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 Employment

2022 - Present     Principal Researcher, Bank of Canada

2018 - 2022                                  Senior Economist, Bank of Canada

Education

2012 - 2018                                   University of Toronto, Ph.D. Economics

      Thesis Title: Identification and Estimation of Empirical Games without Equilibrium Assumption

      Thesis Committee: Victor Aguirregabiria (Chair), Yao Luo, Ryan Webb

2011 - 2012                                   University of Toronto, M.A. Economics

2009 - 2011                                   Western University, B.A. Economics

2007 - 2009                                   Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China, B.A. Economics

Research Interest

• Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Behavioral Economics

Published and Accepted Papers

• Non-Parametric Identification and Testing of Quantal Response Equilibrium, with Johannes Hoelzemann, and Ryan Webb, accepted at Games and Economic Behavior.

• Inference in Games without Equilibrium Restriction: An Application to Restaurant Competition in Opening Hours, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol 40, No. 4, 2022.

• Empirical Properties and Identification of Adaptive Learning Models in Behavioral Game Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol 191, 2021.

• Identification of Non-Equilibrium Beliefs in Games of Incomplete Information Using Experimental Data, with Victor Aguirregabiria, Journal of Econometric Methods, Vol 10, No. 1, 2021.

Working Papers/Work in Progress

• Testing Collusion and Cooperation in Binary Choice Games.

• Nonparametric Identification of Incomplete Information Discrete Games with Non-Equilibrium Behaviors.

• An Analysis of the Configuration of Payment Platforms, with Narayan Bulusu.

• Information Structure and Strategic Interactions in the Payments System Liquidity Management Game, with Victor Aguirregabiria and Francisco Rivadeneyra.

Teaching Experience

Course Instructor (University of Toronto)

2014 - 2016                            ECO 316: Applied Game Theory (Evaluation: 4.5/5, click here for evaluation report.)

2015, Spring                           ECO 326: Advanced Economic Theory - Micro (Evaluation: 4.3/5, click here for evaluation report.)

Conferences and Seminars

• • 2024: IIOC, University of Toronto, CEA Conference, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Empirical Method in Game Theory Workshop

  • 2023: University of Toronto, Xi'an Jiaotong University, CEA Conference, Econometric Society Asian Meeting, ESA European Meeting, Midwest Econometrics Study Group

  • 2022: CEA Conference, IAAE, Midwest Econometrics Study Group, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society

  • 2021: Bank of Canada, Jinan University

  • 2020: Econometric Society World Congress, ESA Junior Faculty Seminar, ESA Global Conference

  • 2019: CEA Conference, Econometric Society Asian, China, and European Meetings

  • 2018: Bank of Canada, Concordia University, McGill University, University of Victoria, IIOC, IAAE

  • 2017:  Yale Young Economist Symposium, EARIE Annual Conference, Jornadas de Economia Industrial, CEA Conference, University of Toronto, Tsinghua University

  • 2016:  ESA North American Meeting, CEA Conference, Doctoral Workshop for Applied Econometrics, University of Toronto IO Seminar

  • 2015:  University of Toronto IO Seminar

Referee Activities

• The Econometrics Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Organization of Conferences

• 2022 Platforms and Data: Shaping the Future of Payments?

• 2021 7th Joint Bank of Canada and Payments Canada Symposium on Shaping the Future of Payments