Ren Wang Ph.D Candidate, CFA Candidate, FRM Level II Candidate Advisor: Carl E.Walsh Department of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz Email: rxwang@ucsc.edu Tel: +1 (831) 334-0902 Address: 623 Koshland Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA   Gender: Male Citizenship: Chinese Visa Status: F-1 Date of Birth: August 28, 1982

 

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, China Economy, Exchange Rate.
• Currently working on:
  • A Two-Sector New Keynesian Model for China.
  • The Cost Channel and Firm Dynamics: U.S. Bank Deregulation.
  • Carry trade

Education

• Ph.D. in International Economics: UC,Santa Cruz, USA, 2012 (expected).
• M.A.(equivalent) in Statistics: UC, Santa Cruz, USA, 2010. (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
• M.A. in Economics: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2007.
• B.A. in International Economics and Trade: Nankai University, China, 2005.

Instructor

• Econ 133: Security Markets, UC, Santa Cruz, Fall 2011.
• Econ 133: Security Markets, UC, Santa Cruz, Summer 2011.
• Econ 113: Intro Econometrics, UC,Santa Cruz, Summer 2010.
• Econ 186 (210A): Mathematical Methods for Economic Analysis, UC, Santa Cruz, Fall 2010.
• Econ 133: Security Markets, UC, Santa Cruz, Summer 2010.

Teaching Assistant

• Econ 139A: E-Commerce, UC, Santa Cruz, Spring 2012. - Kai Pommerenke
• Econ 139A: E-Commerce, UC, Santa Cruz, Spring 2011. - Prof N. Singh
• Econ 133: Security Markets, UC, Santa Cruz, Fall 2010. - Vladyslav Sushko
• Econ 130: Money and Banking, UC, Santa Cruz, Spring 2010. - Prof, M. P. Dooley
• Econ 100BM: Intermediate Macroeconomics (Math Intensive), UC, Santa Cruz, Winter 2010. - Prof. A. Gorry
• Econ 113: Intro Econometrics, UC,Santa Cruz, Fall 2009. - Prof. A. Spearot
• Econ 133: Security Markets, UC, Santa Cruz, Spring 2009. - Dr. M. Sury
• Econ 100B: Intermediate Macroeconomics, UC, Santa Cruz, Winter 2009. - Dr. K. Das
• Econ 100A: Intermediate Microeconoimcs, UC, Santa Cruz, Fall 2008. - Prof. H. B. Yan
• Econ 2: Intro Macroeconomics, UC, Santa Cruz, Spring 2008. - Dr. K. Das
• Econ 1: Intro Microeconoimcs, UC, Santa Cruz, Winter 2008. - Prof. K.C. Fung

Fellowships

• UC, Santa Cruz, Teaching Assistant Fellowship (2007-2011)
• UC, Santa Cruz, Regent's Fellowship (2007)

Skills

• Language: Mandarin (native), English (fluent)
• Computer: MATLAB, R

Links

• Matlab
• Dynare
• R