Research Interest

Publications:

1.      A note on the use of V and U statistics in nonparametric models of regression (with C. Martins-Filho), Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 58(2), 389-406, 2006.

 

2.      Estimation of value-at-risk and expected shortfall based on nonlinear models of return dynamics and extreme value theory (with C. Martins-Filho), Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 10(2), Article 4, 2006.

 

3.      Nonparametric frontier estimation via local linear regression (with C. Martins-Filho), Journal of Econometrics, 141(1), 283-319, 2007.

 

4.      A smooth nonparametric conditional quantile frontier estimator (with C. Martins-Filho), Journal of Econometrics, 143(2), 317-333, 2008.

 

5.      Nonparametric regression estimation with general parametric error covariance (with C. Martins-Filho), Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 100(3), 309-333, 2009.

 

6.      The effect of advertising on collusion: a trigger strategy approach, Atlantic Economic Journal, 40(1), 21-37,2012.

 

7.      Kernel based estimation of semiparametric regression in triangular systems (with C. Martins-Filho), Economics Letters, 115(1), 24-27, 2012.

 

8.      Efficient semiparametric instrumental variable estimation under conditional heteroskedasticity, Journal of Quantitative Economics,10(1), 32-55, 2012. Appendix to: Efficient semiparametric instrumental variable estimation under conditional heteroskedasticity.

 

9.    A nonparametric R-square test for the presence of relevant variables (with A. Ullah), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,143(9), 1527-1547, 2013. Appendix to A nonparametric R-square test for the presence of relevant variables.

10.   Semiparametric stochastic frontier estimation via profile likelihood (with C. Martins-Filho), Econometric Reviews, 34(4), 413-451, 2015.

Technical supplement to Semiparametric stochastic frontier estimation via profile likelihood (with C. Martins-Filho).

 

11.  High order condtional quantile estimation based on nonparametric models of regression (with C. Martins-Filho and M. Torero), Econometric Reviews, 34(6-10), 906-957, 2015. 

12.  An asymptotic characterization of finite degree U-statistics with sample size-dependent kernels: applications to nonparametric estimators and test statistics (with C. Martins-Filho), Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 44, 3251-3265, 2015.

 

13.  Efficient kernel-based semiparametric IV estimation with an application to resolving a puzzle on the estimation of the return to schooling (with J. Zhang), Empirical Economics, 48, 253-281, 2015.

Technical supplement to: Efficient kernel-based semiparametric IV estimation with an application to resolving a puzzle on the estimation of the return to schooling (with J. Zhang).

 

14. The debt-equity choice of Japanese firms (with T. T. Chong and T. Y. Law), the International Journal of Business and Society, Vol. 17 No. 2, 2016, 167-182, 2016.

 

15. Confucius Institute's effects on international travel to China: do cultural difference or institutional quality matter? (with D. Lien and F. Zhang), Applied Economics,49, 3669-3683, 2017.

 

16. Nonparametric estimation of conditional value-at-risk and expected shortfall based on extreme value theory (with C. Martins-Filho and M. Torero), Econometric Theory, 34, 23-67, 2018.

 

17. An investigation of Confucius Institute's effects on China's OFDI via cultural difference and institutional quality (with C. Xu, F. Zhang, Y. Wang), accept at Journal of Asian Business Studies.

 

18. Estimation of stochastic production frontiers using semiparametric smooth coefficient models with panel data (with S. C. Kumbhakar and F. Zhang), Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 37:3,556-572, 2019.

 

19.  Does economic freedom affect the production frontier? A semiparametric approach with panel data (with F. Zhang and J. Hall), Economic Inquiry, 56, 1380-1395, 2018.

 

20.  Estimation of a zero-inefficiency varying coefficient stochastic frontier model: a semiparametric approach based on panel data (with T. Wang, J. Tian and S. C. Kumbhakar), Economics Letters, 166, 25-30, 2018.

 

21.  Estimation of a partially linear additive model with generated covaraites (with C. Martins-Filho and X. Geng), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 208, 94-118, 2020.

 

22.  Does high debt ratio influence Chinese firms' performance? A semiparametric stochastic frontier approach with zero inefficiency (with J. Tian and T. Wang), Empirical Economics, 61, 587-636, 2021.

 

23.  A nonparametric test of significant variables in gradients (with T. Wang), Econometric Theory, 37, 959-1003, 2021.

 

24.  A new estimator of a jump discontinuity in regression (with C. Martins-Filho and S. Xie), Economics Letters, 218, 2022

 

25.  Efficient estimation in a varying coefficient panel data model with different smoothing variables and fixed effect (with Q. Lu, Y. Sun and J. Zhang), accepted at Advances in Econometrics, Volume in honor of Subal Kumbhakar, 2022.

 

26.  A flexible stochastic production frontier model with panel data (with T. Wang and S. C. Kumbhakar), accepted at Journal of Applied Econometrics.

 

27.  Excessive external borrowing in China: evidence from a nonparametric threshold regression model with fixed effects (with J. Tian and T. Wang), accepted at Mathematics.

 

Completed Manuscripts:

1.      Confucius Institute's effects on China's higher education exports: a perspective from cultural difference and institutional quality (with D. Lien and F. Zhang).

2.      Operational efficiency and stock performance: new evidence from a semiparametric panel model (with T. Wang, Z. Wang, S. C. Kumbhakar and T. Jiang).

3.      Understanding real estate matches through a semiparametric panel model of the matching function (with T. Wang and A. Nowak).

4.      Estimating corporate investment efficiency with bias correction: a semiparametric panel model approach (with T. Wang, Z. Wang, and S. C. Kumbhakar), revise and resubmit at Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A.

 

Work in Progress:

1.     Efficient estimation of nonparametric seemingly unrelated regression models (with C. Martins-Filho and Y. Wang).

2.     Efficient estimation of partially linear models under nonparametric endogeneity (with C. Martins-Filho and J. Zhang).

3.     A nonparametric partial R-square test for omitted variables in additive models (with A. Ullah).

4.     Semiparametric estimation of generalized additive models (with C. Martins-Filho).

5.     Maximum likelihood estimation of multiplicative fixed effects dynamic panel data models with short time periods (with C. Hsiao).

6.     Forecasting Several Macroeconomic Variables-an Application of Bayesian Vector Autoregressions.