教育背景
美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校经济学硕士、博士
美国阿肯色大学费耶特维尔校区经济学硕士
中国华中科技大学经济学学士
研究领域
个人简介
王健博士目前是香港中文大学(深圳)经管学院教授,清华五道口金融学院金融硕士导师和中国金融四十人青年论坛会员。2006年获得美国威斯康星大学经济学博士学位之后,王健博士担任美联储达拉斯联邦储备银行高级经济学家兼政策顾问,主要研究方向包括国际金融市场和货币政策。王健博士长期跟踪研究包括中国在内的全球热点经济问题以及美联储等央行的非传统货币政策(零利率、QE、扭曲操作等)对新兴经济体的重大影响。2013年,王健博士出版了《还原真实的美联储》一书,对美联储的组织结构、内部官员选拔、以及制定政策的流程做了详细介绍。另外,该书也分析了最近全球热点经济问题,如量化宽松政策的全球效果,尤其是对中国为首的新兴市场的影响、欧债危机起源和解决方案、中国金融市场改革路径、人民币国际化和中国经济结构性减速所面临的危机和挑战。该书被中国金融业从业人员和政府经济部门高级官员广泛阅读,深受好评。
作为美联储高级经济学家兼政策顾问,王健博士的主要日常工作包括跟踪和分析全球热点经济问题,就美联储公开市场会议关心的议题提供分析和政策建议。由于对中国经济的深入研究,王健博士曾多次参加中美高层经济领导人主持的闭门会议,也被邀请参加中国人民银行和国际货币基金组织(IMF)等机构组织的大型高端政策研讨会,发表对中国和全球经济的预测及分析。此外,清华大学五道口金融学院、北大光华管理学院、复旦管理学院等著名高校和上海金融与法律研究院、第一财经研究院等著名政策研究机构也经常邀请王健博士分析国内外经济形势和宣讲研究成果。从2015年起,王健博士在清华五道口金融学院向EMBA和全球金融博士讲授全球金融市场课程,深受学员欢迎。其中王健博士的EMBA课程被评为五道口金融学院的精品课程。
王健博士在美联储工作期间,也积极参与和国内金融界以及财经媒体的互动,他的经济和金融政策研究成果广泛发表在国内的财经主流媒体,包括金融时报中文版、第一财经、新浪财经、清华金融评论等。此外,中央电视台财经频道、第一财经等电视台也多次采访王博士,探讨中国和全球热点经济问题。王健博士的个人微博在金融市场具有广泛的影响力,时常点评热点经济和金融问题。王健博士的微博目前拥有粉丝超过30万,其中大量粉丝来自中国主要的金融机构。
除了在中国,王健博士具有广泛的国际影响力,研究成果发表于美联储、美国劳工部、美国国家经济研究局、英格兰银行、香港金融管理局等官方机构出版物和世界著名学术刊物并被华尔街时报(Wall Street Journal)、金融时报(Financial Times)、道琼斯通讯社、英国BBC、VoxEU、RGE Monitor和Econbrowser等全球著名媒体报道和引用。王健博士曾应邀到美国联邦储备委员会、美国劳工部、美国国家经济研究局(NBER)、国际货币基金组织(IMF)、英格兰银行、加拿大银行、瑞士银行、香港金融管理局、欧洲经济研究中心(ZEW)等世界著名机构进行访问和讲学。另外,王健博士被全球20多家著名经济金融期刊邀请为审稿人,多次应邀担任香港研究资助局(Research Grants Council)研究经费评审人和新西兰中央银行出版物审稿人。2012年起王健博士被任命为亚太经济评论(Pacific Economic Review)的编辑委员,并被全球多个研究和学术机构聘请为兼职研究员和客座教授。
Working papers
- "Does Digitalization Widen Labor Income Inequality?" with Jilei Huang, Yi Sun and Liyan Yang.
- "International Trade Price Stickiness and Exchange Rate Pass-through in Micro Data: A Case Study on US-China Trade," with Kim Mina, Deokwoo Nam, and Jason Wu, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper No. 135.
- “Long-Horizon Forecasts of Asset Prices when the Discount Factor is close to Unity,” with Charles Engel and Jason Wu, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper No. 36.
REFEREED JOURNAL Publications
- "Inflation and inequality in an open-economy growth model with liquidity constraints," with Ruiyang Hu, Yibai Yang and Zhijie Zheng, accepted by Journal of International Money and Finance.
- "Faking Trade for Capital Control Evasion: Evidence from Dual Exchange Rate Arbitrage in China," with Renliang Liu and Liugang Sheng, Journal of International Money and Finance, November 2023.
- VoxChina article about this paper
- Young Scholar Award (学术新秀奖) of 2020 Beijing University PhD Academic Forum
- "Benefits of FDI subsidies: The role of funding sources," with Wontae Han and Xiao Wang. Online appendix, Pacific Economic Review, February 2024.
- "FDI and firm productivity in host countries: The role of financial constraints," with Wontae Han and Xiao Wang. Online appendix, Journal of International Money and Finance, June 2022.
- VoxChina article about this paper
- "Free trade agreements partnership and value chain linkages: Evidence from China," with Dazhong Cheng and Zhiguo Xiao, The World Economy, January 2022.
- "Is Capital Flow Management Effective? Evidence Based on U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks," with Jason Wu, Journal of International Money and Finance, November 2021.
- Econbrowser article about this paper
- "Global Value Chain and Growth Convergence: Applied Especially to China," with Dazhong Cheng and Zhiguo Xiao, Pacific Economic Review, April 2020, 1-22.
- VoxChina article about this paper
- "Lottery-Related Anomalies: The Role of Reference-Dependent Preferences," with Li An, Huijun Wang, and Jianfeng Yu, Management Science, 66(1), 473-501, 2020.
- First Prize, 2016 CQAsia Conference
- "Mood Swings and Business Cycles: Evidence from Sign Restrictions," with Deokwoo Nam, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 51(6), 1623-49, 2019. Appendix
- Previously circulated as "Do Mood Swings Drive Business Cycles and is it Rational?" NBER Working Paper No. 17651.
- "Understanding the Effect of Productivity Changes on International Relative Prices: the Role of News Shocks," with Deokwoo Nam, Pacific Economic Review, February 2017.
- "Benefits of Foreign Ownership: Evidence from Foreign Direct Investment in China," with Xiao Wang, Journal of International Economics, 97(2), 325-338, 2015.
- 2017 Pushan Best Paper Award for World Economics
- "The Effects of Surprise and Anticipated Technology Changes on International Relative Prices and Trade," with Deokwoo Nam, Journal of International Economics, 97(1), 162-177, 2015.
- "Are Predictable Improvements in TFP Contractionary or Expansionary: Implications from Sectoral TFP?" with Deokwoo Nam Economics Letters, 124(2), 171-75, 2014. Working paper version: Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper No.114
- “The Taylor Rule and Forecast Intervals for Exchange Rates,” with Jason Wu, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 44(1), 103-144, 2012.
- “Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Evidence Based on Vector Autoregression with Sign Restrictions,” with Lian An, Open Economies Review, 23(2), 359-380, 2012.
- “International Trade in Durable Goods: Understanding Volatility, Comovement, and Elasticities,” with Charles Engel, Journal of International Economics, 83(1), 37-52, 2011. Technical Appendix
- “Home Bias, Exchange Rate Disconnect, and Optimal Exchange Rate Policy,” Journal of International Money and Finance, 29, 55-78, 2010. Technical Appendix
- “Favorite Son? Specialized Child Laborers and Students in Poor LDC Households,” with Andrew W. Horowitz, Journal of Development Economics, 73, 631-42, 2004.
Other Publications
- "Foreign Direct Investment: Financial Benefits Could Surpass Gains in Technology," Economic Letter, Vol 10, No. 9, October 2015, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- "Understanding Trade, Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2014 Annual Report.
- "Micro-Foundations of International Trade, Global Imbalances and Implications on Monetary Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2014 Annual Report.
- "China’s Sputtering Housing Boom Poses Broad Economic Challenge," Economic Letter, Vol 9, No. 9, August 2014, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- "Conference on International Capital Flows and Safe Assets," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2013 Annual Report.
- “Asia Recalls 1997 Crisis as Investors Await Fed Tapering,” with Janet Koech and Helena Shi, Economic Letter, Vol 8, No. 10, October 2013, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- "Gauging International Shocks and Their Implication s ," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2012 Annual Report.
- " China's Slowdown May Be Worse Than Official Data Suggest, " with Janet Koech, Economic Letter, Vol 7, NO. 8, August 2012, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Media Report by Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones
- “Exchange Rate Pass-Through Into U.K. Import Prices: Evidence from Disaggregated Data” With Haroon Mumtaz and Ozlem Oomen, Staff Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, No. 14, June 2011.
- "With Reforms in China, Time May Correct U.S. Current Account Imbalance," Economic Letter, Vol 6, NO. 1, January 2011, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Media Report by Wall Street Journal
- "Durable Goods and the Collapse of Global Trade," Economic Letter, Vol 5, NO. 2, February 2010, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Media Report by Econbrowser
- "Why Are Exchange Rates So Difficult to Predict?," Economic Letter, Vol 3, NO. 6, June 2008, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Media Report by the Economist's View also see the RGE Monitor
- Media Report by Dow Jones
- "Understanding Exchange Rates as Asset Prices," VoxEU, September 5, 2008.