Huachen joined the Kenyon faculty in 2019 after completing his Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. His training is in macroeconomics and applied time series. He works on application and methods of vector autoregressions (VARs) with time-varying parameters and stochastic volatility on the labor market. In his spare time, Huachen enjoys guitar, chess and watching the ACC.
Areas of Expertise
Macroeconomics, macroeconometrics.
Education
2019 — Doctor of Philosophy from North Carolina State Universit
2013 — Master of Arts from Wake Forest University
2012 — Bachelor of Arts from College of Wooster
Courses Recently Taught
ECON 102
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102
This course studies national economic performance. Building upon the microeconomic theories of consumer and producer behavior developed in ECON 101, the course introduces models that focus on the questions of unemployment, inflation and growth. Topics covered include measurement of national income and inflation, macroeconomic models, saving and investment, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policy, and international trade and finance. This course is required for economics majors. Prerequisite: ECON 101. Offered every spring semester.
ECON 205
Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 205
Econometrics is the application of statistical techniques to test economic models. This course offers an introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of econometrics. Emphasis will be given to linear regression techniques, special problems associated with linear regression, and the interpretation of results. In short, economic explanations of behavior are quantified and hypotheses are tested with data using statistical techniques. Students will make extensive use of Stata; a statistical software package that is popular among economists; to create and modify data sets and obtain experience learning to apply appropriate econometric methods. This course is required for the major. Prerequisite: ECON 101, 102 and a college course in statistics or a score of 4 or 5 on the Statistics AP exam. This course cannot be taken as pass/D/fail. Generally offered every semester.
ECON 339
International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics
ECON 339
This course examines the determination of national incomes, price levels, interest rates and exchange rates using open-economy macroeconomic models. The course begins with an intensive study of balance of payments accounting and the foreign exchange market, followed by a consideration of the law of one price, purchasing power parity and uncovered and covered interest parity. The second half of the course will be spent deriving several open-economy macroeconomic models and using these models to discuss important international financial policy issues. These discussions will highlight the interaction of domestic policymakers with important international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Bank for International Settlements. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and 102. Generally offered every other year.