Email: yige60@vip.sina.com
Positions:
Professor, School of International Trade and Economics, UIBE
Associate Dean, School of International Trade and Economics, UIBE
Research Interests:
International Trade, Corporate Finance, Economic Development, Regional Science and Urban Economics
Courses Taught:
Empirical Study of International Trade
Microeconomics
International Trade Theory and Policy
Selected Topics in International Economics
International Trade
Education:
Doctorate of Philosophy, Economics
Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Canada, 2004
Master of Arts, Economics,
Department of Economics, Carleton University, Canada, 1998
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Department of Economics, Zhejiang University, P.R. China, 1995
Experience:
1996-1998 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Carleton University
1998-2004 Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
2004-2005 Assistant Professor, School of International Trade and Economic, University of International Business and Economics
Awards and Academic Honors:
Second Prize of Essay Competition on “Income Distribution and Poverty in China” held by World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nation University (2005)
Epstein Scholars Award (1998)
Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship (1997)
Randall Geehan Memorial Scholarship in Quantitative Economics (1997)
Research Projects:
International Trade Theory and Policy in Globalization, 211 Project, UIBE
New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education, NCET-06-0143
Trade Gorwth, Strcuture and Productivity of Exporters, National Social Science Fund Project, 08BJL047
Publications:
Finance
"Financial Development, Bank Discrimination and Trade Credit," with J. Qiu, Journal of Banking and Finance, 31, 513-530, 2007
"Debt Maturity Structure and Firm Investment," with V. Aivazian and J. Qiu, Financial Management, Vol. 34, Issue4, 107-119, 2005
"Can Corporatization Improve the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises Even Without Privatization?" with V. Aivazian and J. Qiu, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 11, Issue 5, 791-808, 2005
"Corporate Governance and Manager Turnover: An Unusual Social Experiment," with V. Aivazian and J. Qiu, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 29, Issue 6, 1459-1481, 2005
"The Impact of Leverage on Firm Investment: Canadian Evidence," with V. Aivazian and J. Qiu, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 11, Issue 1-2, 277-291, 2005
Law
"The Effects of the Labor Contract Law on Chinese Labor Market," with Fan Cui and Fengchun Jin, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 10, Issue 3, 462-483, 2013
Economics
"Multinational Price Premium," with Huiwen Lai and Susan Chun Zhu, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming
"Regional Financial Development and Foreign Direct Investment," with Yanjing Chen, Yu Gao, and Juan Li, Urban Studies, forthcoming
"Border Trade and Regional Integration," with Yin He, Yeheng Jiang and Xiaopeng Yin, Review of Development Economics, forthcoming
"Efficiency Sorting among Foreign Affiliates: Evidence from China," with Yasheng Chen, Huiwen Lai, Qing Liu, World Economy, forthcoming
"Do Chinese Unions have “Real” Effects on Employee Compensation?" Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 32, Issue 1, 187-202, 2014
"Globalization and Gender Inequality," with Chi Wan, Huiwen Lai, and Zhihong Chen, World Development, Vol.44, 256-266, 2013
"Unions and Firm Innovation in China: Synergy or Strife?" with Tony Fang, China Economic Review, Volume 23, Issue 1, 170-180, 2012
"Foreign Direct Investment and Wage Inequality: Evidence From China," with Zhihong Chen and Huiwen Lai, World Development, Volume 39, Issue 8, 1322-1332, 2011
"Distributional Overlap: Simple, Multivariate, Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests for Alienation, Convergence and General Distributional Difference Issues," with G. Anderson and T. Leo, Econometric Reviews, Volume 29, Issue 3: 247 - 275, 2010
"Globalization and Industry Agglomeration in China," World Development, Vol. 27, No. 3: 550-559, 2009.
"Intercity Income Inequality, Growth and Convergence in China," with G. Anderson, Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 18, No. 1, 70-89, 2009
"Foreign Ownership and Productivity in Joint Ventures," with Y. Chen, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 56, 895-920, 2008
"The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Urban Wage, An Empirical Examination," Urban Studies, Vol.43, No.9, 1439-1450, 2006
"The Size Distribution of Chinese Cities," with G. Anderson, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 35, Issue 6, 756-776, 2005
"Do Economic Reforms Accelerate Urban Growth? The Case of China," with G. Anderson, Urban Studies, Vol. 41, No. 11: 2197-2210, 2004
Working Papers
Trade Cost and Corruption: Evidence from China, with Jie Mao, Huiwen Lai and Susan Chun Zhu, 2014
Transportation Mode and Supplier Heterogeneity, with Huiwen Lai, Chia-Hui Lu and Susan Chun Zhu, 2014
The Cooperative Roles of Chinese Unions in Multinational Corporations, with Tony Fang and Youqing Fan, 2013
Intermediates Imports and Intra-firm Wage Inequality, with Tony Fang and Yeheng Jiang, 2013
Intermediate Imports and Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization, with Huiwen Lai and Susan Chun Zhu, 2011
Referee Work
Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Geography, China Economic Review, Journal of Comparative Economics, Urban Studies, Journal of Asian Economics, International Economic Journal, Annals of Regional Science, World Development, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, World Economy, Journal of Regional Science, Papers in Regional Science, Economics & Politics, Journal of Corporate Finance, China: An International Journal, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC external reviewer), British Journal of Industrial Relations, European Journal of Finance, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Business Research
