Curriculum Vitae Jipeng Zhang

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Jipeng Zhang Research Institute of Economics and Management Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Email: jpzhang@swufe.edu.cn 55 Guanghuacun Street Chengdu, China 610074

Academic Positions 01/2015- Associate Professor, the Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China 08/2011-12/2014 Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 01, 04/2014 985 Visiting Assistant Professor, Fudan University, China 01/2014 Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, USA 09/2010-07/2011 Visiting Scholar, CIREQ and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Education Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2011

B.A. & M.A. in Economics, Fudan University, 2000 & 2005

Research and Teaching Interests Public Economics, Industrial Organization, Dynamic Structural Model, Applied Econometrics

Publications Ø “Bubbles and Experience in an Experiment with a Steady Inflow of New Traders”, with

Huan Xie, Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming, 2015. Ø “Status Incentives and Corporate Giving: Evidence from China’s Political Reform on

Private Enterprises”, with Zhao Chen, Pacific Economic Review, forthcoming, 2015. Ø “Impact of Urbanization on Cultivated Land Changes in China", with Xiangzheng Deng,

Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle, and Zhihui Li, Land Use Policy (45), 1-7, 2015. Ø “The Importance of Managerial Capacity in Fundraising: Evidence from Land

Conservation Charities”, with Holger Sieg, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 30 (6), 724-734, 2012.

Ø “Nonlocal Mortgage Lending and Secondary Market Involvement”, with Yilan Xu, Journal of Real Estate Literature, Volume 20 (2), 305-322, 2012.

Ø “The Effectiveness of Private Benefits in Fundraising of Local Charities”, with Holger Sieg, International Economic Review, Volume 53 (2), 349–374, 2012.

o Introduction: Pittsburgh Super Computing Center; eHow; Pittsburgh Businesstimes

Publications in Chinese

Ø “Housing Market Segregation and China’s Urbanization: Empirical Evidence from Land Supply of Chinese Cities”, with Jianyong Fan and Jiawei Mo, Social Sciences in China (中国社会科学 ), 2015 (4): 44-63.

Ø “Anti-corruption, Market Constitution and Economic Growth”, with Gang Sun and Ming Lu, China Economic Quarterly (经济学季刊 ), 2005(5): 1-22.

o Introduction: The Beijing News (2014-08-12), complete interview of Ming Lu

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Ø “Estimating Capital Stock of Chinese Provinces: 1952-2000”, with Guiying Wu and Jun Zhang, Economic Research Journal (经济研究 ), 2004(10): 35-44.

o Google Scholar Citation: 2008 Ø “China's Regional Disparity: Measures and Causes” (with Guiying Wu), World Economic

Forum (世界经济文汇 ), 2004 (4): 63-84. Ø “A Survey on New Economic Geography and Its Implications on China’s Regional

Development Disparity”, World Economic Forum (世界经济文汇 ), 2004(3): 60-81.

Working Papers Ø “Land Supply and Urban Development: Evidence from China’s Prefecture-Level Cities”,

with Jianyong Fan and Jiawei Mo, under revision for the Economic Inquiry. Ø “Who Carries the Gun: Endogenous Authority and Enforcement in Public Goods Game”,

with Wooyoung Lim, submitted. Ø “Social Comparison and Hierarchy Leadership in Prosocial Behavior”, with Huan Xie,

submitted. Ø “Religiosity, Pro-social and Anti-social Behavior”, with Elizabeth Brown and Huan Xie,

submitted. Ø “Deal, No Deal? The Effect of Alcohol Drinking on Bargaining”, with Pak Hung Au,

submitted.

Selected Work in Progress Ø “A Lifecycle Model of Migration and its Implications on Place-based Policy and Regional

Development: Evidence from China 1982-2010”. Ø “Government Corruption and Firm Performance”, with Junhui Wang. Ø “Domestic Infrastructure and Regional Development through International Trade:

Evidence from the New Silk Road”, with Hangtian Xu.

Academic Awards • Andrew Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2009~2010 • Dissertation Fellowship, Center for Industry Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2008~09 • Jerome C. Wells Award for outstanding teaching in undergraduate economics, 2008

• Chou Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2005~2007 • Jiang Xue Mo Award for Master Thesis, Fudan University, 2005 • Fudan Graduate Scholarship 1st Class, Fudan University, 2004~2005 • Best paper award of the 1st “JinHuaBei” Graduate Economic Conference, 04/2004

Research Grants • Principal Investigator, SOE Seed Grant, “The Economic Geography of Sustainable Urban

Development”, S$29,600, 2013-14. • Principal Investigator, HSS Incentive Scheme, “Urban Sustainability”, S$5,000, 2012-13. • Principal Investigator, “The Role of Experience, Belief and Information in the Formation

of Asset Bubble”, S$35,000, SUG, 2012-2014. • Co-Investigator, “Evaluating China’s Economic Development: a New Perspective of

Urbanization”, National Social Science Foundation, Major, CNY 800,000, 2011-2013.

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• Principal Investigator, “Workshop in Behavioral and Decision Science”, Center for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), NTU, S$26,560, 2012 March.

• Principal Investigator, “Income Inequality, Migration, and Changes in Industrial Structure”, Jiang Xue Mo Research Grant, Fudan University, CNY 8,000, 2004-2005.

Teaching Experience • Introductory Econometrics, Nanyang Technological University, 2013-14 • Applied Econometrics (Graduate), Nanyang Technological University, 2012 • Public Finance, Nanyang Technological University, 2011 • Chinese Economy, Nanyang Technological University, 2012-2014 • Transitional Economy: the Case of China, Master of Arts in Contemporary China, 2014 • Intermediate Macroeconomics (Teaching Assistant), University of Pittsburgh, 2008 • Introductory Microeconomics (Teaching Assistant), University of Pittsburgh, 2007 • Macroeconomic Policy and Management (Graduate), Fudan, 2005, Summer

Supervising Ph. D (4 students): Xiaolu Li (Co-supervisor, Nanyang Technological University); Edward Halim (Committee, Nanyang Technological University); Lanfeng Liang (Examiner, National University of Singapore); Yiqin Xu (Examiner, National University of Singapore) Masters in Applied Economics (5 students): Jinghui Liu, Seonhye Oh, Saurabh Shanker, Meiying Wang, Chengkun Wang Undergraduate Students: Final Year Projects (12 groups); URECA Projects (7 students)

Services Academic Adviser for Professional Attachment, NTU, 2011-2014 Division Seminar Organization Committee, NTU, 2013-14 Graduate Study Committee, Division of Economics, NTU, 2011-13 Admission Committee, Master in Applied Economics, NTU, 2011-2013 Coordinator, Brownbag Seminar in Economics, NTU, 2011- 2013 Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Workshop in Behavioral and Decision Science, 2012 March

Refereeing International Economic Review (7), Journal of Comparative Economics (1), Economic Inquiry (1), Singapore Economic Review (1), China Economic Quarterly (1), World Economic Forum (1)

Computer and Programming Skills • Parallel Computing (MPI); Fortran; C++; Matlab; Gauss; Stata

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Professional Memberships American Economic Association, Canadian Economic Association, Econometric Society Royal Economic Society, Chinese Economists Society

Seminars and Conferences 2015: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 2015 Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Workshop on Organizational Economics at the Renmin University of China; Southern China Normal University; 2015 Tsinghua Workshop on Behavioral and Theoretical Economics

2014: AEA 2014 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Southwest University of Finance and Economics; Nankai University; 5th Annual Xiamen University International Workshop on Experimental Economics

2013: APESA 2013 Annual Meeting, Tokyo; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2013; Fudan University; the Second International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China, Peking University; Tsinghua University; ESA World Meeting 2013 Zurich; Asian Development Bank Institute Young Scholar Workshop; Fifth TED Conference at CCES-Fudan; 2013 Australasian Public Choice Conference; 4th Annual Xiamen University International Workshop on Experimental Economics

2012: University of Thailand Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok; Interdisciplinary Workshop in Behavioral and Decision Science, Nanyang Technological University; Nanyang Business School; SKBI Asset Bubbles Conference at Singapore Management University; Shandong University; REIM International Conference on Applied Microeconomics (Chengdu); APEA annual meeting, 2012; National University of Singapore; 2012 International Conference on Spatial and Social Transformation in Urban China (Hong Kong); 2012 ESA Regional Meeting (Tucson)

References Holger Sieg J. M. Cohen Term Chair Professor Department of Economics University of Pennsylvania Phone: 215-898-7194 Email: holgers@econ.upenn.edu

Lise Vesterlund Andrew W. Mellon Professor Department of Economics University of Pittsburgh Phone: 412-648-1794 Email: vester@pitt.edu

Yuming Fu Associate Professor Department of Real Estate National University of Singapore Phone: (65)-6516-1479 Email: rstfuym@nus.edu.sg

Zheng Michael Song Associate Professor Booth School of Business University of Chicago Phone: 773-834-3768 Email: zheng.song@chicagobooth.edu