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Basics
| Name | Fangzhou Xie |
| Label | Econometrician, R developer/maintainer |
| [FIRSTNAME].[LASTNAME][at]rutgers[dot]edu | |
| Url | https://fangzhou-xie.github.io/ |
Education
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2020 - 2026 (Exp.) New Brunswick, NJ
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2018 - 2020 New York, NY
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2015 - 2026 La Jolla, CA
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2013 - 2017 Beijing, China
Publications
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2021.12.28 rethnicity: An R package for predicting ethnicity from names
SoftwareX
I built a package to predict ethnicity from names and published it on CRAN for R users.
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2019.12.09 Wasserstein Index Generation Model: Automatic generation of time-series index with application to Economic Policy Uncertainty
Economics Letters
I propose a novel method, the Wasserstein Index Generation model (WIG), to generate a public sentiment index automatically. To test the model's effectiveness, an application to generate Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index is showcased.
Languages
| Mandarin Chinese | |
| Native |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| German | |
| Intermediate |
Awards
- 2020
Excellence Fellowship
Department of Economics, Rutgers University
- 2019
Conference Travel Fund
Department of Computer Science, Cornell University
- 2019
Conference Travel Fund
Department of Economics, New York University
- 2017
Travel Fund
Department of Economics, Cornell University
- 2015
Scholarship for Foreign Exchange Program at UCSD
Beijing Municipal Government