CV

Here are the short summary of my CV. For further details, you can also download the PDF copy here.

Education

• M.A. in Finance, Tsinghua University, 2023
• B.A. in Economics and Finance, Tsinghua University, 2021
• Harvard Summer School program, Harvard University, Summer 2019

Publications

Disapproval rating, VIX index, COVID-19 cases and Trump’s tweeting against China

Domestic Conflicts and Trade Protectionism: Evidence from Tweets (in Chinese)

Ming Feng, Kun Lang, Alexander X. Li. (2022). "Domestic Conflicts and Trade Protectionism: Evidence from Tweets (in Chinese)" China Journal of Economics. 9(01):56-84.

Is Trade Policy Uncertainty Pushing Chinese Enterprises to Innovate (in Chinese)

Kun Lang, Alexander X. Li. (2024). "Is Trade Policy Uncertainty Pushing Chinese Enterprises to Innovate (in Chinese)" Journal of International Trade. 2024(01):87-104.

Presentations

Presentation at AIB 2023 Warsaw

July 04, 2023

Interactive Session at SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

Strategic Management Society 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto

October 03, 2023

Conference Presentation at Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Canada

Research in Progress

• How to Win the EV Competition? (Supervised by Brian WU)

• Will China’s Corporate Strategy of Indigenous Innovation be Successful in Response to the Risk of Decoupling from the US? (With Kun LANG)

How to Win the EV Competition? with Prof. Brian Wu

• Internet platforms (Didi, TikTok, etc.): I am studying how platforms cultivate and compete for participants, such as influencers, and cross-border expansions. Research methods: NLP (text analysis), CV (video analysis), interviews, econometrics
• Deriving and testing a Cobb-Douglas valuation function of internet platform companies: I have derived a Cobb-Douglas valuation function of the market value of internet platforms and I am collecting data of those public-listed platforms from various sources in order to test the validity of the valuation function.

Research Experience

• Research Project: How to Win the EV Competition?
  • Ross School of Business
  • University of Michigan
  • Supervisor: Professor Wu, Brian
• Fall 2023: Research Assistant
  • Center for Internet Development and Governance (CIDG)
  • School of Economics and Management
  • Supervisor: Professor Chen, Yubo

Additional Information

• Languages: English (Fluent, TOEFL: 105, PTE Academic Score 71/90, GRE: 159+169+4), Mandarin (Native)
• Citizenship: United States of America
• Computer Skills:
  • Data/Statistic Packages: Stata, R, Python
  • Editing Tools: LaTeX, MS Office
• Hobbies: Swimming; Cooking; Tennis;