Chen, Zhihong
Professor
School of International Trade and Economics
University of International Business and Economics
Beijing 100029, China
Email: zhihong.chen@uibe.edu.cn, chenza@bc.edu
Web Page: http://space.uibe.edu.cn/u1/chen/
WORKING POSITION
Professor, School of International Trade and Economics, UIBE, Beijing, Jan 2013 - Present
Associate Professor, School of International Trade and Economics, UIBE, Beijing, Dec 2008 – Dec 2012
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, Mar 2010 – June 2010
Assistant Professor, School of International Trade and Economics, UIBE, Beijing, Aug 2005-Dec 2008
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, U. S. A, May 2005
M.A., Economics, Boston College, U. S. A, Dec 2001
B.S., Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Nankai University, P. R. China, Jul 1998
PUBLICATION
“Globalization and Gender Wage Inequality in China”, (2013), with Ying Ge, Huiwen Lai and Chi Wan, World Development, forthcoming
“Searching for the Parallel Growth of Cities”, (2013), with Shihe Fu and Dayong Zhang, Urban Studies, forthcoming
“Forecasting the Probability of US Recessions: A Probit and Dynamic Factor Modeling Approach” (2011), with Azhar Iqbal and Huiwen Lai, Canadian Journal of Economics, Volume 44(2), 651-672
“Foreign Direct Investment and Wage Inequality: Evidence from China”, (2011) with Ying Ge and Huiwen Lai, World Development, Volume 39(8), 1322-1332
“Testing Multivariate Distributions in GARCH Models” (2008), with Jushan Bai, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 143, p19-36
"La Croissance Urbaine Chinoise Reconsidérée"(2008, in French), with Michel Dimou, Alexandra Schaffar, Shihe Fu，Région et Développement (26)，P109-131
“Measuring the Poverty Lines for Urban Households in China—An Equivalence Scale Method” (2006)，China Economic Review, Volume 17(3), 239-252. ；also appears in B. Fleisher, H. Li & S. Song (Eds.), Market Development in China : Spillovers, Growth, and Inequality (pp.3-24), Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Press
“The New Development of Macro-econometrics－Unit Root and Cointegration in Panel Data” (in Chinese, 2008), With Jushan Bai and Shuzhong Shi, in Forefront Research Reports and Analyses of Humanity and Social Sciences in the Western Countries: Economics, People’s University of China Press, Beijing, China, February 2008
“Measuring the Welfare Effect of WTO to China” (in Chinese 2007), Journal of International Trade (Guoji Maoyi Wenti), issue 2, issue 6
RESEARCH PROJECT
--Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China, Impacts of Demographic Characteristics on the Consumption Behaviors of Households - Evidence from Micro Panel Data on Households in Urban China, Principal Investigator
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Forecasting Macro-economy with Large Dimensional Data in the Post-Crisis Era--A Method Based on the Nonlinear Dynamic Factor Model, Project No.71101030, Principal Investigator.
Major Research Plan of the National Social Science Foundation of China, Grant No.11&ZD167, Major Participant
Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research of Ministry of Education, Grant No.11JZD025, Major Participant
National Social Science Foundation of China, Grant No.08BJL047, Major Participant
211 Project of UIBE (Phase III), A Forecast System for Macro-economy and Trade in China, Principal Investigator
211 Project of UIBE (Phase II), Econometric Studies on Demand System, Trade and Growth in China, Principal Investigator
TEACHING
Ph. D Course
- Advanced Econometrics (One in Chinese, One in English)
- Econometric Theory (in Chinese)
- Financial Econometrics (in English)
- Research Methodology (in English)
Master Course
- Econometrics (In English)
Undergraduate Courses
- Econometrics (One in Chinese, One in English)
- Statistics for Economics and Business, Instructor, Boston College, Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 (In English)
SELECTED HONORS
- New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education of China, 2012
- The Third Prize of the Outstanding Paper Award, the 17th An Zijie International Trade Research Award, 2012
- Listed as the Most Popular Professors in Graduate School, UIBE, 2011
- Wang Linsheng Teaching Award, UIBE, 2011
- Gregory Chow Best Student Paper Award, Chinese Economists Society (CES), US Conference in Atlanta, 2004
- Boston College Graduate Fellowship, 2000-2005
- Boston College Summer Dissertation Fellowship, 2004
- Member of Delegation of Outstanding Students in Science and Engineering in Mainland China, visiting Taiwan, 1996
AFFILIATIONS
- The Econometric Society
- American Economic Association (AEA)
- The Chinese Economists Society (CES)
REFEREE
Review of Statistics and Economics, China Economic Review, the Econometrics Journal, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies