I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. I received my PhD in Economics from Cornell University in 2025.

My research interests are international finance, macroeconomics, banking, and textual analysis.

My CV is available here. (April 2026)

Upcoming Presentations/Discussions: 5th Global Economic Networks Workshop (Baruch College), IMIM (online), CEBRA (Copenhagen, Denmark), SED (Athens, Greece), NBER Japan Project Meeting Summer 2026 (Tokyo, Japan), CEPR WE_ARE seminar series (online)

Contact Information: 

Department of Economics,

Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University,

500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA

Email: wchen10@scu.edu or wc422@cornell.edu