XIN LI Department of Economics MS-22 Rice University, Houston, TX 77251 phone: (202) 403-7776; email: [email protected] (March 2014) EDUCATION Rice University Ph.D. in Economics (expected) M.A. in Economics GPA: 4.1/4.0 Peking University B.S. in Physics, B.A. in Economics (Double Major) GPA: 3.7/4.0 Houston, TX Aug 2009 - May 2014 Aug 2009 - Dec 2012 Beijing, China Sep 2003 - Jul 2007 ADDITIONAL EDUCATION • 2011 Zurich Initiative on Computational Economics (ZICE11), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Sep 2011 • Master-Level Program in the School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China, Sep 2008 - Jul 2009 RESEARCH INTERESTS Macroeconomics, International Economics, Energy Economics, Computational Economics JOB MARKET PAPER • Optimal Fiscal Policy in a General Equilibrium Model of Sovereign Default WORKING PAPERS • Robust Dynamic Optimal Taxation and Environmental Externalities (with Ted Loch-Temzelides and Borghan Narajabad) • Mixed Signals: Crisis Lending and Capital Markets (with Terrence Chapman, Songying Fang and Randall Stone) (R&R at British Journal of Political Science) • Optimal Monetary Policy under Stochastic Learning: A Robust Control Approach WORK EXPERIENCE • Ph.D. Intern, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C., Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 • Volunteer and Board Member of Houston Chapter, Overseas China Education Foundation (OCEF), Houston, TX, Oct 2012 - present • Summer Intern Analyst, Exxon-Mobil Production Company, Houston, TX, Jun 2011 - Aug 2011 • Volunteer High School Teacher in Physics, No. 6 High School in Datong County, Qinghai Province, China, Aug 2007 - Jul 2008 1 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS • 2014 AEA Annual Meeting at Philadelphia, PA, Jan 2014 • Fall 2013 Midwest Macro Conference at UMN, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 2013 • The SPR Workshop Series at the IMF Headquarter, Washington D.C., Oct 2013 • 2013 Econometric Society Summer Meeting at USC, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 2013 • Spring 2013 Midwest Macro Conference at UIUC, Urbana, IL, May 2013 TEACHING EXPERIENCE • Teaching Assistant for Macroeconomics I (graduate level), Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 • Teaching Assistant for Macroeconomics II (graduate level), Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 • Teaching Assistant for Microeconomics (undergraduate level), Spring 2010, Fall 2009 SKILLS • Economic Modeling: Theoretical Asset Pricing, Stochastic Calculus, Black-Scholes-Merton (KMV) Models; DSGE, Robust Control, Dynamic Optimization, Markov decision process; Macro Factor Forecasts, Stress Testing • Econometrics: Panel data analysis; Time series analysis, ARIMA, GARCH, Kalman filter, Markov regime switching model; Bayesian analysis, MCMC (Gibbs, Metropolis-Hastings); Discrete Choice Analysis, Logistic regression, Multinomial logit Models, Hazard model • Software: MATLAB, SAS, SAS-SQL, STATA, Mathematica, AMPL, GAMS AWARDS AND HONORS • Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellowship, Rice University, 2013 - 2014 • Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Social Sciences Research Institute, Rice University, 2012 2014 • Economics Tuition Scholarship, Rice University, 2009 - present • Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship, Peking University, 2008 - 2009 • Honored Citizen of Datong County, Qinghai Province, China, 2008 REFERENCE • Dr. Ted Loch-Temzelides, Rice University, [email protected], (713) 348-2129 • Dr. Borghan Narajabad, Federal Reserve Board, [email protected], (202) 728-5817 • Dr. Yanliang Miao, State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), Beijing, China, [email protected], +86-10-63195885 OTHERS • Language: English (fluent), Mandarin Chinese (native) • Visa: F-1 Student visa 2