The Econometric Society officially named Prof. Tao Zha, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, as Fellow of Econometric Society on November 17th, 2017.
Founded on December 20th, 1930, the Econometric Society is one of the largest and most respected economic societies, which gathers the best economists across the world. 20 new fellows were named in 2017, among which Prof. Zha is the sole Chinese economist.
Prof. Zha’s research interest focuses on macroeconomics, financial economics, Chinese economy and econometrics. At present, he serves as Chair Professor of Economics at Emory University and Director of Center for Quantitative Economics Research at Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Three of his articles have been quoted by the Committee of Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences. He has also won the grants of National Science Foundation and ECB Wim Duisenberg Fund.
Prof. Zha has acted as Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) and Director of Center for Macro Financial Research at China Academy of Financial Research (CAFR) since 2013. Thanks to his sponsorship, SAIF Center for Macro Financial Research was officially launched in December 2013, which is committed to driving the construction of fundamental data on China’s macroeconomy, analysis on typical facts and modeling characterized by China’s regime.
