RIEMAT A GLANCE

The Research Institute of Economics and Management

(RIEM) was founded in fall 2006. Li Han, Fu Shihe, Shan

Liwei, and two others became the founding members of

RIEM since they received their doctorate degrees abroad.

Xu Shu, Huang Feng, Li Feng and two other PhD. students

were the first batch of RIEM students. Now RIEM already

has 51 full-time faculty members with foreign doctor

degrees, 68 doctoral students, 36 master’s students, and

550 undergraduate students. In 2013, the Survey and

Research Center for China Household Finance also became

a part of RIEM.

Currently, RIEM is one of the most international teaching and

research institutes in China. All of RIEM’s faculty members

hold doctorate degrees from overseas universities, and

many teachers and staff members are of foreign nationalities.

RIEM presently has four majors: economics, finance,

accounting, and management. The undergraduate, master’s,

and doctoral programs are in accordance with the top

international academic standards. All of RIEM classes are

taught entirely in English and overseas students comprise

about one-third of the whole class. I am confident and proud

to say that RIEM pioneers in the internationalization tide of

all the Chinese economics &management schools.

RIEM is also one of the most domestic centers on

researching China’s pressing problems and has attached

importance to it since its inception. Over the past seven

years, RIEM professors and students have published 19

academic papers in Economic Research. In 2009, RIEM

launched the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS). With

arduous work, we meticulously collected comprehensive

first-hand data about Chinese household finance facts,

which actually laid solid foundation for both academic

research and political policy to build on.

The past seven years have seen considerable hard work and

many splendid outcomes in RIEM. I have faith that with an

international vision and a domestic mindset, the next seven

years will bring even more wonderful achievements.

甘犁Li GanUniversity of California at Berkeley, PhD in Economics

Yangtze Scholar, Doctoral Mentor

Dean, Research Institute of Economics and Management at

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Director, China Household Finance Survey at Southwestern University of

Finance and Economics

Professor, Texas A&M University

MESSAGE FROM DEAN

1Research Institute of Economics and Management

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

(SWUFE), founded in 1952 and under direct administration

of the Ministry of Education, is the largest and one of the

best universities in China specializing in economics and

management. It is in the 211 project and it won the 985

project innovation platform in the Finance field.

The University currently has 23,951 full-time students,

among who 5,993 are graduate students and 1,103 are

PHD students. From 1996, SWUFE began enrolling foreign

students from over 40 countries. Now there are 363 foreign

students studying in SWUFE. The university features a

strong scholarly excellence and professional dedication with

more than 1,200 full-time faculties and nearly 500 visiting

scholars and professionals. By now, the university has won

66 teaching achievements awarded at national, provincial

and departmental levels.

SWUFEAs the only key university once governed by China’s central bank, SWUFE has won several honorable titles such as the ‘financial talents pool of China’.

Our University -

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2 At a Glance

The Research Institute of Economics and Management

(RIEM) was established in 2006. RIEM is dedicated to high-

quality teaching and research in economics, finance and

management.

Faculty List in RIEM

RIEMThe goal of RIEM is to become an internationally acknowledged research and education center and a leading think tank in China.

Our School -

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Surrey

Research Fields:Transport And Energy Econometrics

David Broadstock

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Drexel University

Research Fields:Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Game Theory

Minghua Chen

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota

Research Fields:Development Economics, International Trade

Tianshu Chu

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Essex

Research Fields:Financial Economics, Banking, International Finance

Yan Dong

Education:Ph. D in Economics, Indiana University

Research Fields:Econometric Theory, Financial Econometrics, Time Series

Zaichao Du

Education:Ph.D. in Real Estate, National University Of Singapore

Research Fields:Real Estate Investment And Finance, Credit Risk Models, And Securitization

Gangzhi Fan

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, State University of New York

Research Fields:Macroeconomics, International Finance

Youngbin Ahn

Education:Ph.D. in Agricultural and Consumption Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Fields:Energy economics, Agricultural Economics

Xiaoguang Chen

All the faculty members of RIEM have received doctoral

degrees from well-known universities in the U.S., U.K.,

Australia and Canada etc. RIEM frequently invites scholars

from different countries for teaching and joint research. Each

year, RIEM also holds several international conferences and

academic sessions.

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Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of California, Los Angeles

Research Fields:Industrial Organization, Microeconomics

Hong Feng

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Warwick

Research Fields:Development And Industrial Economics

Jiannan Guo

Education:Ph.D. in Statistics, The Ohio State University

Research Fields:Order Statistics, Econometrics

Qinying He

Education:Ph.D. in Marketing, University of Maryland

Research Fields:Social Network, Social Media Marketing

Jing Gao

Education:Ph.D. in Econometrics, Tinbergen Institute

Research Fields:Mathematical and Computational Economics

Zhengyuan Gao

Education:Ph.D. in Management, Northwestern University

Research Fields:Business Strategy, Industrial Organization

Qiang Gong

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University

Research Fields:Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics

Youxin Hu

Education:Ph.D. in Finance, University Of Essex

Research Fields:Financial Economics, Asset Pricing

Lin Huang

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Research Fields:Labor Economics

Ying Li

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

Research Fields:Financial Econometrics, Nonparametric Statistics

Mengmeng Guo

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Houston

Research Fields:Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

Han Li

Education:Ph.D. in Industrial And Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

Research Fields:Modeling Of Enterprise Management System, Business System Dynamics

Shiyong Liu

DIVERSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESGLOGAL PERSPECTIVE

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Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona

Research Fields:Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy

Pinghan Liang

Education:Ph. D in Economics, University Of Manitoba

Research Fields:Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization

Xin Meng

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Syracuse University

Research Fields:International Trade And Development Economics

Puman Ouyang

Education:Ph.D. in Economics,University Of California, Berkeley

Research Fields:Microeconomic Theory

Maxwell Pak

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Michigan State University

Research Fields:Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Tao Peng

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Florida International University

Research Fields:Applied Microeconomics; Industry Dynamics

Zhao Rong

Education:Ph.D. in Finance, University Of Oregon

Research Fields:Empirical Finance, Capital Markets

Liwei Shan

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Concordia University

Research Fields:Financial Econometrics, Asset Pricing

Hua Shang

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Florida International University

Research Fields:International Economics, Time Series

Yan Shu

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University

Research Fields:Industrial Organization, Behavioral & Experimental Economics

Zhiquan Weng

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University of Waterloo

Research Fields:Labor Economics

Jingye Shi

Education:Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, Harvard University

Research Fields:Entrepreneurial Management, Corporate Governance

Qingxia Tong

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas at Austin

Research Fields:Public Economics, Finance

Jijun Tan

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Drexel University

Research Fields:Banking, International Finance

Ji Wu

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Education:Ph.D. in Finance, Oklahoma State University

Research Fields:Stock Market Microstructure, Investment

Yu Wu Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Georgia

Research Fields:Applied Microeconomics

Bing Xu

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University of Toulouse

Research Fields:Industrial Organization

Jianyu Yu

Education:Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Research Fields:Applied Economics, Time Series

Jin Zhang

Education:Ph.D. in Business, Kelley School Of Business, Indiana University

Research Fields:Managerial Economics, Game Theory

Lan Zhang

Education:Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Research Fields:Health economics, Development Economics

Yan Yuan

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Alabama

Research Fields:Time Series Econometrics, Macroeconomics

Jingan Yuan

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, University Of Birmingham

Research Fields:Macroeconomics, Financial Market

Dayong Zhang

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Université Du Québec À Montréal

Research Fields:Macroeconomics, Financial Economics

Lin Zhang

Education:Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Research Fields:Banking, International Finance

Tong Zhang

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Southern Methodist University

Research Fields:Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics

Jingjing Ye

Education:Ph.D. in Economics, Texas A&M University

Research Fields:Banking, Applied Microeconomics

Shuoxun Zhang

Education:Ph.D. in Finance, Queen's University

Research Fields:Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing

Ligang ZhongEducation:Ph.D. in Economics, Australian National University

Research Fields:Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics

Guochang Zhao

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7Research Institute of Economics and Management

Undergraduate Program

The undergraduate program ’EMIIT’ – ‘the Economics and

Management International Immersion Talent’ program, was

set up by RIEM in 2009. All courses are taught in English

and top international academic standards are applied. Only

150 domestic students are admitted by this program out

of nearly 1000 SWUFE freshman applicants each year.

Besides, there are around 40 foreign degree students in

EMIIT. Like western universities, EMIIT students receive

general economics and management education during their

first and second year. In the third year, they may choose a

major and a minor from four tracks: Economics, Finance,

Management and Accounting. Among the EMIIT graduates,

above 60% continue their studies in top universities all over

the world and the rest found jobs in famous banks and

companies etc. For details, please see our Undergraduate

Program Brochure.

OUR PROGRAMSWe welcome foreign students to study together with our students.

Graduate Programs

The Graduate programs started in 2006. All the domestic

students are direct admission students from 211 Project

Key Universities in China. Master students can choose

specialization in Economics or Finance. And each of them

has two tutors – research one and career one. PhD students

can choose one research track from the following three:

Economics, Industry Economics and Finance. Currently

we have 33 master candidates and 37 PhD candidates,

plus 5 foreign students. 43 students have graduated with

doctor degrees and most of them entered top universities or

famous research institutes in China. For details, please see

our Graduate Program Brochure.

Bachelor in Finance

Bachelor in Economics

Bachelor in Accounting

Bachelor in Management

Master in Economics

Master in Finance

PhD. in Economics

PhD. in Industry Economics

PhD. in Finance

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Exchange Programs

We have already established exchange partnership with

Texas A&M University (The U.S.), University of Guelph

(Canada), Rennes School of Business (France) on both

undergraduate level and graduate level. Each year, we

welcome more than 20 exchange students from our foreign

partners in Fall/Spring/Summer Terms. For details, please

see our Exchange Program Brochure.

* Disclaimer

SWUFE has used reasonable endeavors to ensure that the information contained in this publication is correct at the time of printing but this information may be subject to corrections or changes without notice. SWUFE reserves the right to alter, change, or discontinue programs and courses without notice.

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