Jason R. Blevins

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Education

• Ph.D. Economics, Duke University, expected 2010.
  • Committee: Han Hong (co-chair), Shakeeb Khan (co-chair), Paul Ellickson, and Andrew Sweeting.

• M.A. Economics, Duke University, 2006.

• B.S. Applied Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2004.
  • Minors: Economics and Computer Science.
  • Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
  • Advanced study: Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Fall 2002.

Fields of Interest

Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics

Academic Experience

Duke University, Department of Economics

• Research Assistant, Aprajit Mahajan, July–September 2009.
• Research Assistant, Shakeeb Khan, Fall 2009–Spring 2010.
• Research Assistant, Peter Arcidiacono, Patrick Bayer, and Paul Ellickson, Fall 2007–Spring 2009.
• Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Econometrics II, Shakeeb Khan, Spring 2007.
• Research Assistant, Shakeeb Khan and Christopher Timmins, March–June 2007.
• Research Assistant, Aprajit Mahajan and Alessandro Tarozzi, October–November 2006, March–June 2007.
• Research Assistant, Han Hong, Fall 2006–Spring 2007.
• Instructor, Microeconomics Qualifier Camp, Summer 2006.
• Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Game Theory, Curtis Taylor, Spring 2006.
• Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Microeconomic Analysis, Thomas Nechyba, Fall 2005.
• Research Assistant, Jacob Vigdor, Summer 2005–Summer 2006.

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences

• Research Assistant, Willy Hereman, Summer 2002.

North Carolina State University, Department of Mathematics

• Research Assistant, Moody Chu and Robert Funderlic, Spring 2003-Fall 2004.
• Mathematics Tutor, Academic Support Program for Student Athletes, Summer 2001.

Research

Working Papers

• Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models in Continuous Time, with Peter Arcidiacono, Patrick Bayer, and Paul Ellickson.
• Partial Identification and Inference in Binary Choice and Duration Panel Data Models.
• Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Estimating Dynamic Microeconomic Models.
• Local NLLS Estimation of Semiparametric Binary Choice Models, with Shakeeb Khan.
• Nonparametric Identification of Dynamic Games with Discrete and Continuous Choices and Latent States.
• Distribution-Free Estimation of Heteroskedastic Binary Response Models in Stata, with Shakeeb Khan.

Publications

• Blevins, Jason R. (forthcoming). A Generic Linked List Implementation in Fortran 95. ACM SIGPLAN Fortran Forum.

Scientific Software

• Open Scientific Library, An open-source library for scientific computing in Fortran (in progress).
• DFBR, A Stata program for distribution-free estimation of heteroskedastic binary response models, with Shakeeb Khan (2009).
• PDESolutionTester, A Mathematica program for the symbolic verification of exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations, with Jeff Heath and Willy Hereman (2002).

Conference Presentations

• Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Estimating Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

  • ERID Conference on Identification Issues in Economics, Duke University, October 3, 2008.

Professional Activities

• Member, Econometric Society, 2006-Present.
• Vice President, Economics Graduate Student Council, Duke University, 2006–2007.
• Vice President, Society of Undergraduate Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2001–2003.
• Conferences and Workshops Attended
  • Cowles Foundation Conference on Applications of Structural Microeconomics, Yale University, June 24–25, 2009.
  • ERID Conference on Identification, Duke University, October 3–4, 2008.
  • North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Duke University, June 21–24, 2007.
  • Institute on Computational Economics, Argonne National Laboratory, July 17–21, 2006.
  • SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, The College of William & Mary, July 15–19, 2003.
• Refereeing
  • Economic Inquiry
  • Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
  • Journal of Econometrics
  • Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

• Summer Research Fellowship, Duke University, 2008.
• Summer Research Fellowship, Duke University, 2007.
• Institute on Computational Economics Fellow, University of Chicago, 2006.
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Duke University, 2006.
• Undergraduate Research Award, North Carolina State University, 2004.
• Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta of North Carolina, 2003.
• NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Colorado School of Mines, 2002.

Miscellaneous

• Security Clearance: Special Sworn Status, U.S. Census Bureau.
• Computer Skills: Fortran, OpenMP, C, C++, LaTeX, Perl, R, Stata, SAS, SQL, Linux, Matlab, Mathematica, Python, Ruby.

References

• Han Hong
  Professor of Economics
  Stanford University
  (650) 725–5702
  doubleh@stanford.edu

• Shakeeb Khan
  Associate Professor of Economics
  Duke University
  (919) 660–1873
  shakeebk@econ.duke.edu

• Paul Ellickson
  Assistant Professor of Economics and Marketing
  Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
  (585) 273–1491
  paul.ellickson@simon.rochester.edu

• Andrew Sweeting
  Assistant Professor of Economics
  Duke University
  (919) 660–1883
  atsweet@duke.edu

• Curtis Taylor (Teaching Reference)
  Professor of Economics
  Duke University
  (919) 660–1827
  crtaylor@econ.duke.edu