Jia Li, Associate Professor

Professor Li's research focuses on nonparametric estimation and inference of financial risk factors, such as volatility and jumps, based on high frequency financial data. Such data exhibit a microscopic view of asset price behaviors, but also raise new challenges for econometricians. He is currently working on a project for detecting jumps from the perspective of hedging derivative securities, as well as methods for robust estimation and inference of asset price jumps.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	228D Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1874
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://sites.google.com/view/jiali/home

Teaching (Fall 2019):

• ECON 890.01, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS Synopsis

  LSRC A155, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as ECON 690.02)

• ECON 957S.01, RSRCH SEM: FINANL ECONOMETRICS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, M 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

Education:

Ph.D.

Princeton University

2011

Specialties:

Econometrics
Financial Economics
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

Research Interests:

Professor Li's research focuses on nonparametric estimation and inference of financial risk factors, such as volatility and jumps, based on high frequency financial data. Such data exhibit a microscopic view of asset price behaviors, but also raise new challenges for econometricians. He is currently working on a project for detecting jumps from the perspective of hedging derivative securities, as well as methods for robust estimation and inference of asset price jumps.

Bio

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Li, J; Todorov, V; Tauchen, G, Jump factor models in large cross-sections, Quantitative Economics, vol. 10 no. 2 (May, 2019), pp. 419-456 [doi]  [abs]
2. Li, J; Todorov, V; Tauchen, G; Lin, H, Rank Tests at Jump Events, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, vol. 37 no. 2 (April, 2019), pp. 312-321, Informa UK Limited [doi]  [abs]
3. Li, J; Liu, Y; Xiu, D, Efficient estimation of integrated volatility functionals via multiscale Jackknife, The Annals of Statistics, vol. 47 no. 1 (February, 2019), pp. 156-176, Institute of Mathematical Statistics [doi]  [abs]
4. Bollerslev, T; Li, J; Xue, Y, Volume, volatility, and public news announcements, Review of Economic Studies, vol. 85 no. 4 (October, 2018), pp. 2005-2041, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs]
5. Li, J; Xiu, D, Comment on: Limit of Random Measures associated with the increments of a Brownian Semimartingale, Journal of Financial Econometrics, vol. 16 no. 4 (September, 2018), pp. 570-582, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]

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