LI GAN

abqdiu@r.postjobfree.com

Department of Economics

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-4228

Phone: 979-***-****

Fax: 979-***-****

http://econweb.tamu.edu/gan/

October, 2012

CURRENT POSITIONS

2011 present: Professor of Economics and Cornerstone Fellow of the College of Liberal

Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station

OTHER POSITIONS

2004 present: Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research

2005 present: Research Fellow, Private Enterprise Center, Texas A&M University

2010 present: Director, Survey and Research Center for China Household Finance,

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

PREVIOUS POSITION

2005 2011: Associate Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station

1998 2005: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Texas, Austin.

2010: Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of

Business, Beijing, China

EDUCATION

DEGREE DATE FIELD

Ph.D. 1998 Economics, University of California, Berkeley

M.A. 1998 Statistics, University of California, Berkeley

Course Work 1993 Economics, University of California, Irvine

B.E. 1987 Management Information Systems, Tsinghua University,

Beijing

TEACHING

Probability and Statistics (PhD course)

Econometrics (I and II, PhD courses)

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Applied Microeconometrics (PhD course)

Public Economics (PhD course)

Capstone (Masters course)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate course)

Principles of Macroeconomics (Undergraduate course)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (in English)

Gan, Li, Cheng Hsiao, and Shu Xu. Model Specification Test with Correlated but Not-

Cointegrated Non-Stationary Variables. Forthcoming, Journal of Econometrics.

Gan, Li and Manuel A. Hernandez, Making friends with your neighbors? Agglomeration

and tacit collusion in the lodging industry. Forthcoming, Review of Economics

and Statistics

Gan, Li, Colin Lixin Xu, and Yang Yao. Consumption Insurance and Local Elections:

Evidence from Chinese Villages. Forthcoming, Economics of Transition.

Gan, Li, Jaeun Shin, and Qi Li. Initial Wage, Human Capital, and Post-wage

Differentials. Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol 51, Dec 2010, pages 23-42.

Nan, Jia and Li Gan. Heterogeneous Production Functions and Regional Disparity.

China Economic Review, Vol 21, September 2010, pages S12-S19.

Gan, Li, Zhichao Yin, and Wenbin Zang. The Impact of Housing Reform on Durables

Consumption in China. China Economic Review, Vol 21, September 2010, pages

S55-S64.

Gan, Li, Roberton Williams III, and Thomas Wiseman. A Simple Model of Optimal Hate

Crime Legislation. Economic Inquiry, August, 2010. Best Paper of the Year

(published in Economic Inquiry)

Ai, Chunrong, and Li Gan. An Alternative Root-N Consistent Estimator for Panel Data

Binary Choice Models. Journal of Econometrics, Volume 157, Issue 1, July 2010:

93-100.

Gan, Li, Dong Li, and Shunfeng Song. Is the Zipf s Law Spurious in Explaining City-

Size Distribution? Economics Letters 92 (2006): 256-262

Gan, Li and Qinghua Zhang. The Thick Market Effect of Local Unemployment Rate

Fluctuations. Journal of Econometrics 133(2006): 127-152.

Fullerton, Don, and Li Gan. Cost Effective Policies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions.

American Economic Review, May, 2005: 300-304

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Chung, Jeff, and Li Gan. Empirical Estimates of Effect of Price Limits on Limit-Hitting

Days. Econometrics Journal 8, (2005): 79-96.

Fullerton, Don and Li Gan. A Simulation-Based Welfare Loss Calculation for Labor

Taxes with Piecewise-Linear Budgets. Journal of Public Economics 88, (2004):

2339-59.

Gan, Li, and Victoria Vernon. Testing the Barten Model of Economies of Scale in

Household Consumption: Toward Resolving a Paradox of Deaton and Paxson.

Journal of Political Economy 111(6), (2003): 1361-77.

Chand, Harish, and Li Gan. The Effect of Bracketing in Wealth Estimation. Review of

Income and Wealth 49(2), (June 2003): 273-87.

Gan, Li. The Uncertain Fair-Wage Effort Hypothesis and Wage Secrecy. Topics in

Economic Analysis and Policy 2(1), (2002): 1-15.

Gan, Li, and Jiming Jiang. A Test for Global Maximum. Journal of American Statistical

Association (JASA) 94(447), (September 1999): 847-54.

Skaperdas, Stergios, and Li Gan. Risk Aversion in Contests. The Economic Journal.

105(431), (July 1995): 951-62.

BOOK CHAPTERS ON ECONOMICS OF AGING

Gan, Li, Guan Gong, and Michael Hurd. Net Intergenerational Transfers from an Increase

in Social Security Benefits. In Dimitri Papadimitriou, ed., Government Spending

on the Elderly, Palgrave Publishing, 2007: 178-188.

Gan, Li, Michael Hurd, and Daniel McFadden. Individual Subjective Survival Curves. In

David Wise, ed., Analyses in Economics of Aging. The University of Chicago Press,

2005: 377-411.

Hurd, Michael, Daniel McFadden, Harish Chand, Li Gan, Angela Merrill, and Michael

Roberts. Consumption and Saving Balances of the Elderly: Experimental Evidence

on Survey Response Bias. In David Wise, ed., Topics in the Economics of Aging,

The University of Chicago Press, 1998: 353-87.

Hurd, Michael, Daniel McFadden, and Li Gan. Subjective Survival Curves and Life

Cycle Saving Behavior. In David Wise, ed., Inquiries in the Economics of Aging.

The University of Chicago Press, 1998: 259-305.

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SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (in Chinese)

Ma, Shuang, and Li Gan (2012): On the Job Training and Minimum Wage. China

Economic Quarterly, forthcoming.

Huang, Feng, and Li Gan(2012): Moral Hazard in Medical Insurance. Journal of

Financial Research No 5, 201*-***-***.

Jia, Nan, Liangliang Zhang, and Li Gan (2011): A Test for Habit Consumption in Rural

Households. China Economic Quarterly, Vol 11, No 1.

Ma, Shuang, Shu Xu and Li Gan (2011): Reducing Income Inequality: the Effect of

Minimum Wage. China Social Science Journal Nov 17,

2011.

Xu, Shu, Han Li, and Li Gan (2011): Market Competition and China s Airline Pricing

China Economic Quarterly, Vol 10, No 2.

Gan, Li, Guoen Liu, and Shuang Ma: The Effect of Basic Health Insurance on

Consumption. Economic Research Journal, Special Issue on

Consumption Finance, 2010. pp 30-38.

Yin, Zhichao, and Li Gan (2011): Information Asymmetry, Firm Heterogeneity, and

Credit Risk. Economic Research Journal, September, 2011.

Jia, Nan, and Li Gan (2010): A Survey of the Forum of Chinese Health Care Reform .

Economic Research Journal, November 2010: pp 152-156.

Yin, Zhichao and Li Gan(2010) Smoking, Drinking and Wages. Economic Research

Journal, October 2010: pp 90-100.

Li, Feng, Li Gan, and Xiaoling Yang (2010): Timing of Submitting Applications for the

National College Exam Education Research October, 2010: pp53-60

Ma, Shuang, Wenbin Zang and Li Gan (2010): The Effect of New Rural Cooperative

Health Insurance to Food Consumption. China Economic Quarterly, October, 2010: pp30-39.

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Huang, Feng, and Li Gan (2010): Over Demand or Efficient Demand ? An Empirical

Study of Health and Health Insurance for Urban Elderly. Economic Research

Journal, June 2010: pp105-119.

Deng, Guoying, Li Gan and Yaoguo Wu (2010): Overreaction in Housing Market.

Management World, June, 2010

Yin, Zhichao, and Li Gan (2010): The effect of China Housing Reform on Durable

consumption China Economic Quarterly, January, 2010

Shuang Ma, Li Gan, and Xianghua Gao (2009): Income Shock and Nutrition Intakes.

Management World, May, 2009, PP 44-57

Yin, Zhichao, and Li Gan (2009): An Empirical Study on the Difference between Public

Sector and Private Sector. Economic Research Journal, April 2009,

PP129-140

Shan, Liwei, Li Gan, and Tao Zhen (2008): Corporate Donation and Economic Incentives

after the Wenchuan Earthquake. Economic Research Journal November, 2008

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

Gan, Li, and Qinghua Zhang. The Market Thickness and the Impact of Unemployment on

Housing Market Outcomes. Revision requested by Econometrica.

Gan, Li, and Qi Li. Efficiency of Thin and Thick Markets. NBER Working Paper

#10815. Revision requested Journal of Econometrics.

Dong, Yan, Li Gan, and Yingning Wang. Residential mobility, neighborhood effects, and

education attainment of blacks and whites. Revision requested by Econometric

Review.

Gan, Li and Gaoshen Ju. Estimation of Labor Supply and Exact Welfare Change under

Flexible Preferences and Generalized Piecewise-Linear Budgets. Working Paper.

Submitted.

Gan, Li, Feng Huang, and Adalbert Mayer. A Simple Test of Private Information in the

Insurance Markets with Heterogeneous Insurance Demand. NBER Working Paper

# 16738.

Gan, Li and Xi Wu. A test of private information in life insurance markets. Working

paper.

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Gan, Li and Guan Gong. Estimating Interdependence between Health and Education in a

Dynamic Model. NBER Working Paper #12830.

Gan, Li and Liwei Shan. Incentives of Corporate Donations after the Wenchuan

Earthquake in China. Submitted

Gan, Li, Guan Gong, Michael Hurd, and Daniel McFadden. Individual Subjective

Survival Curves and Bequests. NBER Working Paper Series #10789.

Fullerton, Don, Li Gan, and Miwa Hattori. A Model to Evaluate Vehicle Emission

Incentive Policies in Japan.

Gan, Li, Tarun Sabarwal, and Hellen Zhang. Personal Bankruptcy: Reconciling Adverse

Events and Strategic Timing Theories Using Heterogeneity in Filing Types.

Working Paper. Submitted.

Gan, Li, Colin Lixin Xu, and Yang Yao. Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-

Term Income: Evidence from Rural China. NBER Working Paper #12686.

Gan, Li, and Wen-Yao Wang. Partial Deposit Insurance and Moral Hazard in Banking

System. Working Paper.

Gan, Li, Yingning Wang, and Zhichao Yin. Smoking, Drinking, and Income. Working

paper.

Feng, Ye, Don Fullerton, and Li Gan. Vehicle Choices, Miles Driven, and Pollution

Policies. NBER Working Paper Series #11553.

Collins, Courtney and Li Gan. Switching to Better Schools: A Model of Class Size and

Mover Endogeneity. Working paper.

Collins, Courtney, and Li Gan. Smaller Classes and Similar Peer: Disentangling the

Effects of Class Size and Class Composition. Working paper.

Gan, Li, and Noelia Paez. The Effects of Female Labor Market Participation on Fertility

Spacing. Working paper.

Gan, Li, and Shuang Ma. Minimum wage and exports in China. Working Paper.

Gan, Li and Shuang Ma. The Effect of New Rural Cooperative Medical System on

Household Food Consumption. Working paper.

Gan, Li and Roberto Mosquera. An Empirical Study of the Credit Market with

Unobserved Consumer Types. NBER Working Paper Series #13873.

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Escobari, Diego, and Li Gan. Price Dispersion under Costly Capacity and Demand

Uncertainty. NBER Working Paper #13075.

Gan, Li, and Tarun Sabarwal. A Simple Test of Adverse Events and Strategic Timing

Theories of Consumer Bankruptcy. NBER Working Paper Series #11763.

Gan, Li, and Guan Gong. Mortality Risk and Educational Attainment of Black and White

Men. NBER Working Paper #10381.

Gan, Li, and Feng Li. Application Timing and Admission Mechanism in the National

College Entrance Exam in China. Working paper.

Gan, Li and Jijun Tan. How Does the Optimal Two-Bracket Income Tax Depend on

Wage Inequality. Working Paper.

Gan, Li, Xiaojin Su, and Lin Zou. Dynamics of Volume and Price: A New Approach.

Working Paper.

GRANTS AND RESEARCH CONTRACTS

Summer Research Assignment, University of Texas, 1999

Dean s Fellowship, University of Texas. Spring 2000

Faculty Research Grant, University of Texas. 2000-2001

Research Contract: Second-Best Control of Vehicle Emissions in U.S. and Japan.

Economic and Social Research Institute of Japan, 2002-2004

Role: Co-PI (PI: D. Fullerton)

Research Contract: The Impact of Health Shocks on Household Welfare and the

Effectiveness of Public Intervention in Rural China. World Bank Research

Committee, 2003 -2005.

Role: Co-PI (PI: L.C. Xu)

P01 AG005842-150012 Improving Data Measurement in Surveys of the Elderly

National Institute of Aging/National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000-2001

Role: PI for the subcontract (PI: D. McFadden)

R01 AG12921 Using Subjective Information to Explain Saving Decisions

National Institute of Aging/National Bureau of Economic Research, 1996 -2003

Role: PI for the subcontract (PI: M. Hurd)

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R03 HD046892 Endogenous Mortality Risk and Educational Attainment of Black

and White Men. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,

January 2005-January 2007

Role: PI

China Household Finance Survey. The People s Bank of China and National 211

Project, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

Summer 2009

Role: PI

REFEREE

American Economic Review, B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, China

Economic Review, Econometric Journal, Econometric Review, Econometric Theory,

Economic Inquiry, Environmental and Planning A, European Economic Review, Health

Economics, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Business and Economic

Statistics, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Journal of Financial

Econometrics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law and Economic Organization,

Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Population Economics,

Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Systems Science

and Systems Engineering, IEEE Transaction on Information Theory, International Review

of Finance, National Science Foundation, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of

Income and Wealth, Southern Economic Journal, Statistics in Medicine, Theoretical

Population Biology, Urban Studies.

SPECIAL HONORS

Rapoport-King Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas, 2001

Cheung Kong Professorship, Ministry of Education, China, 2006

Graduate Advisor of the Year, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2007

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