Karen Yan

Assistant Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Economics
  • ADVANCE IAC
Office Location: Old CE 217
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Overview

Karen Yan joins the School of Economics as an assistant professor in Fall 2019. Her research focuses on Econometrics, applied econometrics, and industrial organization.

Her recent research projects include nonparametric quantile regression estimation and inference, fixed-b inference on difference-in-differences models, and evaluating government welfare of incomplete California highway procurement contracts. Her research has been published in Economics Letters and Journal of Econometrics.

Karen received her Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University in 2019.

Education:
  • Ph.D.,Texas A&M University
  • M.S., Kansas State University
  • M.A., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • B.S., Shandong University of Technology

Interests

Research Fields:
  • Econometrics
  • Industrial Organization

Courses

  • ECON-3161: Econometric Analysis
  • ECON-6160: Econometric Analysis
  • ECON-7022: Econometrics I

Additional Information

Joined Faculty In 2019

Current and
Recent
Projects:

(1) Estimation of Average Treatment Effects based On A Semiparametric Propensity Score, with Yu Sun and Qi Li, 2020.  forthcoming at Econometric Reviews.
(2) Kernel Smoothed Probability Mass Functions for Ordered Datatypes,  with Jeffrey S. Racine and Qi Li, 2020.   forthcoming at Journal of Nonparametric Statistics.

Professional
Associations:

American Economic Association