
Xie, Tian
Assistant Professor
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Email:xietian@xmu.edu.cn
Office:B114
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Biography Research Papers Research Projects
Work Experience
Assistant Professor at Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University, September 2016 - current;
Assistant Professor at Economics and Management School (E&M), Wuhan University, September 2014 - July 2016;
Senior Data Analyst at Janys' Analytics, Boston, US, March 2013 - August 2014;
Financial Analyst at Shanghai Holly Technology Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China, January 2010 - August 2011.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Queen's University, 2013;
M.A. in Economics, Queen's University, 2005;
Honours B.A. in Economics, Western University (UWO), 2004.
Research Interest
Financial Econometrics, Big Data Analytics, Model Combination and Forecasting
Teaching Interest
Econometrics, Risk Management, Asset Pricing,
Published and Forthcoming
- “Prediction Model Averaging Estimator”, Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 131, pages 5-8.
- “Box Office Buzz: Does Social Media Data Steal the Show from Model Uncertainty when Forecasting for Hollywood?” with Steven F. Lehrer, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, vol.99, no.5, pages 749-755
- “Heteroscedasticity-robust Model Screening: A Useful Toolkit for Model Averaging in Big Data Analytics”, Ecomomics Letters, 2017, vol. 151, pages 119-122.
Working Paper
- “Forecasting with Social Media Data in the Presence of Heteroscedasticity” with Steven F. Lehrer, 2016
- “Evaluating Asset Pricing Factors” with Yue Qiu and Yu Ren, 2016
- “Controling Global Effects in Asset Pricing” with Yue Qiu and Yu Ren, 2016