Curriculum Vitae

Fields of Interest

Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics and Empirical Microeconomics

Graduate Education

Ph.D., Economics, Clemson University, Expected May 2018

Advisor: Dr. Andrew Hanssen

Committee Members: Dr. Matthew Lewis, Dr. Patrick Warren, Dr. Thomas Hazlet

M.A., Economics, North Carolina State University, May 2013

B.S., Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, June 2009

Teaching Experience

Clemson University Economics Department, Clemson, SC

Graduate Teacher of Record

Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate): Fall 2016 (2), Fall 2017 (2)
Principles of Macroeconomics (Undergraduate): Fall 2015, Spring 2016

Teaching Assistant

Principles of Macroeconomics (Undergraduate), Dr. Scott Baier: Spring 2015
Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate), Dr. Andrew Hanssen: Fall 2014

Professional Experience

Tianjin Government Financed Project Appraisal Center, Tianjin, China

Analyst: 2009-2011

Awards and Fellowships

Graduate Assistantship, Clemson University: 2013 – 2018

John E. Walker Summer Fellowship: 2014

Skills

Stata, LaTex, Python, Microsoft Office, familiar with Matlab and R

Language

Chinese (Mandarin): Native, English: Fluent

Working Papers

“Strategic Genre and Budget Choices in the U.S. Film Industry”

Abstract: This paper assesses film makers' budget and genre choices in film production. My research is unique in that it exploits the peculiar lack of price variation in the film industry, as ticket prices are the same for each film. I construct a theoretical model of duopoly competition over genre and budget rather than the traditional focus on price. The model predicts that if the expected demand of the release week increases, the budgets of the films will increase. Also, the difference in budget and genre between the films will increase as expected demand increases. I empirically test these predictions using data on film release dates, budget, genre, and both expected and actual weekly number of tickets sold. The empirical findings confirm the predictions from the theory. If the expected demand of the release week increase by 1%, on average the budget of the films released that week increase by 0.66%, the difference in budget between the films will increase by 0.83%, and the genre similarity in percentage value will fall by 10.31 percentage points.

References

Dr. Andrew Hanssen

Clemson University

John E. Walker Department of Economics

228 Sirrine Hall

Phone: 864-656-5474

Email: fhansse@clemson.edu

Dr. Matthew Lewis

Clemson University

John E. Walker Department of Economics

228 Sirrine Hall

Phone: 864-656-3956