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
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, USA, 2015
- B.S. in Mathematics, Peking University, China, 2007
- B.S. in Environmental Science, Peking University, China, 2007
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
- Limited Risk Sharing in the Great Recession, 2018,
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:
- Review of Economic Dynamics, Macroeconomic Dynamics
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
- Professor Mark Bils (U. of Rochester; mark.bils@rochester.edu)
- Professor Yan Bai (U. of Rochester; yan.bai@rochester.edu)
- Professor Yongsung Chang (U. of Rochester; yongsung.chang@rochester.edu)
- Professor Kjetil Storesletten (U. of Oslo; kjetil.storesletten@econ.uio.no)