Zhao Li

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Vanderbilt University, 2016.
• B.A., Economics, Zhejiang University, 2009.

Research Interests

• Empirical Industrial Organization, Microeconometrics, Applied Microeconomics.

Publication

• “Auctions with Selective Entry and Risk Averse Bidders: Theory and Evidence,” with T. Li and J. Lu, RAND Journal of Economics, 46(3), 524-545, 2015

Working Papers

• The Effect of the Internet on Economic Growth: The Heterogeneous Effects across Country Groups and over Time. (With S. Huang, working paper, 2019.)
• An Empirical Study of the “Mineral Rights Model”: With Application to the OCS Auction. (Working paper, 2018.)
• Can Fixed Effects Models “Fix” Satellite Data? (Working paper, 2018.)
• A Partial Identification Subnetwork Approach to Discrete Games in Large Networks: An Application to Quantifying Peer Effects. (With T. Li, working paper, 2017.)
• A Unifying View of Partial Identification Approaches in Discrete Games of Complete Information. (With T. Li, working paper, 2016.)
• Equilibrium Selection in Discrete Games of Complete Information: An Application to the Home Improvement Industry. (Working paper, 2015.)

Work in Progress

• Judicial Institution and China’s Innovation, with J. Cong and S. Huang.
• Government Relocation and Economic Development, with H. Shu and Y. Wang.

Teaching

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
* Empirical methods in industrial organization (graduate level): Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
* Industrial organization: Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018.
* Research methods and academic writing: Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019.
* Industrial organization theory (graduate level): Spring 2016.

Vanderbilt University

• Instructor
  
  • Economics statistics: Summer 2011
• Teaching Assistant
  
  • Principles of macroeconomics: Fall 2010, Fall 2011
  • Economics statistics: Spring 2011
  • Microeconomics theory II (PhD level): Spring 2012
  • Health economics: Spring 2012