Ling Sun Curriculum Vitae updated October 2017
Contact Department of Economics Tel: (905) 688-5550 ext 5097 Information Brock University Email: [email protected] St. Catharines, ON Citizenship: Canadian Canada, L2S3A1
Professional Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Brock University Experience 2017 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brock University 2012 - 2017
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Brock University 2011 - 2012
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Toronto (St. George and Mississauga) 2010 - 2011
Education Ph.D. Economics, University of Toronto, 2012 M.A. Economics, Western University, 2002 M.A. Economics, Wuhan University, 2000 B.A. (Hons) Economics, Wuhan University of Technology, 1997
Academic Council for Research in the Social Sciences (CRISS) Grants, 2017, 2012, 2011 Distinctions Council for Research in the Social Sciences (CRISS) Grants, 2016 (Joint with Lester Kwong) and Awards Council for Research in the Social Sciences (CRISS) Grants, 2015 (Joint with Lester Kwong) SSHRC Insight Development Grant, February 2105 Competition (co-investigator with Ka- terina Koka), ranked 4A Competitive Paper Award in Corporate Finance, Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2011 Faculty of Arts Start-up Research Grant, Brock University, 2011 Thesis Completion Grant, University of Toronto, 2007-2008 University of Toronto Fellowship, 2003-2007 Special University Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, 2001-2002 Graduate Fellowship, Wuhan University, 1997-2000 First Prize Scholarship, Wuhan University of Technology, 1993-1997 Social Activities Award, Wuhan University of Technology, 1994-1995
Publications “Marriage, Markets and Money: A Coasian Theory of Household Formation,” with Kenneth and Papers Burdett, Mei Dong and Randall Wright. International Economic Review, May 2016, Vol under Review 57, No.2, 337-368. in Peer-Refereed “Macroeconomic Policy and Household Economics,” with Mei Dong and Randall Wright, Journals Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Economic Policy Papers, March 10, 2015.
1 “Semiparametric versus Parametric Hedonic Wine Price Models: An Empirical Inves- tigation,” with Lester Kwong and Tomson Ogwang, Applied Economics Letters, DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1240330.
“An Examination of Tail Dependence in Bordeaux Futures Prices and Parker Ratings,” with Don Cyr and Lester Kwong (forthcoming at the Journal of Wine Economics).
“Delayed Output Response to Productivity Shocks in a Monetary Search Model” (R&R at Atlantic Economic Journal).
“On Linear Wine Score Aggregators and the Preservation of Group Preferences,” with Lester Kwong (submitted).
“A Note on the Coasian Theory of Household Formation,” with Mei Dong (submitted).
Work in “An Exploration of the Relationship Between Robert Parker and Neal Martin en Primeur Progress Wine Ratings,” with Don Cyr and Lester Kwong (in progress).
“The Impact of Wine Reviews on Sales: Normalizing Across Experts,” with Don Cyr and Lester Kwong.
“Financial Shocks and Firm Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis,” with Varouj Aivazian and Mohammad Rahaman (in progress).
“A Model of Sales with Cost Asymmetries,” with Lester Kwong.
“Strategic Eco-labeling and Consumer Informativeness,” with Lester Kwong.
“Information, Prices and Welfare in a Large Economy,” with Mei Dong and Janet Hua Jiang (in progress).
“Hedonic Price Model of Ontario Wines: A Quantile Regression Analysis,” with Tomson Ogwang and Lester Kwong (in progress).
“The Canadian Earnings Function Under Retest,” with Moses Nti and Tomson Ogwang (in progress).
“Sustained Societal Benefit of Illiquid Bonds” (in progress).
“Human Capital Accumulation and Wage Tenure Contract” (in progress).
“Two-sided Search in Credit Markets with Imperfect Information” (in progress).
“Searching in Credit Relationships,” with Mei Dong (in progress).
Conference “Information, Prices and Welfare in a Large Economy” Presentations · Summer Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank
2 of Chicago (Chicago, 2016) · 2017 China Meeting of the Econometric Society (Wuhan, 2017)
“Delayed Output Response to Productivity Shocks in a Monetary Search Model” · Eastern Economic Association 39th Annual Conference (New York City, 2013) · University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, 2011) · Bank of Canada (Ottawa, 2011) · Ryerson University (Toronto, 2011) · Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, 2011) · Brock University (St. Catharines, 2011) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Universit Laval (Quebec City, 2010) · Summer Workshop on Money, Banking and Payments, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Chicago, 2009) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, University of Toronto (Toronto, 2009)
“Societal Benefit of Illiquid Bonds” · Summer Workshop on Money, Banking and Payments, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleve- land (Cleveland, 2007) · Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, 2007) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Concordia University (Montreal, 2006)
Field · 2017 China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Wuhan University (Wuhan, 2017) Conference · Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, Queen’s University (Kingston, 2016) Participation · Summer Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Chicago, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2009) · Waterloo International Workshop on the Implications of Aging on Asset Values, Univer- sity of Waterloo (Waterloo, 2016) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, 2016) · Conference on Money, Banking, and Asset Markets, University of Wisconsin (Madison, 2016, 2014, 2013) · Workshop in International Economics, McMaster University (Hamilton, 2015) · Summer Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (St. Louis, 2015) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Ryerson University (Toronto, 2015) · Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, McMaster University (Hamilton, 2014) · The Future of Payments, Queen’s University (Kingston, 2014) · Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, University of Toronto (Toronto, 2014) · The Economics of Payments VII Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Boston, 2014) · The Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Meetings (Philadelphia, 2014) · Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, Ryerson University (Toronto, 2013)
3 · Research on Money and Markets workshop, University of Toronto (Toronto, 2005-2011) · Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, University of Toronto (Toronto, 2008). · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, University of Toronto (Toronto, 2009) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, 2008) · Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Concordia University (Montreal, 2006)
Teaching Brock University Experience · ECON 5P04 Topics in Applied Economics (Graduate) (Winter 2012-2013) · ECON 5P02 Macroeconomic Theory (Graduate) (Fall 2012-2016) · ECON 4P26 Monetary Economics (Winter 2012-2016) · ECON 3P21 Intermediate Microeconomics II (Fall 2012-2016, Winter 2013-2016) · ECON 3P04 Money and Banking II (Winter 2012)
University of Toronto, St. George and Mississauga · ECO358 Financial Economics I (Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing) (Fall 2010, Summer 2011) · ECO359 Financial Economics II (Corporate Finance) (Spring 2011)
Students Graduate Students Supervised · Bing Su (joint with Katerina Koka) - Spring 2016 · Corey Carlton (joint with Lester Kwong) - Winter 2016 · Haoyang Lucia Zhang (second reader) - Winter 2016 · Moses Nti (joint with Tomson Ogwang) - Winter 2015 · Guan Wang (joint with Lester Kwong) - Winter 2014 · Kang Wang (second reader) - Winter 2014 · Weijia Jamie Jiang (joint with Lester Kwong) - Spring 2013 · Siyang April Wen - Spring 2013
Undergraduate Student · Ning Zhai (second reader) - Spring 2013
Teaching The Centre for Pedagogical Innovation (CPI) at Brock University Workshop · Instructional Skills Workshop (2013) · Course Design/Redesign Workshop (2014) · Teaching Dossier Institute (2016)
Departmental Graduate Studies Committee 2012-present Service Research Seminar Committee (Chair) 2015-present Research Seminar Committee 2013-2014 Recruitment Committee 2011-2015 Computing Committee 2013-2014
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