Yapeng Zheng

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, advised by Professor Zhentao Shi. I specialize in econometrics.

Research Interests: Network Formation, Peer Effects, Synthetic Control Methods, High-Dimensional Statistics

Education

Ph.D. Candidate (2023 -- present) - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Advisor: Zhentao Shi

Master, Coursework, Statistics and Finance (2021 -- 2023) - University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Bachelor, Statistics and Finance (2017 -- 2021) - University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

2026

Social Interactions Models with Latent Structures

Zhongjian Lin, Zhentao Shi, and Yapeng Zheng

2026

arXiv

Initial-Condition-Robust Inference in Autoregressive Models

Donald W. K. Andrews, Ming Li, and Yapeng Zheng

2026

arXiv

Model Specification Tests for Factor Models: Detection of Sparse Nonlinear Signals

Yapeng Zheng

2026

2025

A Relaxation Approach to Synthetic Control

Chengwang Liao, Zhentao Shi, and Yapeng Zheng

arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.01793, 2025

arXiv

Bagging the Network

Ming Li, Zhentao Shi, and Yapeng Zheng

arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.23852, 2025

arXiv