Research Interest:
 
        Quantitative finance; Econometric time series; Macroeconomics; Sequential analysis; Multiple change-point analysis with applications in biology, engineering and climate sciences

Books:
 
     1. Lai, T. L. and Xing, H. (2008). Statistical Models and Methods for Financial Markets. Springer, New York.
 
     2. Lai, T.L. and Xing, H. (To be published in 2012). Risk Management and Surveillance: Financial Models and Statistical Methods. Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York.
 

Published Paper:
 
     13. Xing, H., Sun, N., and Chen, Y. (2012). Credit rating dynamics in the presence of unknown structural breaks. Journal of Banking and Finance. 36, 78-89. .pdf .
 
     12. Chen, H., Xing, H. and Zhang, N. (2011). Estimation of parent specific DNA copy number in tumors using high-density genotyping arrays. PLoS Computational Biology. 7, 1-15. .pdf ; Suppliment .
 
     11. Lai, T.L., Xing, H. and Chen, Z. (2011). Mean-variance portfolio optimization when means and covariances of asset returns are unknown. The Annals of Applied Statistics. 5, 798-823. .pdf .
 
     10. Lai, T.L. and Xing, H. (2011). A simple Bayesian approach to multiple change-points. Statistica Sinica. 21, 539-569. .pdf .
 
     9. Lai, T.L. and Xing H. (2010). Sequential change-point detection when the pre- and post-change parameters are unknown. Sequential Analysis. 29, 162-175. .pdf .
 
     8. Lai, T. L., and Xing, H. (2010) Time series modeling and forecasting of volatilities of asset returns. Handbook of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management (C.F. Lee, A.C. Lee and J. Lee, eds.), 1417-1426, 2010. Springer-Verlag, New York. .pdf .
 
     7. Lai, T.L., Liu, T. and Xing, H. (2009). A Bayesian approach to sequential surveillance in exponential families. Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods. 38, 2958-2968. .pdf .
 
     6. Lai, T.L. and Xing, H. (2009). Discussion on "Optimal sequential surveillance for finance, public health and other areas" by Marianne Frisen. Sequential Analysis. 28, 360-364. .pdf .
 
     5. Lai, T.L. and Xing, H. (2008). A hidden Markov filtering approach to multiple change-point models. Proceedings of 2008 IEEE conference on detection and control. 1914-1919. .pdf .
 
     4. Lai, T.L., Xing, H., and Zhang, N. (2008). Stochastic segmentation models for array-based comparative genomic hybridization data analysis. Biostatistics. 9, 290-307. .pdf ; Supplement .
 
     3. Lai, T. L., and Xing, H. (2007). Nonparametric functionals of spectral distributions and their applications to time series analysis. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 137, 1066-1075. .pdf .
 
     2. Lai, T. L., and Xing, H. (2006) Structural change as an alternative to long memory in financial time series. Advances in Econometrics (H. Carter and T. Fomby, eds.), Vol 20 (Econometric Analysis of Economic and Financial Time Series), 209-228. .pdf .
 
     1. Lai, T. L., Liu, H., and Xing, H. (2005) Autoregressive models with piecewise constant volatility and regression parameters. Statistica Sinica. 15, 279-301. .pdf .
 

Preprint:
 
     . Xing, H. and Sun, N. (2011). A Markov switching model with stochastic regimes for business cycles.
 
     . Xing, H., Yu, Y. and Lim, T.W. (2011). European option pricing under jump diffusion with proprotional transaction costs.
 
     . Xing, H. and Ying, Z. (2011). A semiparametric change-point regression model for longitudinal observations.
 
     . Xing, H., Sun, N. and Ying, Z. (2011). A semiparametric change-point model for recurrent events time.
 
     . Xing, H., Mo, Y., Liao, W. and Zhang, M. (2011). A novel Bayesian change-point model for genome-wide analysis of diverse ChIP-seq data types.
 
     . Xing, H. (2011). A hidden Markov modeling approach to multiple structural breaks in biology and economic research.
 

Working paper:
 
     . Lai, T.L., Pong, C.K. and Xing, H. (2011). Functional time series models of yield curves and applications to forecasting interest rate derivative prices.
 
     . Lai, T.L. and Xing, H. (2011). Stochastic change-point ARX-GARCH models of econometric time series and their applications.
 
     . Lai, T.L. and Xing, H. (2011). Sequential surveillance, filtering and control of change-point generalized linear systems.