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Rui Zhang
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics and Business Economics
Department of Economics and Business Economics - Research Centre for Firms and INdustry Dynamics (FIND)
Postal address:
Fuglesangs Allé 4
2632, 121
8210
Aarhus V
Denmark
Email: rayzhangrui23@econ.au.dk
Phone: +4587164831
Employment
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics and Business Economics
Aarhus UniversityAarhus V, Denmark
1 Sep 2019 → present
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics and Business Economics - Research Centre for Firms and INdustry Dynamics (FIND)
Aarhus UniversityAarhus V, Denmark
1 Sep 2019 → present
Qualifications
Economics, PhD, National School of Development, Peking University
Sep 2013 → Jun 2019
Award Date: 28 Jun 2019
Statistics, Second Major, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China
Feb 2011 → Jun 2014
Award Date: 30 Jun 2014
Finance, Bachelor, School of Finance, Renmin University of China
Sep 2009 → Jun 2013
Award Date: 30 Jun 2013
Economics, Visiting PhD Student, Yale University
Sep 2016 → Jul 2018
Finance, Exchange Student, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick
Sep 2011 → Dec 2011
Research Interests
International Economics, Spatial and Urban Economics, Development Economics, Chinese Economy
Publications
"Judicial Quality, Input Customization, and Trade Margins: The Role of Product Quality", Economic Journal, forthcoming (with Xiaomin Cui and Miaojie Yu)
"Understanding the Recent Sino-US Trade Conflict", China Economic Journal, 12(2), 2019, 160-174 (with Miaojie Yu)
"International Trade and Firm Innovation: Patterns and Evidence from the Chinese Employer-Employee Survey Data", China Economic Journal, 10(1), 2017, 4-17 (with Wei Tian and Miaojie Yu)
"Capital Structure Premium in Multinational SOEs: Evidence from China", Review of Development Economics, 20(1), 2016, 283-293 (with Xun Zhang)
Working Papers
"Trade Costs beyond Iceberg and Quality Choices: Evidence and Implications", Nov 2018.
"Market Interdependence through Shared Suppliers: Theory and Evidence from China’s Textile and Clothing Exporters" (with Daisy Chen Sun), Oct 2018.
"China Quality Shock: Indonesian Firm Productivity under Global Quality Competition from China" (with Lili Yan Ing and Miaojie Yu), new draft coming soon.
"Road Infrastructure, Market Integration, and Productivity: Evidence from China's Manufacturing Sector" (with Ruochen Dai and Xun Zhang), Dec 2017.
Book Chapters
Ing, L. Y., Yu, M., & Zhang, R. (2018). The Evolution of Export Quality: China and Indonesia. In World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity, and Employment (pp. 261-302). Routledge.
Conferences and Presentations
| 2021 | European Meeting of Urban Economic Association, The University of Liverpool |
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| 2020 | Aarhus FIND Centre Online Workshop, Aarhus-Kiel Workshop |
| 2019 | Beijing Normal University Business School, Aarhus-Kiel Workshop, Aarhus FIND Centre Workshop, ETSG (Bern), Danish International Economics Workshop (Aarhus), Hong Kong University Firm Dynamics Workshop, Beijing Normal University, Aarhus University, Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiaotong University, SHUFE College of Business |
| 2018 | UIBE School of International Trade and Economics, CUFE Young Economist Society Workshop, CCER International Economics Workshop, FREIT EIIT Conference (Purdue), ETSG (Warsaw), WEA International (Vancouver), FREIT RMET Conference (Ottawa), MEA Annual Meeting (Evanston), Yale Trade Lunch (x2) |
| Before 2018 | Yale Trade Lunch, CCER International Economics Workshop, Camphor Economist Circle Beijing Workshop, IEFS China Conference (Beijing), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Hong Kong), China Youth Economist Forum (Beijing), China Finance Review International Conference (Shanghai) |
Teaching
Firms in the Global Market Place (Bachelor): Fall 2019 (with Valerie Smeets), Fall 2020, Fall 2021
International Economics – International Trade Part (Master): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Tools for Empirical Economic Analysis and Consulting (Master): Spring 2021
Awards and Fellowships
Contemporary Economics Doctoral Innovation Project, National Economics Foundation, 2020
Distinguished Graduate in Beijing Municipality, 2019
Distinguished Graduate of Peking University, 2019
Best Graduate Student Paper (with Daisy Chen Sun), FREIT EIIT Conference, 2018
Top PhD Submission Award, FREIT RMET Conference, 2018