Assistant Professor

BA in Economics (Honors), University of British Columbia, 2010

PhD in Economics, Stanford University, 2015

Member of the Economics Section

Research Secretary: Malene Vindfeldt Skals

Research Interests

• International trade
• Foreign direct investment
• Chinese and Asian economies

Teaching Interests

• Chinese economy
• International trade
• International macroeconomics

Academic Experience

• Assistant Porfessor, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2019 - present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2015 - 2019
• Visiting Scholar, Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2018
• Visiting Scholar, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, 2017

Publications

• "Financial Frictions and Trade Intermediation: Theory and Evidence". Accepted at European Economic Review.
• "Gradualism in the GATT: Strategic Tariff Bargaining and Forward Manipulation". Review of International Economics, 2019, 27: 220-239.
• "Financial Development and the Choice of Trade Partners" (with Kalina Manova), Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 116: 122-145.
• "The Assimilation of Hong Kong Immigrants in Canada", Pacific Economic Review, 2014, 19(4): 439-465.

Working Papers

• Cross-border Networks and Knowledge Spillovers for Foreign Entry (with Chih-Sheng Hsieh)
• FDI on the Move: Cross-border M&A and Migrant Networks (with Huanhuan Zheng)
• Reform Fatigue (with Renee Bowen, Oeindrila Dube, and Nicolas Lambert)

Work in Progress  

• Mergers and Aggregate Fluctuations in a Granular Economy (with Han (Steffan) Qi)
• Employee Spinoffs, Inequality, and Aggregate Productivity: Evidence from Denmark (with Michael Koch)
• The Formation of Exporter-Importer Relationships in International Trade (with Seunghoon Lee and Kalina Manova)

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