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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

• Nonparametric Identification of Incomplete Information Discrete Games with Non-Equilibrium Behaviors, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol 41, 2026.

• Testing Collusion and Cooperation in Binary Choice Games, Econometric Reviews, Vol 45, 2026.

• Non-Parametric Identification and Testing of Quantal Response Equilibrium, with Johannes Hoelzemann, and Ryan Webb, Games and Economic Behavior, Vol 157, 2026.

• Inference in Games without Equilibrium Restriction: An Application to Restaurant Competition in Opening Hours, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol 40, 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

• A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Social Interactions, with Xiaodong Liu.

• Speed is Good: An Analysis of the Configuration of Retail Payment Systems, with Narayan Bulusu.

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

• • 2025: IFABS at Oxford University, CEA Conference

  • 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, Economics of Payments, 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, Journal of Industrial Economics

Organization of Conferences

• 2025 3rd International Conference on Payments and Securities Settlement

• 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