 10, issue 2, 301-334 Research Papers: “Heterogeneous Firms in Trade: Quality Matters” (Job Market Paper) Abstract: In this paper, I study to what extent countries differ in their preferences for quality and their
technologies for improving quality. The paper also quantifies the contribution of those differences to the differences in gains from trade across countries. I adopt a tractable trade model of endogenous quality choice of firms where competition affects the scope of quality differentiation and structurally estimate the model. It is found that richer countries generally have larger valuation for quality. The quantification demonstrates that countries' variations in quality preferences and technology add to their heterogeneity in market competitiveness. Subsequently, I simulate a 5% increase in the trade barriers. If the quality channel is shut down, countries with higher quality preferences are more likely to have their losses from trade barrier underestimated. Finally, gains from a universal rise in quality preference are unequal among countries, with larger economies generally gain more than small economies.
“Informal Institutions and Comparative Advantage of South-Based MNEs: Theory and Evidence” (with Pao-Li Chang) R&R Journal of Development Economics Abstract: It has been suggested by the literature that similarly poor state institutions may be a source of
comparative advantage for South-based MNEs when investing in developing countries. Exactly how these comparative advantages arise is, however, less than fully understood because often the relative cost advantages of the North and South MNEs are assumed rather than derived. In this paper, we propose a theoretical model to micro-found the cost structure of firms, given their endogenous response to the state institutions of the country where they are based and where their production facilities might be. We arrive
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at the main hypothesis that predicts an institutional complementarity pattern across countries in bilateral FDI flows at both the firm and country levels. Using worldwide bilateral FDI data at the firm level and at the country level, we find a statistically significant assortative matching pattern in the institutional qualities of FDI origins and destinations.
“Financial Constraints, Agency Problem and International Trade” (with Renjing Chen and Wei
Jin) Abstract: In this paper, we present a heterogeneous firm model à la Melitz (2003) where firms suffer
from both the agency problem inside and financial constraints outside. We show that conditional on the same raw productivity draw, managers of potential exporting firms around the export cutoff exert more efforts in financially under-developed countries, relative to their counterparts in financially developed countries, so as to induce their owners to export. This finding has very positive policy implications, as firms in financially under-developed countries can compete with their peers in financially developed countries by exerting more managerial efforts. We find clear empirical evidence for this theoretical prediction using World Management Survey data for more than ten thousands firms from around 20 countries during 1999 – 2010.
Work in Progress: “A Characterization of FDI Location Choice based on Global Firm-level Data: Productivity, R&D, and
Institutions” (with Pao-Li Chang) “Global Sourcing in Quality: Theory and Evidence from Chinese Data” (with Jichun Si) “Agglomeration and Spillover” (with Bin Ni) Computer Skills: STATA, Eviews, Matlab, Python, R, Latex Languages: Chinese (native), English, Japanese
Updated: Oct. 2018
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Peng Liu
School of Economics, Singapore Management University Pengliusmu.weebly.com
[email protected] Contact Information School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903, Republic of Singapore Cell: +65-93595502
Personal Information: Date of birth: 06/18/1988
Gender: Male Citizenship: China
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Singapore Management University, Jul. 2017 - current Undergraduate Studies: B.A., Management, Nanjing Audit University, 2010 Masters Level Work: M.A., Economics, WISE, Xiamen University, 2013 Graduate Studies: Ph.D., School of Economics, Singapore Management University, 2017
Thesis Title: On Random Assignment Problems References: Shurojit Chatterji Atsushi Kajii Professor of Economics
Lee Kong Chian Fellow Singapore Management University [email protected]
Professor of Economics Institute of Economic Research Kyoto University [email protected]
Jordi Massó William Thomson Professor of Economics
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [email protected]
Elmer B. Milliman Professor University of Rochester [email protected]
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Teaching and Research Fields: Primary fields: Microeconomic Theory, Mechanism Design
Secondary fields: Applied Economics, Algorithmic Game Theory
Teaching Experience: Instructor:
Math Camp (Ph.D.), SMU, Aug. 2015 and Aug. 2016 Teaching Assistant: Microeconomics I & II (Master), Game Theory (Undergraduate), SMU, Aug. - Nov. 2016 Microeconomics II (Ph.D.), SMU, Jan. - Apr. 2015 and Aug. - Nov. 2015Microeconomics II (Undergraduate), Xiamen University, Sept. 2011 - Jan. 2012
Professional Activities: Referee: Journal of Mathematical Economics
Academic Visit: University of Rochester, Oct. 2017, hosted by William Thomson Conference and Seminar Presentations: 2018 - Nanjing International Conference on Game Theory
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, School of Economics Singapore Joint Economic Theory Workshop, SMU International Conference on Economic Theory and Applications, Chengdu Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, AUT The 14th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Seoul 2017 - University of Rochester (Econ. Department) Nanjing International Conference on Game Theory, Nanjing Audit University 35th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, University of Auckland and AUT Econometric Society Summer School, Hanyang University, Seoul 10th Conference on Economic Design, University of York Sun Yat-sen University (Lingnan College) 2016 - Workshop on Mechanism Design, SMU 13th Meeting of the Society for SCW, Lund
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships: Travel award to the 35th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop sponsored by NZIER, 2017
PhD Scholarship, Singapore Management University, 2013-2017Best Teaching Assistant, Xiamen University, 2011-2012 Spring semester Scholarship for Excellent Graduate Students, Xiamen University, 2010-2013
Publications: “Specification Tests of Habit Formation” with Yu Ren (Master Thesis)
Applied Economics Letters 20.17 (2013): 1596-1601. Abstract: Campbell and Cochrane (1999) propose the habit formation model to explain the equity premium puzzle. They assume that an agent’s consumption is affected by habit and describe how habit adjusts to the history of consumption. We use the simulated moment method to test these two specifications. Empirically, we find that habit plays an important role in an agent’s consumption choice, however not in the way Campbell and Cochrane (1999) specify.
Research Papers: “Random Assignments of Bundles” with Shurojit Chatterji (Job Market Paper)
Abstract: We study the random assignments of bundles with no free disposal. The key difference between the setting with bundles and the setting with objects (see Bogomolnaia and Moulin (2001)) is one of feasibility. The implications of this difference are significant. First, the characterization of
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sd-efficient random assignments is fundamentally different. Second, a possibility result in the setting with objects fails in the setting with bundles. However, in the setting with bundles, we are able to identify a preference restriction, called essential monotonicity, under which the random serial dictatorship rule (extended to the setting with bundles) is equivalent to the probabilistic serial rule (extended to the setting with bundles). This equivalence implies the existence of a rule on this restricted domain satisfying sd-efficiency, sd-strategy-proofness, and equal treatment of equals. Moreover, this rule selects only random assignments which can be decomposed as convex combinations of deterministic assignments. “Random Assignments on Sequentially Dichotomous Domains” R&R in Games and Economic Behavior Abstract: We present a possibility result on the existence of a random assignment rule satisfying sd-strategy-proofness, sd-efficiency, and equal treatment of equals. In particular, we introduce a class of preference domains: sequentially dichotomous domains. On any such domain, the probabilistic serial rule (Bogomolnaia and Moulin (2001)) is sd-strategy-proof. Moreover, any sequentially dichotomous domain is maximal for this rule to be sd-strategy-proof. “Random Assignments on Preference Domains with a Tier Structure” with Huaxia Zeng R&R in Journal of Mathematical Economics Abstract: We address a standard random assignment problem (Bogomolnaia and Moulin, 2001). A weakly connected domain admitting an sd-strategy-proof, sd-efficient and sd-envy-free rule is characterized to be a restricted tier domain. Conversely, on such a domain, the Probabilistic Serial rule is uniquely characterized by either sd-efficiency and sd-envy-freeness, or sd-strategy-proofness, sd-efficiency and equal treatment of equals. Thereafter, we show that a connected domain admitting an sd-strategy-proof, sd-efficient and equal-treatment-of-equals rule is also a restricted tier domain. Finally, we provide an algorithm to construct unions of restricted tier domains, each of which admits an sd-strategy-proof, sd-efficient and sd-envy-free rule.
“A Large Class of Strategy-Proof Exchange Rules with Single-Peaked Preferences” Abstract: We study the classical house exchange problem (Shapley and Scarf (1974)) and identified a large class of rules, each of which is strategy-proof, efficient, and individually rational with single-peaked preferences. These rules are generalizations of Gale’s top trading cycles rule: In each step a subset of houses are allowed to be traded along top trading cycles and in particular, the next step subset of trading houses may depend on the exchanges happened already. We believe that the flexibility introduced by this class of rules is desirable when the designer faces some context-specific requirements.
Computer Skills: Matlab; Latex; Stata Languages: Chinese (native), English (fluent)
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Di Sima
School of Economics, Singapore Management University http://mrpercy007.wixsite.com/simadi
Contact Information
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903, Republic of Singapore
Cell: +65 98964397
Personal Information:
Citizenship: China
Undergraduate Studies:
BA, Applied Psychology, School of Education, Zhengzhou University (China), 2010
Masters Level Studies:
MA, Economics, School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
(China), 2014
Graduate Studies:
Singapore Management University, 2014 - 2019 (Expected)
Thesis Title: “Essays in Political Economy, Growth, and Innovation” Expected Completion Date: May, 2019
Thesis Committee and References:
Fali Huang (advisor) Madhav S. Aney School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903
< +65 68280859 > < [email protected] >
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903
< +65 68280644 > < [email protected] >
Jungho Lee
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903
< +65 68280086 > <[email protected] >
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Teaching and Research Fields:
Primary fields: Public Economics, Development Economics
Secondary fields: Political Economy
Teaching Experience:
ECON217 Macroeconomics of Income Distribution, Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant to Professor HO Kong Weng
ECON101 Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant to Professor Fali Huang
ECON101 Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2017
Teaching Assistant to Professor Massimiliano Landi
ECON209 Labor Economics, Fall 2015
Teaching Assistant to Professor Jungho Lee
Teaching Certificate, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2018
Research Experience:
Research Assistant to Professor Fali Huang in School of Economics, Singapore Management
University
Conference and Seminar Presentations:
International Conference on Economic Theory and Applications at Southwestern University of
Finance and Economics 2018
China Meeting of the Econometric Society (CMES) at Fudan University 2018
Annual Australasian Public Choice Conference (APCC) at Deakin University 2017
Singapore Management University Research Workshop 2017
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:
Graduate Full Scholarship (Ph.D. Program), Ministry of Education, Singapore, Aug 2014-Jul 2018
Research Papers:
“Curriculum Control and Innovation” (Job Market Paper)
Abstract: This article empirically explores the effect of curriculum control in education on cross-
country innovative capacity. I argue that more centralized curriculum control, which combines more
centralized official curriculum design with high-stakes achievement exams, would lead to more
homogeneous learning experiences and bring other side effects to students (e.g., impair imagination,
curiosity, critical thinking, and self-confidence of students). It is less favorable for cultivating their
creativity, and it weakens the national creativeness. The regression results are quite robust and show
that curriculum control is negatively associated with the national innovativeness captured by various
and different dimensions of innovation indicators. Using the exogenous variation in the deviation of
land productivity (measured by the standard deviation of the Caloric Suitability Index) and the number
of native cultures before colonization as instrumental variables, I identify the causal and negative
effects of curriculum control on innovation. This study implies that the recent education reforms in
some developed countries that aim to improve students’ test performances by implementing more
centralized and standardized curriculum and high-stakes exams would undermine their innovative
capacities in the long run.
“Is Democracy Good for Growth? — Institutional Quality Matters” (with Fali Huang)
Abstract: The level of economic development during democratization exerts long-lasting effects on
growth, possibly by giving permanent birthmarks to newly minted institutions. This paper finds that
democracies born in weak development tend to have weak institutions and slow growth, while in
contrast, those with adequate development at the political transition time establish strong institutions
and achieve faster growth. Salient differences between them also exist in other dimensions such as
population growth rates and populism tendencies. These results are based on data in 1960-2010 and
robust to various specifications and endogeneity issues. The paper shows that without appropriate
development, democratization does not facilitate growth.
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Work in Progress:
“Economic Growth and Democratization —The Legacy of State History”
Abstract: This paper studies the heterogeneous effects of democracy and the strength of state on
economic growth as well as the role of the strength of the state on democratization. I establish a unified
political-economy model to analyze the process of economic growth and democratization in the context
of different state capacities and their distinct educational policies. Autocracy with a powerful state has
the advantage of providing specific education that improves the productivity of the masses in using
mature technologies, while democracy has the advantage of offering general education that enhances
the productivity of the masses in using advanced technology as well as providing skills that allow the
masses to defend their own interests in cases of political conflict. Thus, autocracy with a developed
state outperforms democracy in economic growth at the early stage of development, while democracy
performs better when general human capital is the main engine of growth. To ensure sustainable
economic growth, democratization is needed when an autocratic country becomes rich, but the well-
developed state that once brought economic prosperity may become a stumbling block to political
reform, as the ruling elites can easily suppress their opponents. I empirically confirm that democracy
has greater effects on growth when the country has a more educated population, while the effect of the
strength of state on growth is stronger when the country has a fewer educated population. Additionally,
I find an inverted U-shaped link between the strength of the state and democratization.
Computer Skills:
Stata, R, Python, Latex
Languages:
Chinese (native), English (fluent)
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Jessica Ya Sun
School of Economics, Singapore Management University [email protected]
Contact Information
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903, Republic of Singapore
Cell: +65 8389 2581
Personal Information:
April 16th 1991, Chinese
Undergraduate Studies:
B.S., Cum Laude, Economics, School of Economics, Singapore Management University, 2013.
Graduate Studies:
Singapore Management University, Aug 2013 to May 2018 Thesis Title: Three Essays in Social Insurance
Thesis Committee and References:
Seonghoon Kim (advisor) Bryce Hool
Assistant Professor, School of Economics
Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903
+65 6808 5465
Dean, School of Economics
Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903
+65 6828 0707
Rhema Vaithianathan
Professor, School of Economics
Auckland University of Technology 120 Mayoral Drive, Auckland
+64 9 921 9999 ext 8064
Teaching and Research Fields:
Primary fields: Health Economics Secondary fields: Public Economics
Teaching Experience: Instructor for ECON225: Health Systems and Policy (Spring, 2019)
Instructor for STAT101: Introductory to Statistics (Fall, 2017; Spring, 2018)
Teaching Assistant for Econ215: Health Economics (Spring, 2016)
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Professional Activities:
2018-2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Research on the Economics of Ageing(CREA)
2017 Intern Asia Development Research Consultant
2016 -2017 Research Consultant National University Hospital (NUH)
Conference and Seminar Presentations:
2018 RAND Summer Institute
2018 International Pension Workshop at Nova University in Lisbon 2017 Brownbag Seminar at School of Economics, Singapore Management University
2016 Paris School of Economics Microeconometrics Summer School
2015 Singapore Health Economics Association Conference
2015 International Symposium on Contemporary Labor Economics
Research Grants:
2018 Collaborator Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1 Fund for Project “Policy Awareness and Policy Intervention” (with Luca Facchinello) SGD 40,000
2018 Collaborator Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1 Fund for Project “Cancer Screening
and Adoption of Preventive Measures” (with Yini Gao and Daniel Zheng) SGD 40,000
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:
2018 Ministry of Education (MOE) Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013 Ministry of Education (MOE) Scholarship for PhD
Publications:
“The Long-term Effects of Early-Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward
Famine” (with Seonghoon Kim and Belton M. Fleisher). Health Economics 2017(26): 1264-1277.
Research Papers:
“The Effect of Public Transfer to Health Savings Accounts on Healthcare Utilization and Health”
(Job Market Paper)
Abstract: I examine the effects of cash transfers on healthcare utilization and health by exploiting a healthcare
policy in Singapore that provides a cash transfer of 100SGD or 200SGD to mandatory health savings
accounts for all citizens born before 1959. Using monthly longitudinal data from the Singapore Life Panel, I compare the outcomes of individuals born right before and after January 1959. I find that the
receipt of cash transfers in an individual health savings account leads to a higher probability of doctor
visits and higher monthly health spending. In addition, I provide evidence that the cash transfer to a
health savings account increases the probability of diagnosis of chronic conditions.
“Welfare Consequences of Access to Health Insurance for low- and middle-income households:
Evidence from New Cooperative Medical Scheme” (Revise and Resubmit at Health Economics)
Abstract:
This paper evaluates the welfare benefits of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), the main public health insurance plan for the rural population in China. I find that the value of the NCMS to
recipients is slightly higher than the government’s costs of implementation. Household benefits from the
insurance through its value in transfer and insurance function. The estimated moral hazard costs are
small compared to the total benefits. The findings suggest that behavioural changes due to health insurance (i.e. an increase of medical service utilization) are in large welfare improving among low- and
middle-income households.
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“Can Refinements to Effective Transitional Care Services Improve Outcomes? Results from a
Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial” (with Chen Yanying, Tan Yijin, Chua Chenzhan, Jefferey
Yoo, Thomas Wong, Helen Chen, John Wong, and Philip Phan) Invited for resubmission at BMC Health
Services Research
Abstract: Many hospitals have implemented transitional care programmess (TCPs) to reduce rehospitalisations. As
the practice spreads, there remains a question of whether further gains can be made by refining existing
TCP models. We conducted a pragmatic, randomised, controlled trial of a new TCP, CareHub, for cardiac patients in Singapore’s National University Hospital. CareHub merges an assortment of existing
transitional care services to protocolise post-discharge patient encounters, with the goal of improving
patient outcomes and containing costs. Over a period of 6 months post-discharge, CareHub reduced the number of unplanned cardiac-related readmissions and total unplanned, cardiac-related days in hospital
by 39% and 56% respectively. Net costs were reduced by about SGD1,300 per CareHub patient. We
also find evidence that CareHub reduced patient anxiety/depression and improved the transition of care.
Research in Progress:
Wealth Dynamics and Active Saving in Singapore (with Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder)
Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Insurance Savings Account
Languages:
Chinese (Native); English (Fluent)
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SIJIA XU
School of Economics, Singapore Management University https://economics.smu.edu.sg/phd-economics/phd-job-candidate-xu-sijia
[email protected] Contact Information School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903, Republic of Singapore Cell: 97728635
Personal Information: Female, Chinese Undergraduate Studies: Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 2011 Masters Level Work: Master of Social Science, Applied Economics, National University of Singapore, 2013 Graduate Studies: Singapore Management University, 2013 to 2018
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Human Capital Development in Bangladesh Completion Date: June 2018
Thesis Committee and References: Tomoki Fujii (advisor)
Associate Professor & Associate Dean Christine Ho Associate Professor
School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903 <(65)68280279> <[email protected]>
School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903 <(65)68085173> <[email protected]>
Abu S. Shonchoy
Assistant Professor Sonia Akter (teaching) Assistant Dean & Assistant Professor
Department of Economics Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, Florida 33199 <(305)3483352> <[email protected]>
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore 469C Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772 <(65)66013972><[email protected]>
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Teaching and Research Fields: Primary fields: Development Economics
Secondary fields: Family Economics
Teaching Experience: Instructor:
Economics and Mathematics Preparatory Course (Master), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in National University of Singapore, AY2018/2019. Student Evaluation: 6.25/7 Intermediate Maths for Economics (Undergraduate), Singapore Management University, Term 1 AY2016/2017 and AY2017/2018. Student Evaluation:6.10/7 Teaching Assistant: Economic Development in Asia (Undergraduate), Singapore Management University, Term 2 AY2015/2016. Urban Economics and Policies (Undergraduate), Singapore Management University, Term 2 AY2014/2015.
Research Experience: Short-term Consultant, World Bank, DRC WPD Nutrition Project, 2017.
Short-term Consultant, World Bank, DRC SWIFT Project, 2017. Research Assistant, Singapore Management University, 2013-2015.
Professional Activities: Short-term Consultant, World Bank, DRC WPD Nutrition Project, 2017.
Short-term Consultant, World Bank, DRC SWIFT Project, 2017.
Conference and Seminar Presentations:
LKYSPP Brown Bag Seminar, Singapore, 2018. China Meeting of the Econometric Society (CMES), China, 2018. Australasian Development Economics Workshop (ADEW), Australia, 2018. ADBI-AGI Conference on Public and Private Investment in Human Capital and Intergenerational Transfers, Japan, 2017. LKYSPP Development Economics and Policy (DeEP) Conference, Singapore, 2016. Singapore Economic Review Conference (SERC), Singapore, 2015.
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:
PhD Scholarship, Singapore Management University, 2013-2016. Full Undergraduate Scholarship of Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2007-2011.
Publications:
Fujii, T., Shonchoy, A. S., and Xu, S. (2018) “Impact of Electrification on Children’s Nutritional Status in Rural Bangladesh,” World Development, 102, 315-330
Research Papers:
“Illusion of Gender Parity in Education: Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Bangladesh”, with Abu S. Shonchoy and Tomoki Fujii (Job Market Paper) Abstract: The target under the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG)—to eliminate gender disparity in all levels of education by 2015—has been achieved in the developing world, according to the MDG Report 2015. However, gender parity through the narrow lens of school enrollment is misleading as girls may lag behind boys in other important education outcomes. We investigate this with four rounds of household surveys from Bangladesh by decomposing households' schooling decisions into enrollment, education expenditure, and core share of education expenditure, or the share allocated for the quality of education such as private tutoring. We find a pro-female bias in school
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enrollment but pro-male bias in conditional expenditure and core share expenditure decisions from 2000 onwards. This contradirectional gender gap is unique to Bangladesh and can be explained partly by the presence of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs, collectively known as Female Stipend Programs (FSPs). While FSPs promoted girls' enrollment in secondary schools, they did not narrow the gender gap in education expenditure and core share conditional on enrollment, indicating the presence of gender gap in the quality of education once children are in school. Consistent with this, girls are less likely to graduate from secondary schools than boys conditional on the graduation from primary schools. Taken together, the achievement of gender parity in education is only an illusion, at least in Bangladesh, resulting from the exclusive use of enrollment as the key performance indicator in the MDG’s target. More efforts are called upon to further promote gender equality and empower women. “Can a Vocational Training Program Empower Women? Experimental Evidence from Northern Bangladesh”, with Tomoki Fujii and Abu S. Shonchoy Abstract: This paper experimentally studies the impact of a job training "plus" program in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector on female empowerment in northern Bangladesh, where the program features the provision of information, stipend, and internship in addition to the skills training. We find that the training ``plus'' program tends to increase the women's social status and mobility and improve men's attitude towards gender equality. On the other hand, it tends to lower women's perception of female empowerment and weakens women's decision power. We also find that the estimated treatment effect change over time.
Computer Skills: STATA, Matlab, R, LaTex Languages: Mandarin (native), English (fluent), Cantonese (good)
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MING ZENG
School of Economics, Singapore Management University Email address: [email protected]
URL: https://economics.smu.edu.sg/phd-economics/phd-job-candidate-zeng-ming
Contact Information
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903, Republic of Singapore
Cell: +65 86579156
Undergraduate Studies:
Bachelor of Engineering in Applied Mathematics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, 2011.
Masters Level Work: Master of Science in Financial Engineering, ESSEC Business School, 2012
Doctoral Studies:
Ph.D. in Economics, Singapore Management University, 2018
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing
Thesis Committee and References:
Jun Yu (advisor)
Lee Kong Chian Professor of
Economics and Finance
Thomas J. Sargent Professor of Economics
New York University
School of Economics
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
Phone: +65 6828 0858
Email: [email protected]
Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Phone: +01 (212) 998-8900
Email: [email protected]
Dashan Huang Anthony Tay
Assistant Professor of Finance
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
Phone: +65 6808 5476
Email: [email protected]
Associate Professor of Economics
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
Phone: +65 6828 0850
Email: [email protected]
Teaching and Research Fields:
Primary fields: Financial Economics, Empirical Asset Pricing, International Finance
Secondary fields: Applied Econometrics
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Teaching Experience:
2016-2017: Adjunct Lecturer at ESSEC Business School
Stochastic Processes in Continuous Time (Master of Finance program)
Evaluation: 4.07/5
2015-2016: Instructor for SMU PhD Math Camp: Theory of Dynamic Programming
2014-2018: Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, Singapore Management University
Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics (Prof. Thomas Sargent)
PhD-level Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics (Prof. Nicolas Jacquet)
Undergraduate-level Macroeconomics (Prof. Nicolas Jacquet)
Conference and Seminar Presentations:
2018-2019: AFA Ph.D. Poster Session. Nankai University. Southwestern University of Finance and
Economics. Central University of Finance and Economics. FMA Annual Meeting*.
Renmin University of China. SAIF*. Fudan University. University of Macau. Peking
University HSBC Business School. Econometric Society Asian Meeting. Econometric
Society China Meeting. Wolfe Research Global Quantitative and Macro Investment
Conference*. Conference on Frontiers of Factor Investing*. Birkbeck College,
University of London*. Singapore Management University
2016-2017: FMA Annual Meeting. EEA-ESEM. Annual Conference of International Association for
Applied Econometrics (IAAE). Econometric Society China Meeting. Econometric
Society Asian Meeting. Singapore Management University. Australasian Finance and
Banking Conference
(* indicates presentation by co-author)
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:
2013-2017: Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, Singapore Management University
2017: Student travel grant for the Annual Conference of IAAE
2012: ESSEC Excellence Scholarship
Research Papers:
“Currency Carry, Momentum, and Global Interest Rate Uncertainty” (Job Market Paper)
Abstract: Currency carry and momentum are among the most popular investment strategies in the
foreign exchange market. The carry (momentum) trade buys currencies with high-interest rates (recent
returns) and sells those with low-interest rates (recent returns). Both strategies are highly profitable, but
little is known on their common risk sources. This paper finds that their high returns are compensations
for the risk of global interest rate uncertainty (IRU), with risk exposures explaining 92% of their cross-
sectional return variations. Profitability of two strategies also weakens substantially when the global IRU
risk is high. The unified explanation stems from its superior power of capturing the crashes of carry and
momentum, which usually occur during bad and good market states. An intermediary-based exchange
rate model confirms the negative price for the global IRU risk. Higher uncertainty tightens
intermediary’s financial constraints and triggers unwinding on long and short positions. High (low) carry
and momentum currencies then realize low (high) returns as they are on the long (short) side of
intermediary’s holdings. Further empirical evidence indicates that the explanatory power for momentum
extends to other asset classes, suggesting a risk-based explanation for the commonality of momentum
returns.
“Inflation Risk, Ambiguity, and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns”, joint with Guihai Zhao
Abstract: How the stock market prices the inflation risk is a long-standing question for financial
economists. We find that the inflation risk premium among individual stocks is tied to the inflation
ambiguity. The representative investor does not trust the model of inflation, and the ambiguity refers to
the uncertainty over alternative models that could generate the observed inflation data. The equilibrium
inflation risk premium thus contains compensations for fluctuating inflation and ambiguity. Their time-
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varying correlation, named as the nominal-ambiguity correlation (NAC), dictates the interaction of two
components. Positive NAC tends to make inflation-hedging stocks also good hedges to the ambiguity,
leading to lower premium required by the investor. Using the inflation forecast dispersion as the
empirical proxy for inflation ambiguity, we show that positive NAC at the current quarter predicts in the
following quarter a loss of quarterly cross-sectional inflation premium of -4.88%. The magnitude is
economically large and statistically significant. The NAC also explains well the dynamics of inflation
premium at the industry-level. The ambiguity channel differs from the existing risk- or behavioral-based
explanations.
“The Term Structure of Sovereign CDS and the Cross-section of Exchange Rate Predictability”,
joint with Giovanni Calice. Featured in Systemic Risk and Systematic Value
Abstract: Out-of-sample exchange rate predictability is an enduring challenge for international finance.
In this paper, we provide new and encouraging evidence on this by using the term premia of the
sovereign credit default swap (CDS). The sovereign CDS is a popular tool to trade on country’s credit
risk, and its term premia reflect investors’ perception of sovereign credit risk over different horizons.
Using a sample of 29 countries, we find that the sovereign CDS term premia significantly predict the
exchange rate out-of-sample. The predictability is evaluated via the cross-sectional approach, which is
model-free and thus stands in contrast to the usual time-series method. On average, higher CDS term
premia for a country predicts its currency appreciation against the US dollar (USD). The predictive
power is robust after controlling for other conventional macroeconomic and financial factors. Further
analysis shows that the predictability stems from the informative role of the sovereign CDS term premia
on the country-specific credit risk.
“The Share of Systematic Risk in Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets”
Abstract: Is there a common systematic risk between the foreign exchange market and the stock
market? To answer this question, a two-country affine model of exchange rates is proposed to obtain a
so-called Forex-specific factor. We show that this factor is an important driver of the stock market risk
premium. Not only it contributes a sizable portion of exchange rate volatility, but also outperforms the
commonly-used financial and macroeconomic variables in terms of predicting stock excess returns. The
predictive power is robust with respect to forecasting horizons, and to different industry and
characteristic portfolios. In addition, the cross-sectional study shows that the Forex-specific factor has
substantial explanatory power for cross-section return differences of industry portfolios, the performance
is better than Fama-French three-factor model and is comparable with that of the up-to-date five factor
model.
“Understanding US Firm Efficiency and its Asset Pricing Implications”, joint with Giovanni Calice
and Levent Kutlu
Abstract: We investigate the link between firm-level total factor productivity (TFP) growth, technical
efficiency change, and their implications on firm-level stock returns. We estimate total factor
productivity growth of US firms between 1966 and 2015 and decompose TFP growth into returns to
scale, technical progress, and efficiency change components. Most of the variation in TFP growth is
explained by technical efficiency change, which highlights the importance of understanding the
determinants and other consequences of technical efficiency. To this end, we examine the effect of
important macro and micro level factors on inefficiency, as well as the outcomes of efficiency on the
firm’s sensitivity to macro shocks and pricing of stock return anomalies. We find that firms with low
efficiency are more sensitive to a wide class of shocks, and the classical stock return anomalies are more
pronounced among those firms.
Computer Skills: Matlab, SAS, R, LaTex, Dynare, VBA
Languages: English (Fluent), Mandarin (Native), French (Intermediate)