School of Economic Sciences | WSU
Graduate Student
Wen Chen
Education:
- Ph.D. Economics, Washington State University (expected May 2015)
Advisor: Robert E. Rosenman
- M.S. Statistics, Washington State University (expected May 2015)
- B.S. Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, 2011
- B.S. Accounting, Summa Cum Laude, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, 2011
Research Interest:
- Financial Economics, Industrial Organization
- Labor Economics, Applied Microeconometrics
Professional Certificates:
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Exams
Level I, Passed, December 2013
Level II, Passed, June 2014
- Uniform Certied Public Accountant (CPA) Examinations (State of Washington)
BEC, 92, August 2012
FAR, 92, October, 2012
REG, 92, November, 2012
AUD, 96, February, 2013
Work in Progress:
- Information Interaction of Insider Trading on Share Re-purchases: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Robert E. Rosenman
- Gender Bias in Top Executives: A Diagnosis from Stock Market Performance
- The Effect of an Employer Health Insurance Mandate on the Demand for Part-time Labor, with Bisisha Mandal
- Go Back to Hotelling: An Interaction Between Reputation and Quality Variations
Professional Presentations:
- “Gender Bias in Top Executives: A Diagnosis from Stock Market” Session Title:(Household and Labor Economics).
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Research Experience:
- Affordable Care Act and small businesses with Bidisha Mandal
- Irrigation systems
- Bovine Respiratory Disease project
Teaching Experience:
- Teaching Assistant: Labor Economics, Fall 2011- Spring 2012
- Teaching Assistant:Global Capitalism Today: Perspectives and Issues, Fall 2011
- Intermediate Microeconomics without Calculus, Spring 2012
- Monetary Theory and Policy, Spring 2012
Computer Skills:
- STATA, SAS, GAUSS, R, LATEX, SQL
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Washington State University
School of Economic Sciences
P.O. Box 646210
Pullman, WA 99164-6210
Phone: (206) 849-3540
E-mail: wen_econ.chen@wsu.edu