Yingyao Hu        胡颖尧 Associate Professor of Economics Johns Hopkins University
	Curriculum Vitae	Research Interests	Publications	Working Papers	Work in Progress	Teaching		My links
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Micro-econometrics and its applications in industrial organization and labor economics. Measurement error models, Latent variable models, Nonparametric identification.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS							KEYWORDS
Identification and estimation of nonlinear models with misclassification error using instrumental variables: A general solution, Journal of Econometrics, vol. 144 (2008), issue 1, pages 27-61.							misclassification closed-form nonparametric identification eigen decomposition
Instrumental variable treatment of nonclassical measurement error models (with Susanne Schennach), Econometrica, vol. 76, no. 1 (2008), pages 195–216.							measurement error global nonparametric identification spectral decomposition
Identification and estimation of nonlinear models using two samples with nonclassical measurement errors (with Raymond Carroll and Xiaohong Chen), Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 22 (2010), issue 4, pages 379-399. (JNPS 2010 Best Paper Award)							measurement error data combination nonparametric identification
On deconvolution as a first stage nonparametric estimator (with Geert Ridder), Econometric Reviews, vol. 29 (2010), issue 4, pages 1-32.							deconvolution nonparametric estimation
The fertility effect of catastrophe: U.S. hurricane births (with Rick Evans and Zhong Zhao), Journal of Population Economics, vol. 23 (2010), issue 1, pages 1-36.							fertility panel data model
Estimating first-price auctions with an unknown number of bidders: a misclassification approach (with Yonghong An and Matthew Shum), Journal of Econometrics, vol. 157 (2010), pages 328-341.							auction misclassification
Estimation of nonlinear models with mismeasured regressors using marginal information (with Geert Ridder), Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 27, issue 3 (2012), pages 347-385.							deconvolution data combination measurement error
Returns to lying? Identifying the effects of misreporting when the truth is unobserved (with Arthur Lewbel), Frontiers of Economics in China, vol. 7 (2012), pages 163-192.							misclassification treatment effect
Well-posedness of measurement error models for self-reported data (with Yonghong An). Journal of Econometrics, vol. 168 (2012), pages 259-269.							inverse problem measurement error
Misclassification errors and the underestimation of U.S. unemployment rates (with Shuaizhang Feng), American Economic Review, vol. 103, issue 2 (April 2013), pages 1054-70.							unemployment rates misclassification
Nonparametric identification of dynamic models with unobserved state variables (with Matthew Shum), Journal of Econometrics, vol. 171, issue 1 (November 2012), pages 32-44.							dynamic models unobserved state variable nonparametric identification
Nonparametric identification and semiparametric estimation of classical measurement error models without side information (with Susanne Schennach), Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 108, issue 501 (March 2013), pages 177-186.							classical measurement error identification
Nonparametric identification of first-price auctions with non-separable unobserved heterogeneity (with David McAdams and Matthew Shum). Journal of Econometrics, vol. 174, issue 2 (June 2013), pages 186-193.							auction unobserved heterogeneity nonparametric identification
Identification and estimation of nonlinear dynamic panel data models with unobserved covariates (with Ji-Liang Shiu), Journal of Econometrics, forthcoming							dynamic panel data model unobserved covariates nonparametric identification
Nonparametric learning rules from bandit experiments: the eyes have it! (with Yutaka Kayaba and Matthew Shum), Games and Economic Behavior, forthcoming							learning rules nonparametric identification
WORKING PAPERS							KEYWORDS
A closed-form estimator of nonparametric regression models with measurement errors (with Yuya Sasaki)							measurement error closed-form estimation
Identification and estimation of single index models with measurement error and endogeneity, (with Ji-Liang Shiu and Tiemen Woutersen)							measurement error endogeneity
On misclassification errors in self-reported drug use, (with Ryan Bush and Yajing Jiang)							misclassification drug use
Identifiability and inference of hidden Markov models: A new approach, (with Yonghong An and Matthew Shum) Revise and Resubmit							hidden Markov models
Misclassification of schooling in survey and transcript samples (with Ruli Xiao and Xiaohan Zhong)							misclassification
Estimating production functions with robustness against errors in the proxy variables (with Guofang Huang). Working Paper, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University. Revise and Resubmit							production function semi-nonparametric estimation
Nonparametric identification using instrumental variables: sufficient conditions for completeness (with Ji-Liang Shiu). Working Paper #581, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University. Revise and Resubmit							completeness nonparametric identification
A simple estimator for dynamic models with serially correlated unobservables (with Matthew Shum and Wei Tan). Working Paper #558, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University. Revise and Resubmit							dynamic model unobserved state variable estimation
Identification and estimation of online price competition with an unknown number of firms (with Yonghong An, Michael Baye, John Morgan and Matthew Shum).							online price competition competitive effects misclassification
Identifying dynamic games with serially-correlated unobservables (with Matthew Shum). Working Paper #546, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University.							dynamic games unobserved state variable nonparametric identification
WORK IN PROGRESS
Dynamic models with unobserved state variables and heterogeneity: Time inconsistency in drug compliance (with Yonghong An and Jian Ni)
Learning of risk preference in auctions: Nonparametric identification and estimation (with Yonghong An)
Identification and estimation of dynamic risk preference in health insurance market (with Yonghong An and Jian Ni)
Identification of semiparametric measurement error models (with Ji-Liang Shiu)
Estimation of a linear index model with a mismeasured endogenous variable (with Ji-Liang Shiu and Tiemen Woutersen)
A spectral decomposition estimator of nonlinear models with latent variables (with Ji-Liang Shiu and Matthew Shum)
TEACHING
Spring 2014: (Blackboard) 180.633 (Graduate Econometrics) 180.638 (Graduate Mirco-econometrics II)