Economics · Mathematics · Data Science
James (Muhao) Li
Analyst trained in electricity markets.
I analyze and forecast power markets, energy commodities and the macro conditions behind them, with training in economics, mathematics and data science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I also work in monetary economics and data engineering. I am currently an associate on the market design and analysis team at the California ISO.
Fiscal Stabilizer and the Phillips Curve
Research draft on how fiscal stabilizers shape the relationship between labor market slack and inflation.
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Experience
College Fed Challenge — Senior Lead, Energy Team
Led the energy team in the Federal Reserve Challenge, analyzing and forecasting energy commodities, inflation and the broader economy.
- Money markets
- Cross-commodities
- GDP & labor
- Credit delinquency
- Inflation
- SOFR & repo rates
Skills
Forecasting & econometrics
Time series, panel data, causal inference.
Market design & optimization
Auction theory, mechanism design, dynamic optimization, electricity market modeling.
Data engineering
Pipelines with Spark, Docker, gRPC and Cassandra; SQL and Parquet/Arrow.
Tools
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Stata
- Matlab
- Tableau
What I work on
Coursework →Monetary & macro
Phillips curves, search-and-matching labor markets, fiscal and monetary policy.
- New Keynesian
- Search & matching
- Forecasting
Energy markets
Electricity market design and price analysis across US grid operators.
- Market design
- Nodal pricing
- Auctions
- Forecasting
Data engineering
Reliable pipelines and analysis, from raw economic data to a finished model.
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Stata
- Spark
- Docker
Behind the lens
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