Professionals

Address: Green Home, Media Village, Chaoyang, Beijing, China, 100107

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, USA – May 2012

• M.A. in Economics, University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, USA – May 2008

• B.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing, China – Jul. 2006

EMPLOYMENT

• Professor, School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
  Oct. 2022 – present

• Visiting Scholar, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
  Feb. – Jul. 2022

• Economist/Manager, Transfer Pricing Team, Baker Tilly US, LLP, Irvine, CA, USA
  Sept. 2020 – Jun. 2021

• Economist/Manager, Transfer Pricing Team, Deloitte Tax LLP, San Jose, CA, USA
  Oct. 2018 – Jul. 2020

• Associate Professor, Department of International Trade, School of International Trade and Economics (SITE),
  University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China
  Jan. 2016 – Oct. 2018

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, UVa
  Nov. 2017 – Jan. 2018 & Jul. – Sept. 2013

• Assistant Professor, SITE, UIBE
  Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2015

• Temporarily Transferred Officer, Department of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of China
  Oct. – Dec. 2013

RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Trade, Applied Microeconomics, Multinational Enterprise & International Taxation, Political Economy

PUBLICATIONS

• “Export Prices of U.S. Firms,” with James Harrigan and Victor Shlychkov, NBER working paper No. 17706, Journal of International Economics, 2015, 97(1): 100–111

• “Corruption, Financial Resources and Exports,” with Qing Liu and Ruosi Lu, Review of International Economics, 2015, 23(5): 1023–1043

• “Political Distrust and Right-Wing Populist Party Voting in Australia,” with Liang Jiang, Australian Journal of Political Science, 2020, 55(4): 362–377

• “Residential Segregation and Educational Attainment of Children from Regional Migrant Families in China,” with Yean Zhou, Review of Development Economics, 2019, 23(1): 348–375

• “Network Effects on Labor Contracts of Internal Migrants in China – A Spatial Autoregressive Model,” with Badi H. Baltagi and Ying Deng, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10926, Empirical Economics, 2018, 55(1): 265–296

• “Do Taxes Influence the Organizational Boundaries of International Firms? An Income-Shifting Channel through Transfer Pricing” (dissertation), Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2017, 26(7): 801–828

• “Government Behavior, Financial Development and Economic Growth,” with Yean Zhou and Jianyi Zhao, Henan Social Science, 2007, Vol.15 No.1: 55–60 (in Chinese)

WORKING PAPERS

• “Labor Skill, Industry Structure and Migration,” with Larry Qiu and Hyelim Son, R&R

• “A Swing States Theory, with Evidence,” with John McLaren, NBER Working Paper No. 24425
  (Cited by The Washington Post, Bloomberg, INSEAD Blog; featured as NBER homepage article on April 26, 2018)

• “Co-Villager Network and Self-Employed Regional Migrants in China,” with Ying Deng

• “Risk Shifting and Profit Shifting of Chinese Multinationals,” with Miaojie Yu and Wei Tian

• “Cultural Exchange, International Trade, and Education Aid from China,” with Ming Li

• “Residential Segregation and Urbanization of Regional Migrants in China” (in Chinese)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Instructor, Asia-Australia Business College, Liaoning University
  Spring 2023 – present

  • Courses include: Microeconomic Analysis (in English)

• Instructor, School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University
  Spring 2023 – present

  • Courses include: International Trade

• Instructor, SITE, UIBE
  Fall 2012 – Spring 2018

  • Courses include: International Trade, International Economics, Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Economic Research Topics & Thesis Writing, Advanced Topics and Economic Methodologies (honored class), Frontier Topics of International Trade (Ph.D. level)

• Instructor, Principles of Microeconomics, Department of Economics, UVa
  Fall 2009 & Spring 2012

• Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UVa
  2007 – 2011

  • Courses include: International Finance, International Trade, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking

TEACHING AWARDS & GRANTS

• Excellent Teaching Awards, UIBE — 2018

• Flipped Class – Course & Teaching Methodology Reform Fund, UIBE, Principal — 2016 & 2017–2018

• Top 10% Teaching Evaluation (Rank Top 1 out of 124 faculties in SITE, UIBE) — 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

• The 2nd Prize & Best Teaching Design Prize, The 9th Teaching Competition of Young Faculties in Beijing — 2015

• The 3rd Prize, The 1st Teaching Competition of Online Short-Version Class in UIBE — 2015

• The 1st Prize, The 5th Teaching Competition of Young Faculties in UIBE — 2014

RESEARCH AWARDS & GRANTS

• National Natural Science Fund (NSF) of China (#71503045), Principal — 2015

• Social Science Fund of Beijing (#15JGC158), Principal — 2015

• Research Fund of UIBE (#14QN01), Principal — 2015

• National Natural Science Fund of China (NSF), Participant — 2014

• UIBE Innovation Research Group, Core Participant — 2013

• Huskey Travel Funds, UVa — 2012

• Dupont Fellowship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship, UVa — 2007–2012

• Snavely Research Fellowship, UVa — 2011

• Bankard Dissertation Grant, UVa — 2010–2011

• Jingying Cup Academic Essay Competition, RUC: The 2nd Prize — 2005

• Annual Outstanding Scholarship of Academic Merit, RUC — 2002–2005

SEMINAR & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• The 3rd Frontier of Chinese Economy Seminar, Management World — Dec. 2022

• The 11th Macroeconomic Policy and Micro Firm Behavior Seminar, Economic Research Journal — Dec. 2022

• The 12th Annual Meeting of CTRG, Liaoning University — Dec. 2022

• The 2nd Xiangzhang Forum of Fiscal Economics, Renmin University of China — Nov. 2022

• The 8th China Forum of Fiscal Economics, Fudan University — Nov. 2022

• 2022 China Center for Economic Research (CCER) Summer Institute, National School of Development (NSD), Peking University — Jul. 2022

• International Economics Workshop, NSD, Peking University — Jun. 2022

• The 1st Xiangzhang Forum of International Economics, Renmin University of China — Jan. 2022

• International Conference on U.S.-China Trade Disputes and Re-Architecture in Globalization, Tsinghua University — Dec. 2021

• 2018 Tokyo Conference on Economics of Institutions and Organizations, University of Tokyo — Aug. 2018

• The 14th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Seoul National University — Jun. 2018

• Conference of “Migration and the Reshaping of Consumption Patterns: Economics and Politics,” GEP Research Centre, University of Nottingham — Sept. 2017

• Singapore Economic Review Conference 2017, Singapore — Aug. 2017

• The 4th Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics, Hokkaido University — Jun. 2017

• 2017 Conference on Health and Development, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica — Jun. 2017

• 2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong — Jun. 2017

• Economics Workshop, SITE, Central University of Finance and Economics — Apr. 2017

• International Economics Workshop, organized by International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) China & China Trade Research Group (CTRG), UIBE — Oct. 2014, May 2016 & Mar. 2017

• The 7th & 8th IEFS China, UIBE — Jul. 2015 & Jul. 2016

• The 1st & 2nd CCER Summer Institute, Peking University — Sept. 2015 & Jun. 2016

• Workshop on International Trade 2016, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics — May 2016

• The 2nd Forum of New Urbanization and Social Integration of Internal Migrants in China, Fudan University — Jul. 2015

• Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Annual Conference, Simon Fraser University — May 2014

• International Conference on Global Value Chains and Structural Adjustments, organized by Columbia University and Tsinghua University — Jun. 2013

• The 3rd Annual Meeting of CTRG, Zhejiang University — May 2013

• Economics Workshop, CCER, Peking University — Apr. 2013

• Economics Workshop, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) — Dec. 2012

• International Trade Workshop, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Mar. 2012

• International Economics Workshop, University of Virginia — Oct. 2011

• 2011 Annual Conference of the U.S. Census Bureau Research Data Center, University of Minnesota — Sept. 2011

REFEREE WORK

• World Economy (10)

• Economic Inquiry (3)

• Economic Modelling (4)

• Empirical Economics (2)

• Review of Development Economics (2)

• Food Policy (2)

• Journal of Comparative Economics (1)

• Review of International Economics (2)

• China Economic Review (1)

• Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (5)

• Agricultural Economics (1)

• Australian Economic Papers (1)

• International Economics (1)

• Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies (1)

• Digital Economy and Sustainable Development (1)

• China Economic Quarterly (2)

OTHER JUDGING ROLE

• “China Economics – 2013,” Executive Editor (invited by Tianze Economic Research Institution), published by Gezhi Press, April 2015

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

• South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, China)

• People’s Daily, The Overseas Edition (Mainland China)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & LEADERSHIP

• Analyst, Citibank Co. Ltd., Tianjin, China — Summer 2008

• Manager’s Assistant, Zhongguancun Shiner Investment and Management Co. Ltd., Beijing, China — Summer 2007

• Part-Time Editor, China Renmin University Press, Beijing, China — 2006

• Vice President/CO-FOUNDER, College Tennis Club & Tennis Team, RUC — 2003–2005