Jingwen (Gin) Tian
PhD Student in Economics
Current Positions
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Economics
Education
- PhD Student in Economics, University of Iowa, expected graduation Summer 2025
- BA in Economics, Peking University
Selected Awards & Honors
- Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship - University of Iowa, 2024
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Tippie College of Business, 2022
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - University of Iowa, 2022
- Graudate College Summer Fellowship - University of Iowa, 2021
- Outstanding Research Paper Award - Department of Economics, 2021
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Department of Economics, 2020
- Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship - University of Iowa, 2020
Selected Publications
- Amir, R., Liu, Z., & Tian, J. (2023). Negative network effects and public policy in vaccine markets. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 216 pp. 136-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.10.005.
- Amir, R., Halmenschlager, C., & Tian, J. (2024). University-Firm Coordination and Competition in Basic Research. Annals of Economics and Statistics. (153) pp. 77-104.
- Tian, J. & Liu, H. (2023). Spillovers and strategic commitment in R&D. Theory and Decision. pp. 1-25.
Selected Presentations
- "Commitment, Firm and Industry Effects in Strategic Divisionalization," Accepted Speaker at Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, November 2022.
- "Commitment, Firm and Industry Effects in Strategic Divisionalization," Accepted Speaker at Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook, New York, July 2022.
- "Critical Mass and Campaign Success: A Behavioral Model of Reward-based Crowdfunding," Accepted Speaker at Economics Graduate Student Conference, St Louis, Missouri, October 2021.
Working Papers
- Amir, R., Tian, J., & Bertrand, J. (2024). Duopoly with a Captive Uninformed Consumer Segment.
- Amir, R. & Tian, J. (2024). Commitment, Firm and Industry Effects in Strategic Divisionalization.
- Tian, J., Wei, J., & Fan, W. (2024). When Crowdfunding Meets Traditional Bank Financing: Substitute or Supplement?
- Tian, J. (2024). Critical mass and campaign success: a behavioral model of reward-based crowdfunding.
- Amir, R. & Tian, J. (2024). Volunteer's Dilemma: Cost-Sharing Revisited.
Employment History
- Graduate Fellow, Economics, University of Iowa, 2024