Jiatong Zhong, PhD
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Contact
Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
- jzhong5@ualberta.ca
- Address
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Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H4
Overview
About
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta. I received my Ph.D. in 2019 from Purdue University. Before that, I received my Master degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and my Bachelor degree in Economics and Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Research
My research interests are in international trade and applied microeconomics.
Teaching
Econ 323 International Economics
Econ 421 International Trade
Econ 384 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II
Econ 403/603 Topics in Economics III (Introductory data analysis with Python)
Courses
ECON 299 - Quantitative Methods in Economics
Introduction to the use of statistical methods in economics with computer applications. Prerequisites: ECON 101 and 102, STAT 161 or equivalent, and MATH 154 or equivalent.
ECON 494 - Economic Data Analysis I
Computer programming for the statistical analysis and econometric modelling of data in economics. The statistical programs introduced and used in the course include SAS, R, Python or similar languages. Prerequisite: ECON 399 or equivalent.
ECON 594 - Economic Data Analysis II
Computer programming for the statistical analysis and econometric modelling of data in economics. The statistical programs introduced and used in the course include SAS, R, Python or similar computer programming languages.