Education
PhD, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Financial Economics, 2019
BA, 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
“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
