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Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University of Oslo
P.O. box 1095, Blindern
0317 Oslo Norway

Phone: (+47) 91822708
E-mail: yicheng.wang@econ.uio.no
https://sites.google.com/site/wangyicheng1192/
Citizenship: China

Employment
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, August 2015-

Education/Degrees

Research Interests
Empirical and Quantitative Macroeconomics, Household Finance, Macro/Labor,
Chinese Economy/Development

Publications

“Debt Market Friction, Firm-specific Knowledge Capital Accumulation and Macroeconomic Implications,”Review of Economic Dynamics, 26 (2017),19-39
“Macroeconomic and Distributional Effects of Mortgage Guarantee Programs for the Poor,”with Jiseob Kim (Yonsei), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 87 (2018), 124-151

Working Papers

Work in Progress

Income Volatility and Portfolio Choices, with Yongsung Chang (Rochester/Yonsei), Jay H. Hong (Seoul National U.), Marios Karabarbounis (Richmond Fed)
Capitalist Human Capital, with Vincenzo Quadrini (USC), Qi Sun (SHUFE)
Bank Deregulation: Who Gains and Who Loses?, with Corina Boar (Princeton/NYU), Matthew Knowles (St Andrews) and Kjetil Storesletten (Oslo)

Conferences and Seminars

2019: AEA/ES, Atlanta (scheduled);
2018: U. Oslo, SED in Mexico*, Asian Econometric Society Meeting in Seoul*, China Econometric Society Meeting in Fudan, EEA/ES meeting 2018 in Cologne, China International Conference In Macroeconomics (discussant); Nordic Macro Conference 2018, Bergen, Norway; “Dynamics of the U.S. Economy: Challenges Ahead" workshop, Rochester;
2017: Midwest Macro conference, Econometric Society meeting in Hong Kong, CUFE, U. Oslo;
2016: Nordic Macro Conference 2016, AEA San Francisco, 2016 RES Annual Conference, Norwegian Business school, University of Oslo, Xiamen U.;
2015: Rochester, UHK, NUS, Texas Tech, Oslo, SED, Econometric Society Meeting in Milan 2015,;
2014: China Meeting of Econometric Society, Tsinghua Workshop in Macroeconomics, Rochester, Peking U, Shandong U;
*: by coauthors; including scheduled

Professional Service
Refereeing Service:

Discussions:

2018: Discussion on “Financial Frictions, Investment and Tobin’s Q" by Dan Cao (Georgetown U.), First China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM 2018), held on June 23-24 in Beijing, China
2016: Discussion on “The Measurement of New Economy in China: The Big Data Approach" by Yan Shen (Peking U.), 2016 WISE-CASE Workshop on “Digital Economy and Decision Analytics", held on June 18-19 in Xiamen, China

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards

The Chinese Economist Society Chow Teaching Fellowship, Summer 2014
University Travel Award, University of Rochester, Summer 2014
Kaplan Prize, University of Rochester, 2012
W. Allen Wallis Fellowship, University of Rochester, 2011-2012
The Lionel and Blanche McKenzie Family Fellowship, University of Rochester, 2010-2011
Graduate Fellowship and Tuition Scholarship, University of Rochester, 2009-2013
First-Class Scholarship, Peking University

Teaching Experience

University of Oslo (2015-2017): Ph.D. Macroeconomics, Master Macroeconomics;
University of Rochester (2009 - 2015): Ph.D. Core Macroeconomics Sequence, Fall 2011, Spring 2012; Globalization, Fall 2013, Fall 2014; Intermediate Macroeconomics, Fall 2013, Spring 2014; Principle of Economics, Spring 2013; Intermediate Microeconomics, Fall 2012;
Teaching/ResearchAssistantatXiamenUniversity(2007-2009): QuantitativeAnalysis, Fall2008; Mathematical Economics, Spring 2009;

Other Experience and Other Skills

Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University, China. (2007-2009)
Languages: English(fluent), Chinese(native);
Computer Skills: C++, Fortran, OpenMP, Matlab, Stata

References

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