Dr. Xin Jin received her PhD from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She works in the areas of development and energy economics. Currently she is particularly interested in the structural transformation experiences of the developing economies, noting that many of them have struggled to expand their manufacturing sectors and to achieve sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. In addition, she has long-term interests in the co-movements of time series data, adopting a state space approach. Her work has appeared in internationally renowned journals, including The Economic Journal, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, and Energy Economics. Her teaching interests include Economic Principles and Macro-econometrics.
