Dr. Tian is an assistant professor of economics at the Institute for Advanced Economics Research (IAER) at Dongbei University of Economics and Finance. Her research interest includes applied nonparametric and semiparametric estimation, with emphases on development economics, stochastic frontier analysis and industrial organization. Her research work has been published in Economics Letters and Empirical Economics.

Ph.D. in Economics, West Virginia University, WV, USA, 2018
B.S. in Financial Economics and B.A. in Mathematical Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, USA, 2013

Applied Econometrics (with an emphasis on Applied Nonparametric and Semiparametric Panel Estimation), Development Economics, Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Chinese Economy

Papers

1. Yao, F. , Wang, T. , Tian, J. , & Kumbhakar, S. C. . (2018). Estimation of a smooth coefficient zero-inefficiency panel stochastic frontier model: a semiparametric approach. Economics Letters, 166, 25-30.

2. Wang, T., & Tian, J. (2018). Recasting the trade impact on labor share: a fixed-effect semiparametric estimation study. Empirical Economics, 1-47. 

Econometrics II