Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, May 2008 (expected)
Dissertation Title: The economic effects of civil war: Evidence from Chinese national railroads from 1906 to 1923
Dissertation Committee: Robert A. Margo, T.R. Lakshmanan and Dilip Mookherjee
M.A., Economics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2003
B.A., Economics, Beijing University of Posts & Telecom, Beijing, China, 2002
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Economic History, Urban Economics and Regional Science, Development, Applied Econometrics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics, Boston University, Fall 2007
Instructor, Microeconomics, Boston University, Summer 2007, Teaching Evaluation: 4.25/5.0
Instructor, Microeconomics, Lasell College, Spring 2006
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant for Prof. Jack Aber, Boston University, 2006-2007
Research Assistant for Prof. T.R. Lakshmanan and Prof. William Anderson, 2004-2006
Research Assistant for Prof. Ning Yang, Beijing University of Posts & Telecom, 1998
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Graduate Dissertation Fellowships, Economic History Association, 2007
Research Fellowships, School of Management, Boston University, 2007
Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts & Science, Boston University, 2006
Research Fellowships, School of Management, Boston University, 2006
Student Research Award, Department of Economics, Boston University, 2006
Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Development Economics, Institute of
Economic Development, Boston University, 2006
Summer Research Fellowship, Center for Transportation Studies, Boston University, 2005
First-Class Scholarships, Beijing University of Posts & Telecom, 1998-2002
PUBLICATIONS
Ho, Chun-Yu and Li, Dan, “Rising regional income inequality in China: Policy regimes and structural changes” forthcoming in Papers in Regional Science.
Ho, Chun-Yu and Li, Dan, “The nexus of income and size distribution of Chinese cities, 1984-2003”forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters.
Li, Dan, “Interregional productivity variations in Chinese manufacturing and mining industry”
forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters.
Lakshmanan, T.R., Anderson, W.P. and Li, Dan (2005) “Growth of U.S. trade and industrial
competitiveness: The role of transportation” A Report Prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Policy Analysis (Book Chapter) .
SUBMITTED PAPERS
“Catching up or falling behind? Income distribution of Chinese cities” (with Chun-Yu Ho), invited for resubmission in Urban Studies, Nov 2007.
“A behavioral analysis of household’s choices on housing consumption and travel mode” (with T.R.Lakshmanan, Chun-Yu Ho and William P. Anderson), Oct 2007.
“Are ETFs good index trackers?” (with Jack Aber), Sept 2007.
WORKING PAPERS
“The economic effects of civil war: Evidence from Chinese national railroads from 1906 to 1923”(Job Market Paper), Oct 2007.
“Evaluating the welfare change of market reform in China: A consumption-based approach” (with Chun-Yu Ho and Alex W.Y. Ho), Oct 2007.
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Transportation improvements and land values in Pre-war of Republic of China”
“On the cause of civil wars during the Warlord Period in China”
“Competition in Chinese banking industry during 1930s” (with Chun-Yu Ho)
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
2008 ASSA, New Orleans, LA
2007 Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Harvard University, MA
Empirical Microeconomics Lunch, Boston University, MA
Harvard Economic History Tea, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Economic History Association Meetings (Poster), Austin, TX
NBER–Development of the American Economy Program Meeting (Poster), Cambridge, MA
Economic & Business Historical Society Conference, Providence, RI
Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
2006 Harvard Economic History Tea, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society, Beijing, China
Chinese Economists Society Annual Conference, Shanghai, China
Conference on “Social Inequality in a New Century”, UMASS, Boston, MA
The 45th Western Regional Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM