Jidong Chen (陈济冬) - Princeton University

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Jidong Chen (陈济冬
陈济冬)
陈济冬
Wallis Institute of Political Economy
University of Rochester,
Rochester, NY 14627
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(609) 712-6598
[email protected]
http://www.princeton.edu/~jidongc
Education
Princeton University, USA
Ph.D. in Political Science and Doctoral Program in Political Economy, 2009—May 2015 (expected)
Dissertation: Essays on Political Economy of Deliberation with Limited Authority
Advisors: Adam Meirowitz (chair), Nolan McCarty (co-chair),
Matias Iaryczower, Kristopher Ramsay, Leonard Wantchekon
Tsinghua University, China
Graduate Program in Economics, School of Economics and Management, 2007-2009
Wuhan University, China
B.S. in Economics and B.S. in Mathematics (rank: 1st/ 77), 2003-2007
Visiting Position
Visiting Fellow, Wallis Institute of Political Economy, University of Rochester, September 2014-June 2015
Research and Teaching Interests
Political Economy, Comparative Politics/Institutional Analysis, (Applied) Game Theory,
Experimental Game Theory
Working Papers
Authoritarian Governance with Public Communication (with Yiqing Xu)
Communication in Collective Bargaining
Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness: A Field Experiment in China (with Jennifer Pan and Yiqing Xu)
- R&R at American Journal of Political Science
Political Marketing Games (with Matias Iaryczower)
Collective Policy Choice with Rational Inattention (with Ming Yang)
Optimism, Speculation and Coordination (with Mark Fey and Kristopher Ramsay)
Pivot versus Signaling in Collective Bargaining
Information Manipulation, Policy Reform and Authoritarian Survival (with Yiqing Xu)
- R&R at Journal of the European Political Science Association (PSRM)
Selected Work In Progress
Straw Poll v.s. Binding Referendum in Committee Bargaining: An Experimental Study (with Jens Großer)
Instability as a Stable Equilibrium in Authoritarian Institutions
The Selection of Officials in Authoritarian Institutions (with Chong-En Bai)
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Authoritarian Accountability and State Capacity: Theory and Evidence from China (with Jennifer Pan and
Yiqing Xu)
Government Hierarchy and Delegation——Understanding China’s Fiscal Institutional Reform
Cultivated Authoritarian Norms
Deregulate to Control
Publications in Chinese (about Chinese Economy)
“Hidden Employment, Unemployment Insurance and Aggregate Output,” with Xue Qiao (Tsinghua
SEM), The Journal of World Economy, 2011, 2(390):89-102
“Does Golden-week Policy Really Promote Consumptions?” with Wenkai Sun (Renmin University
School of Economics), Economic Theory and Economic Management 2009, 8: 24-30
Referee Service: American Journal of Political Science (2), Quarterly Journal of Political Science,
Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Theoretical Politics
Invited Presentations:
Wallis Institute Political Economy Working Group, University of Rochester, Nov 20, 2014
Department of Political Science, UCSD, November 3, 2014
UCSD & Tsinghua SEM Workshop on Political Economy of China: Theory and Evidence, Oct 6-7,
2014
Experimental Game Theory Group and Department of Political Science, Florida State University,
March, 2014
Tsinghua SEM, February 25, 2014
Department of Political Science, Stanford University, November 14, 2013
Department of Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, November 11, 2013
Department of Government, LSE, October 30, 2013
New Faces in China Studies, Department of Political Science, Duke University, May 2013
Conference Presentations
Eighth Annual NYU-CESS Experimental Political Science Conference, March 6, 2015
Theoretical Research in Development Economics (ThReD), Barcelona GSE, June 27, 2014
2nd Organizational Economics and Political Economy Conference, Renmin University, June 2014
American Political Science Association Conference, 2013
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 2013, 2014, 2015
Southern Political Science Association Conference, 2013, 2014
Graduate Political Economy Conference, NYU, May 2013
Social Choice and Welfare Conference, 2012
16th World Congress of the International Economic Association, 2011
Research Experience at Princeton:
2012—
RA for Prof. Adam Meirowitz: technical support & proof-reading for
“Minority Party Influence in Competitive Partisan Legislatures”
(Keith Krehbiel, Alan Wiseman & Adam Meirowitz)
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2013 June RA for Prof. Charles Cameron: technical proof-reading for
“Public Sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-off”
(Charles M. Cameron, John M. de Figueiredo & David E. Lewis)
2011—2012 RA for Prof. Adam Meirowitz and Prof. Nolan McCarty
“Solutions Manual for Political Game Theory”
2010, Summer RA for Prof. Adam Meirowitz and Prof. Kristopher W. Ramsay: technical support for
“Correlated Equilibria in Colonel Blotto Games, with Application to Conflict Resolving”
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development (undergraduate, University of Rochester,
Spring 2015)
Math Camp (Ph.D., Princeton University, Fall 2012, 2013)
TA
Princeton University
Ph.D. Course:
Formal Political Theory II (Ph.D. course, Prof. Matias Iaryczower, Fall 2011)
Undergraduate Courses: Comparative Political Economy (Prof. John Londregan, Spring 2012),
Political Economy (Prof. Thomas Romer, Fall 2012)
School of Economics and Management Tsinghua University (China)
Advanced Macroeconomics, Political Economy of Financial Markets, Principles of Economics (chief
TA), Political Institutions and Development
Other Professional Service(s)
Co-coordinator, Graduate Student Seminar in Political Economy (economics and politics), 2012-2013
Honors, Awards and Grants
Princeton University:
Research Grant in Experimental Social Sciences (2014)
Dean’s Fund for Scholarly Travel (2013)
Research Grant, Princeton Research Program in Political Economy (2013)
Graduate Fellowship, Princeton Q-APS Program (2012, 2013)
Prestage-Cook Travel Award (SPSA, January 2013)
NSF Funded Empirical-Implication-of-Theoretical-Models Fellowship (Summer 2012)
EAS Summer Research Grant (2011)
Stafford Grant for Conference Travelling (2010, 2011, 2012,2013)
Graduate Student Fellowship (2009-2014)
Tsinghua University (China):
Chiang Chen Scholarship (First Prize Award for Graduate Students) (2008)
Wuhan University (China):
Excellent Undergraduate Graduation (Summa cum laude) (2007)
Excellent Senior Thesis Award (Third Prize) (2007)
First Prize Scholarship (2004, 2005)
Excellent Student Scholarship (2006)
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References
Prof. Adam Meirowitz
Department of Politics,
040 Corwin Hall,
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ 08544
Voice: (609) 258-4859
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Nolan McCarty
Department of Politics
& Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University, 08544
Princeton, NJ 08544
Voice: (609) 258-1862
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Matias Iaryczower
Department of Politics,
037 Corwin Hall,
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ 08544
Voice: (609) 258-1018
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Kristopher Ramsay
Department of Politics
038 Corwin Hall,
Princeton University, 08544
Princeton, NJ 08544
Voice: (609) 258-2960
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Leonard Wantchekon
Department of Politics and Department of Economics
& African School of Economics
230 Corwin Hall,
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ 08544
Voice: : (609) 258 6723
Email: [email protected]
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