Symposium on Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Held at Xiamen UniversityOn September 7, the Symposium on Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, jointly organized by the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, the School of Economics and the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics of Xiamen University, was successfully held. The sympos...
Recently, the paper “Multiperiod Dynamic Portfolio Choice: When High dimensionality Meets Return Predictability” has been published online in the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, a top journal of statistics and econometrics. The paper is co-authored by four scholars: Associate Professor Xiaoling Mei affiliated with the Department of Finance at XMU School of Economics, and XMU Wang Y...
From July 1 to 5, 2024, a team of students and faculty members from the College of Economics, Xiamen University visited the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Cross-National Data Center in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, to participate in the 32nd LIS Summer Workshop. The team was led by Prof. Shaohua Chen, Prof. Qinghua Zhao, and Assistant Prof. Jialiang Zhu, and team members include Assistant Engine...
The Fifth Greater China Area Finance Conference Held at XMUOn June 29-30, the 5th Greater China Area Finance Conference, themed “Finance Research in the Era of AI”, was held in the Economics Building of Xiamen University (XMU), with over 80 scholars from domestic and international academic institutions attending the conference. The conference, centering on the applications of large AI models ...
The Xiamen University - University of Montpellier Joint Workshop on Environmental and Behavioral/Experimental Economics Successfully HeldOn June 21, the first joint Workshop on Environmental and Behavioral/Experimental Economics between Xiamen University and the University of Montpellier was held at the University of Montpellier, France. Prof. Yinggang Zhou, Associate Prof. Zhi Li, and Assistan...
The Joint 2024 Workshop on Experimental and Environmental Economics Held at Durham UniversityOn June 18-19, the 2024 international workshop on Experimental and Environmental Economics, co-organized by Xiamen University (China), Durham University (UK), Wuhan University (China), and Chapman University (USA), was held at Durham University. Prof. Yinggang Zhou, Dean of the School of Economics and W...
A scholar gives a speech at the conference. [Photo by Lin Yuyang for chinadaily.com.cn]The International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) Annual Conference successfully convened at Xiamen University (XMU) on June 7, marking the first time it has been held in China.The large-scale, three-day conference featured six keynote speeches by organizers presenting the latest research findings...
A collaborative paper by Alonso Quijano-Ruiz, an international master’s student at the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University (XMU) was published online in World Development recently. The paper is titled “The effects of mobile primary health teams: Evidence from the Médico del Barrio strategy in Ecuador”. World Development is an internationally recognized aut...
On May 31, at the invitation of the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics (Chow Institute), two world famous econometricians, Professor Cheng Hsiao of the University of Southern California, and Professor Newey Whitney of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), visited the College of Economics, Xiamen University and took part in a doctoral paper presentation seminar....
Cheng Hsiao, Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California and Fellow of the Econometric Society, paid a visit to the College of Economics, Xiamen University in May 2024 and gave a week-long course named “Special Topics on Panel Data Econometrics” to graduate students from May 22 through May 29. The course unfolds an in-depth exploration of the core themes and latest develop...
