XUN TANG Updated October 2011

3718 Locust Walk, #540 Home: Philadelphia, PA 19104 Office: 215-898-7409 Fax: 215-573-2057 E-mail: xuntang[at]econ.upenn.edu Webpage: http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/~xuntang/ RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS Research: Econometrics, Industrial Organization Teaching: Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Microeconomics EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, July 2009 - Present Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, July 2008 - June 2009 EDUCATION Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2008 M.A., Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2004 M.P.P., Harris School of Public Policy, the University of Chicago, 2003 B.A., English, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, 1998 PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS 1. “Estimating Simultaneous Games with Incomplete Information under Median Restrictions” (Economics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 3, 2010, page 273-276) 2. “Bounds on Revenue Distributions in Counterfactual Auctions with Reserve Prices” (Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 42, Issue 1, 2011, page 175-203) 3. “Inference of Signs of Interaction Effects in Simultaneous Games with Incomplete Information” (Joint with Aureo de Paula. Forthcoming, Econometrica, 46 pages) 4. “Identification and Estimation of Stochastic Sequential Bargaining Games” (Joint with Antonio Merlo. Accepted, Econometrica, 43 pages) WORKING PAPERS 1. “Semi-parametric Inference in Dynamic Binary Choice Models” (Joint with Andriy Norets. Revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies, July 2011, 49 pages) 2. “Identification and Estimation of Bayesian Games with Multiple Equilibria and Endogenous States” (Joint with Arthur Lewbel. Latest version: October 2011, 48 pages) 3. “Multi-Attribute Auctions with Unobserved Heterogeneity in Supplier Qualities and Procurer Tastes” (Joint with Elena Krasnokutskaya and Kyungchul Song. Latest Version: September 2011, 40 pages.) 4. “Testing Bidders’ Risk Aversion in Ascending Auctions with Endogenous Entry” (Joint with Hanming Fang. Latest version: August 2011, 29 pages) WORK IN PROGRESS 1. “Testing Bidders’ Risk Aversion in First-price Auctions under Weak Assumptions” (Joint with Federico Bugni at Duke) 2. “Revenue Comparisons in Multi-unit Auctions: An Empirical Analysis of PJM Data” (Joint with Mian Dai at Drexel and Jeremy Lin at PJM) CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

(2011) Boston College, Columbia, Duke University (scheduled), North American Econometric Society Winter Meeting (Denver, CO), London School of Economics, University College London, NAES Summer Meeting (St. Louis, MO), Rice University, Texas A&M, University of Pittsburgh, International Conference of the Society of Economic Dynamics (Ghent, Belgium)

(2010) Econometric Society World Congress (Shanghai), National University of Singapore, Northwestern, Princeton, Vanderbilt

(2009) Drexel, North America Econometric Society Summer Meeting (Boston), Penn State, U Penn (Wharton School of Business)

(2008) California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford, UCLA, U Michigan, U Penn, UT Austin, Princeton

(2007) Northwestern (Econometrics, IO workshops) FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Honorable Mention, The Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic Statistics, 2009 Fellowship, Center of Industrial Organization, Northwestern University, 2007-2008 University Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2003-2004 Harris Fellowship, Harris School of Public Policy, the University of Chicago, 2001-2003 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor, University of Pennsylvania Courses: Introduction to Statistics for Economics (Spring 2009, Spring 2010), Graduate IO (Fall 2010), Under-graduate IO (Fall 2010) REFEREE ACTIVITY Annals of Applied Statistics (1), European Economic Review (1), Games and Economic Behavior (1), International Economic Review (2), Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2), Journal of Econometrics (4), Journal of Industrial Economics (1), Quantitative Economics (3), Quarterly Journal of Economics (1), Rand Journal of Economics (2), National Science Foundation (2), Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (1) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS Graduate Admissions Committee, University of Pennsylvania, 2008-2010, 2011-2012 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011 OTHER EMPLOYMENT Research and Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2004-2007 Research Assistant, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, 2002-2003 Associate Director of International Affairs, People's Daily, Beijing, China 1998-2001 REFERENCE Robert PORTER (Co-chair, Northwestern) Elie TAMER (Co-chair, Northwestern) Rosa MATZKIN (UCLA)