Packet - Economics - Johns Hopkins University

Department of Economics
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 516-7601
Wei Zhao
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, June 2013 (expected)
116 W. University Pkwy. Apt. 1209
Baltimore, MD 21210
Cell: (757) 968-1313
E-mail: weizhao@jhu.edu
Advisors: Joseph E. Harrington, Jr. (co-primary), Przemyslaw Jeziorski (co-primary), Richard Spady
Dissertation: Essays on Mergers, Collusion, and Innovation
Institute on Computational Economics, University of Chicago, Summer 2010
M.A. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2009
M.A. in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Columbia University, 2007
B.A. in Finance, Renmin University of China, 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Industrial Organization, Microeconometrics, Game Theory and Microeconomic Theory
TEACHING INTERESTS
Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Game Theory, Microeconomics, Mathematical Methods for
Economists, Numerical Methods in Economics
RESEARCH PAPERS
“Estimating Dynamic Merger Efficiencies with an Application to the 1997 Boeing-McDonnell Douglas
Merger”, Job market paper.
“Signaling and Tacit Collusion in an Infinitely Repeated Prisoners’ Dilemma” (with Joseph E. Harrington,
Jr.), Mathematical Social Sciences, 64(2012) 277-289.
“How Much is Access to Employer-Provided Health Insurance Worth? Household Joint Decision-
Making in a Job-Search Framework” (with Yiyang Li), in progress.
“Vertical Relation and Endogenous Innovation in a Dynamic Stochastic Game”, in progress.
“Understanding Bidders’ Belief and Rationality in Dynamic Auctions: Evidence from Penny Auctions”
(with Yonghong An), in progress.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Instructor, M.A. in Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, Mathematical Methods for
Economists (Online), Summer 2011 - Spring 2013
Research Assistant to Prof. Stephen Shore, Spring 2008
Research Assistant to Prof. Tiemen Woutersen, Spring 2008
Teaching Assistant to Prof. Louis J. Maccini, Macroeconomic Theory, Fall 2008
Research Assistant to Prof. Yingyao Hu, Spring 2009 - Summer 2010
Teaching Assistant to Prof. Stephen Shore, Microeconomic Theory, Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant to Prof. Greg Duffee, Corporate Finance, Spring 2011
Research Assistant to Prof. Joseph E. Harrington, Jr., Spring 2011
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