Shiyun Xia

Address: 221 Tianjin University 9th Teaching Building

E-mail: shiyunxia@tju.edu.cn

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, Ma Yinchu School of Economics at Tianjin University     2020-present

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                                    2020

M.S. Economics, Joint program at Kyushu University and Renmin University of China 2012

B.S. Economics and Mathematics, Renmin University of China                                  2009 

Honors and Awards 

Department Summer Research Grant, UIUC, 2014.

Cleo Fitzsimmons Best Core Performance Award, UIUC, 2013.

Scholarship for Study, Kyushu University, 2010.

University Scholarships, Renmin University, 2005-2008. 

Working Papers

“Public Policies and Economic Growth”

“Antitrust and Industry Dynamism”

“Search, Networking, and Selection in the Venture Capital Market” 

Experience

Teaching Assistant for Principles of Macroeconomics, UIUC, 2019, 2020.

Teaching Assistant for Principles of Microeconomics, UIUC, 2018.

Teaching Assistant for Economic Statistics, UIUC, 2014, 2017.

Research Assistant for Professor In-Koo Cho, UIUC, 2015-2017.

Computer Skills

Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, R, Stata, Mathematica

Professional Certificate:  CFA Level II, IBM Data Science Professional Certificate 

References 

Dan Bernhardt

Professor, Economics Dept.

E-mail: danber@illinois.edu     

Stefan Krasa

Professor, Economics Dept.

E-mail: skrasa@illinois.edu

Jorge Lemus

Professor, Economics Dept.

E-mail: jalemus@illinois.edu