CURRICULUM VITAE

Yinan Li November, 2011

Institute for International Economic Studies Mobile: +46 720 406 111 Stockholm University Email: [email protected] Se10691, Stockholm Fax: +46-8-161443 Sweden

Affiliation

Center for Institutions, Policy and Culture in the Development Process (Chaired by Professor , University of Zurich (starting from December 2011)

References

Professor John Hassler (Main advisor) Professor Per Krusell

Institute for International Economic Studies Institute for International Economic Studies Stockholm University Stockholm University SE-106 91 Stockholm SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 162 070 Phone: +46 (0)8 163 073 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Professor Professor Yves Zenou

Institute for International Economic Studies Department of Economics Stockholm University Stockholm University SE-10691 Stockholm SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 163 066 Phone: +46 (0)8 162 880 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Research Interest

Dynamic of Government Economic Development (with special emphasis on China) Macroeconomics Education

Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Ph.D in Economics, June 2012(E).

Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Ph. Licentiate, November 2008.

Central School of Finance and Economics (Beijing, China), Department of Finance, Bachelor of Economics, June 2002.

Teaching Experience

Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate Course), Teaching Assistant, Spring 2010, Autumn 2009 and Spring 2008.

New Preferences and Macro (Second year Ph.D Course), Teaching Assistant, Spring 2008.

Awards and Honours

European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2011

Karin Kock och Hugo Lindberg’s travel scholarship, 2009, 2010

Research Grant from Handelsbanken Research Foundation, 2008-

Research Grant from Finanspolitiska Forskningsinstitutet, 2006-2007

Excellent Bachelor’s Degree Thesis, 2002

Second Prize in National Mathematics Contest of High School Students, 1997

Conferences and Presentations

2011: EWMES (in Tel Aviv University), ENTER (European Network for Training in Economic Research) Jamboree (in Tilburg University, discussant), IIES Brownbag, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, China Economic Research Center at Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm University

2010: EEA (in Glasgow), Nordic Summer Symposium in Macroeconomics (in Mustio, Finland, discussant), IIES Brownbag, IIES Macro Study Group Meeting, SUDSWE(Stockholm- Uppsala Doctoral Students Workshop in Economics)

2009: Econometric Society Far East and South Asia Meeting (in Tokyo University), ISNIE (International Society for New Institutional Economics) Annual Conference (in UC Berkeley), ENTER (European Network for Training in Economic Research) Jamboree (in University College London), SUDSWE(Stockholm-Uppsala Doctoral Students Workshop in Economics)

Job Market Paper

China’s Political Business Cycle

Abstract: We present the evidence of political business cycles in China's key macro variables in the reform era starting in 1977. We construct a theory to explain the mechanism of the political cycle, incorporating the fundamental institutional features since the reform: economic decentralization, political centralization and central government intervention when necessary. An empirical test of our theory, using a panel of provincial level data, derives a result consistent with the predictions of our theory. We also clearly define the China Mode of Growth.

Working Papers

A Theory of Dynastic Cycle

A Politico-Economic Theory of Corruption in Non-democracy

In Progress

Dog Tooth in Border Setting (with Pei Li at National University of Singapore)

Capital Misallocation in China (with Johanna Rickne at IFN)

The Dynamics of Culture (with Tony Fang at the Business School of Stockholm University and Chuanzhong Li at Uppsala University)

Language Skills

Chinese (mother tongue), English (fluent)