selected publications academic article Wen, K., & Wu, X. (2020). Transformation-Kernel Estimation of Copula Densities. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 38(1), 1-36. Wu, X. (2019). Robust Likelihood Cross-Validation for Kernel Density Estimation. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 37(4), 0-0. JITHITIKULCHAI, T., MCCARL, B. A., & WU, X. (2019). DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPACTS ON CLIMATE AND CROP YIELDS. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 51(1), 104-125. Wu, X., & Sickles, R. (2018). Semiparametric estimation under shape constraints. Econometrics and Statistics. 6, 74-89. Lin, J., & Wu, X. (2017). A sequential test for the specification of predictive densities. Econometrics Journal. 20(2), 190-220. Wen, K., & Wu, X. (2017). Smoothed kernel conditional density estimation. Economics Letters. 152, 112-116. Liu, C., Chang, M., Wu, X., & Chui, C. M. (2016). Hedges or safe havens—revisit the role of gold and USD against stock: a multivariate extended skew-t copula approach. Quantitative Finance. 16(11), 1-27. Huang, J. Z., Wang, X., Wu, X., & Zhou, L. (2016). Estimation of a probability density function using interval aggregated data. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL COMPUTATION AND SIMULATION. 86(15), 1-13. Gustavsen, G. W., Nayga, R. M., & Wu, X. (2016). Effects of Parental Divorce on Teenage Children’s Risk Behaviors: Incidence and Persistence. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 37(3), 474-487. Fang, Y., Li, Q. i., Wu, X., & Zhang, D. (2015). A data-driven smooth test of symmetry. Journal of Econometrics. 188(2), 490-501. Wen, K., & Wu, X. (2015). An Improved Transformation-Based Kernel Estimator of Densities on the Unit Interval. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION. 110(510), 773-783. Chang, M., & Wu, X. (2015). Transformation-based nonparametric estimation of multivariate densities. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 135(1), 71-88. Gao, Y., Zhang, Y. Y., & Wu, X. (2015). Penalized exponential series estimation of copula densities with an application to intergenerational dependence of body mass index. Empirical Economics. 48(1), 61-81. Lin, J., & Wu, X. (2015). Smooth Tests of Copula Specifications. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 33(1), 128-143. Sukcharoen, K., Zohrabyan, T., Leatham, D., & Wu, X. (2014). Interdependence of oil prices and stock market indices: A copula approach. Energy Economics. 44, 331-339. Dang, T., Leatham, D., McCarl, B. A., & Wu, X. (2014). Measuring the efficiency of the Farm Credit System. Agricultural Finance Review. 74(1), 38-54. Villavicencio, X., McCarl, B. A., Wu, X., & Huffman, W. E. (2013). Climate change influences on agricultural research productivity. CLIMATIC CHANGE. 119(3-4), 815-824. GUSTAVSEN, G. W., NAYGA, R. M., & WU, X. (2011). OBESITY AND MORAL HAZARD IN DEMAND FOR VISITS TO PHYSICIANS. CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY. 29(4), 620-633. Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A., Musumba, M., McCarl, B. A., & Wu, X. (2011). Climate Change and Vector-borne Diseases: An Economic Impact Analysis of Malaria in Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8(3), 913-930. WU, X., & WANG, S. (2011). Maximum Entropy Approximations for Asymptotic Distributions of Smooth Functions of Sample Means. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 38(1), 130-146. Wu, X. (2010). Exponential Series Estimator of multivariate densities. Journal of Econometrics. 156(2), 354-366. Depositario, D., Nayga, R. M., Wu, X., & Laude, T. P. (2009). Effects of Information on Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Golden Rice. Asian Economic Journal. 23(4), 457-476. Stengos, T., & Wu, X. (2009). Information-Theoretic Distribution Test with Application to Normality. Econometric Reviews. 29(3), 307-329. Wu, X. (2009). A Weighted Generalized Maximum Entropy Estimator with a Data-driven Weight. Entropy. 11(4), 917-930. Corrigan, J. R., Depositario, D., Nayga, R. M., Wu, X., & Laude, T. P. (2009). Comparing Open‐Ended Choice Experiments and Experimental Auctions: An Application to Golden Rice. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. 91(3), 837-853. Depositario, D., Nayga, R. M., Wu, X., & Laude, T. P. (2009). Should students be used as subjects in experimental auctions?. Economics Letters. 102(2), 122-124. Chui, C., & Wu, X. (2009). Exponential series estimation of empirical copulas with application to financial returns. ADVANCES ECOOMETRICS, VOL 15, 2000. 25, 263-290. McCarl, B. A., Villavicencio, X., & Wu, X. (2008). Climate Change and Future Analysis: Is Stationarity Dying?. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. 90(5), 1241-1247. Perloff, J. M., & Wu, X. (2007). Tax incidence varies across the price distribution. Economics Letters. 96(1), 116-119. Wu, X., & Perloff, J. M. (2007). GMM estimation of a maximum entropy distribution with interval data. Journal of Econometrics. 138(2), 532-546. Nayga, Jr., R. M., Wu, X., & Brummett, R. G. (2007). On the Use of Cheap Talk in New Product Valuation. 2(1), 1-9. Brummett, R. G., Nayga, R. M., & Wu, X. (2007). On the use of cheap talk in new product valuation. Economics Bulletin. 2(1), 1-9. Wu, X., & Perloff, J. M. (2005). China's Income Distribution, 19852001. REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 87(4), 763-775. Wu, X. (2003). Calculation of maximum entropy densities with application to income distribution. Journal of Econometrics. 115(2), 347-354. chapter Bessler, D. A., McCarl, B. A., Wu, X., & Love, H. A. (2014). Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems. (pp. 1-10). Elsevier. conference paper Zhang, Y. Y., Wu, X., & Li, Q. i. (2016). A Simple Consistent Nonparametric Estimator of the Lorenz Curve. ADVANCES ECOOMETRICS, VOL 15, 2000. 635-653.
investigator on Food for Progress Monitoring and Evaluation Sustainability awarded by United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2022
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education and training Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 2003 B.A. in Economics, Peking University - (Beijing, Beijing, China) 1998
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