EDUCATION
Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Financial Economics, 2019
B.A. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Mathematics and Economics, 2013
PUBLISHED INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
(August 2018 – Present):
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Wang, L., Jiang, Y. and He, Z., 2023. A semiparametric alternative to the Heckman correction: application with left-censored data on parental transfers. Empirical Economics, pp.1-20.
George Zestos, Yixiao Jiang, Alex Hamed, and Samuel Raymond, 2023. Public Debt, Current Account, and Economic Growth in Germany: Evidence from a Nonlinear ARDL Model." The Journal of Economic Asymmetries Vol. 28, e00335.
Gu, Z., Jiang, Y. and Yang, S., 2023. Estimating Unobserved Soft Adjustment in Credit Rating Models: Before and after the Dodd–Frank Act. Journal of Financial Econometrics, 21(5), pp.1791-1819.
Ji, X. and Jiang, Y., 2023. How Much Is Blockchain-Related News Worth? Journal of Accounting & Finance (2158-3625), 23(5).
He, Z. and Jiang, Y., 2023. Decomposing income inequality in the United States: 1968–2018. Empirical Economics, pp.1-28.
Zestos, G.K., Jiang, Y. and Patnode, R., 2022. The Nexus between Causal Macroeconomic Relations in Japan. Review of Economic Analysis, 14(3), pp.419-440.
Jiang, Y., 2022. Economic freedom and international tourism: evidence from least developed countries. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 46(4), pp.316-328.
Jiang, Y., 2022. Credit ratings, financial ratios, and equity risk: A decomposition analysis based on Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch’s ratings. Finance Research Letters, 46, p.102512.
He, Z., Jiang, Y., Chakraborti, R. and Berry, T.D., 2022. The impact of national culture on COVID-19 pandemic outcomes. International Journal of Social Economics, 49(3), pp.313-335.
Zestos, G.K., Jiang, Y. and Painter, C., 2021. Determinants of German and Japanese exports. Journal of Economic Integration, 36(3), pp.339-371.
Jiang, Y., 2021. Semiparametric estimation of a corporate bond rating model. Econometrics, 9(2), p.23.
Rekus, J. and Jiang, Y., 2021. Modeling College Admission as a Signaling Game. Applied Economics and Finance, 8(6), pp.21-33.
Jiang, Y., 2020. A Hausman test for partially linear models with an application to implied volatility surface. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(11), p.287.
Jiang, Y., Zestos, G.K. and Timmerman, Z., 2020. A vector error correction model for Japanese real exports. Atlantic Economic Journal, 48, pp.297-311.
PRESENTATIONS GIVEN
(August 2018 – Present)
“A Closer Look at Credit Rating Bias: A Synthetic Control Analysis”, Econometric Society Asian Meeting (NTU, Singapore), July 2023
“A semiparametric alternative to the Heckman correction: application with left-censored data on parental transfers”, Midwest Econometrics Group Annual Meeting (Columbus, Ohio), October 2019
“A semiparametric alternative to the Heckman correction: application with left-censored data on parental transfers”, Brandies University Business School, October 2022
“Public Debt, Current Account, and Economic Growth in Germany: Evidence from a Nonlinear ARDL Model.”, Atlantic Economic Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA), October, 2023
“Public Debt, Current Account, and Economic Growth in Germany: Evidence from a Nonlinear ARDL Model.”, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA), November, 2023
“Public Debt, Current Account, and Economic Growth in Germany: Evidence from a Nonlinear ARDL Model.”, World Finance Conference (Virtual), August 2022
“Credit ratings, financial ratios, and equity risk: A decomposition analysis based on Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch’s ratings”, 7th International Young Finance Scholars’ Conference (Peking University HSBC Business School), July 2021
“Credit ratings, financial ratios, and equity risk: A decomposition analysis based on Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch’s ratings” Annual Conference of Finance Research Letters (Virtual), July 2021
“Decomposing income inequality in the United States: 1968–2018.”, Rutgers University, November 2020
“Decomposing income inequality in the United States: 1968–2018.”, Salisbury University, February, 2020
