Jiawen Yang

• Business environment in China
• China's financial markets
• Bank risk analysis and management
• Balance of payments analysis

• Ph.D., New York University
• M.A., University of International Business & Economics, China
• B.A., University of International Business & Economics, China

• Supervised research
• Microeconomics for the Global Economy
• Macroeconomics for the Global Economy
• Special Topics: Economic and Financial Issues - Global Financial Markets
• Globalization and Business Environment in China
• Financial Institutions Management and Modeling
• International Business Finance

• Non-Performing Loan Risk and Recovery Analysis
• American Deposit Receipt Pricing
• Financial and Economic Linkages Between East Asian Economies
• Domestic and International Economic Integration

Books

• U.S. Economic Sanctions: Examining Their Philosophy and Efficacy (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Hildy Teegen). Westport, CT: Praeger Books. 2003.
• Case Studies of Economic Sanctions: The Chinese, Cuban and Iranian Experience (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Hildy Teegen). Westport, CT: Praeger Books. 2003.

Symposium Edited

• Guest Editor. The Chinese Currency – Valuation and Convertibility, Symposium, International Journal of Public Administration, 30(2) (January 2007).

Refereed Journal Articles

• “FinTech and Banking Behavior: A Liquidity Creation Perspective (with Ke Song and Zhen Li),” Financial Analysis, Vol. 2 (2023).
• “Bank globalization and efficiency: Host- and home-country effects (with Haiyan Yin and Xing Lu),” Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 54 (2020). (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2020.101305)
• “Openness, Foreign Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking (with Zhen Li and Ke Song),” Finance & Trade Economics, Vol.41, No.10, 96-110 (2020). (https://kns.cnki.net/kcms/detail/11.1166.F.20201019.1247.002.html)
• “Bank Efficiency and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from China (with Hong Zhuang, Haiyan Yin, and Miao Wang),” Annals of Economics & Finance, Vol. 20, No.2, 661-689 (November 2019).
• “State Ownership, Cross-Border Acquisition, and Risk-Taking: Evidence from China's Banking Industry (with Wenyu Zhu),” Journal of Banking & Finance, 71 (October 2016). pp. 133-153.
• “Do Chinese banks perform better after IPOs (with Haiyan Yin and Jamshid Mehran)”, Managerial Finance, Vol. 41 No. 4, 2015. pp. 368-384.
• “The sensitivity of non-U.S. bank stock returns to changes of U.S. monetary policy (with Haiyan Yin),” Journal of Applied Finance and Banking 3(6) (2013), 25-43.
• “Bank characteristics and stock reactions to federal funds rate target changes (with Haiyan Yin),” Applied Financial Economics 23(23) (2013), 1755-1764 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09603107.2013. 851770).
• “An empirical study of bank efficiency in China after WTO accession (with Haiyan Yin and Jamshid Mehrana,” Global Finance Journal 24(2) (2013), 153-170.
• “Value premium in the Chinese stock market: free lunch or paid lunch? (with Yujia Huang and Yongji Zhang),” Applied Financial Economics 23(4) (2013), 315-324 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/ 09603107.2012.720010).
• "Day and Night Returns of Chinese ADRs (with Hui He)," Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 2795-2803 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.06.016).
• “China's International Coordination in Policy Response to the 2008 Financial Crisis,” Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, XII(2) (Summer/Fall 2011): 73-88.
• “Regime-switching analysis of ADR home market pass-through (with Hui He),” Journal of Banking & Finance 35 (1) (January 2011), 204-214.
• “Securitization and Banks’ Equity Risk (with Deming Wu and Han Hong),” Journal of Financial Services Research, 39 (3) (2011): 95-117.
• “State dependency of bank stock reaction to federal funds rate target changes (with Haiyan Yin and William Handorf),” The Journal of Financial Research, 33(3) (Fall 2010), 289-315.
• “How Do US Economic Sanctions affect EU’s Trade with Target Countries? (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Lili Zhu),” World Economy, 32(8) (August 2009), 1223-1244.
• “The Role of Psychic Distance in Contagion: A Gravity Model for Contagious Financial Crises (with Lili Zhu),” Journal of Behavioral Finance, 9 (2008), 1–15.
• “Interest Rates and the Value of Bank Equity (with Haiyan Yin and William C. Handorf),” Bank Accounting & Finance (October-November 2007), 11-16.
• “Is Exchange Rate Pass-Through Symmetric? Evidence from U.S. Imports,” Applied Economics 39(2) (February 2007), 169-178.
• “The Chinese Currency: Background and the Current Debate” (with Haiyan Yin and Hui He). The International Journal of Public Administration, 30(2) (January 2007), 117-135.
• “Is the Chinese Currency Undervalued (with Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou)?” International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 2 (March 2006), 107-130.
• “Economic Sanctions: Assessing Vulnerability to Reduce US Costs (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Tarek Hachem),” Business Economics (April 2005), 41-55.
• “U.S. Economic Sanctions Against China: Who Gets Hurt?” (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Hildy Teegen). The World Economy, 27(7) (July 2004), 1047-81.
• “Nontradables and the valuation of RMB—An evaluation of the Big Mac index,” China Economic Review, 15(3) (September 2004), 353-9.
• “U.S. Economic Sanctions: An Empirical Study (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Hildy Teegen),” The International Trade Journal, February 2004, XVIII(1), pp. 23-62.
• “Inter-National and Intra-Country Economic Integration: The Case of China,” Issues & Studies, September 2002, 38(3), pp. 33-58.
• “Economic sanctions and US international interests (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Hildy Teegen),” Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro Quarterly Review, March 2002, LV (220), pp. 55-69.
• “U.S. Economic Sanctions: Lessons from the Iranian Experience (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer and Hildy Teegen),” Business Economics, July 2001, XXXVI (3), pp. 7-19.
• “Capital Flows and Financial Stability: The Mexican Experience,” International Journal of Public Administration, 2000, 23(5-8), pp. 941-61.
• “Pricing-to-Market in U.S. Imports and Exports: A Time Series and Cross - Sectional Study,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Index Issue 1998, 38(4), pp. 843-61.
• “U.S. Trade with China: Programs, Practices, and Opportunities for Taiwanese Firms,” Issues & Studies, September 1998, 34(9), pp. 49-73.
• “Some Current Issues in U.S.-China Trade Relations,” Issues & Studies, July 1998, 34(7), pp. 62-84.
• “The Emerging Patterns of Taiwanese Investments in Mainland China,” Multinational Business Review, Spring 1997, V(1), pp. 92-99.
• “U.S. Interest Rates and Portfolio Investments in Latin America,” Global Business and Finance Review, Spring 1997, 2(1), pp. 37-42.
• “Exchange Rate Pass-Through in U.S. Manufacturing Industries,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 1997, 79(1), pp. 95-104.
• “Exchange Rate Changes and Pricing Behavior of U.S. Exporters,” Review of International Economics, October 1996, 4(3), pp. 339-54.
• “Exchange Rate Pass-Through in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: A Demand-Side Story (with Angelos A. Antzoulatos),” The International Trade Journal, Fall 1996, X(3), pp. 325-52.
• “Exchange Rate Pass-Through in U.S. Market -- A Cross- Country and Cross-Product Investigation,” International Review of Economics and Finance, Index Issue, 1995, 4(4), pp. 353-71.
• “Econometric Analysis of the World Cotton Market,” Quantitative and Technical Economics (China Academy of Social Science), May 1986, 5, pp.11-17. (In Chinese)
• “Prospects of China's Cotton Trade,” China's Cotton (China Academy of Agriculture), No. 1, 1986. (In Chinese)
• “Topics in Macroeconomic Research (with Gang Fan, Fang Li, and Hui Wang),” Development of Economics (China Academy of Social Science), No. 10, 1985. (In Chinese)
• “Trend of World Cotton Trade since World War Two,” Journal of International Market Research (Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, China), November 1984, 31, pp. 1-18. (In Chinese)

Book Reviews

• China’s Economic Transformation. By Gregory C. Chow. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell 2002. Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XLI (September 2003): 945-946.

Refereed Articles in Books

• “Psychic Distance in the Eight-year Crisis: An Empirical Study (with Lili Zhu),” in Brian Bruce ed., Handbook of Behavioral Finance, Edward Elgar (Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA), 2010, 122-151.
• “Foreign direct investment and investor strategies in China (with Phillip D. Grub),” in John H. Dunning and Tsai-Mei Lin eds., Multinational Enterprises and Emerging Challenges of the 21st Century, Edward Elgar (Cheltenham, HK and Northampton, MA, USA), 2007, 25-53.
• “Urbanization, Globalization, and Domestic Economic Integration (with Lili Zhu),” in Yongjun Chen and Aimin Chen, eds., An Analysis of Urbanization in China, Xiamen, China: Xiamen University Press, 2002, 148-56. (In Chinese)
• “Direct and Financial Foreign Investment: How Do They Differ in benefits to Developing Countries?” in Ann Marie Bissessar, ed., Policy Transfer, New Public Management and Globalization: Mexico and the Caribbean, New York: University Press of America, 2002, 167-92.
• “International Financial Capital Flows and Economic Setbacks for Developing Countries,” in Mike Kotabe and Ricardo Leal, eds., Market Revolution in Latin America: Beyond Mexico, Amsterdam: Pergamon, 2001, 161-81.
• “Financial Globalization and Its Impact on Emerging Markets,” in Michael Schechter and Preet S. Aulakh, eds., Rethinking Globalization(s): From Corporate Transnationalism to Local Interventions, London: Macmillan Press (New York: St. Martin's Press), 2000, 153-71.
• “Financial Liberalization, Capital Mobility, and Financial Crises,” in J. Jay Choi, ed., Asian Financial Crisis: Financial, Structural and International Dimensions, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Inc., 2000, 175-97.
• “China’s Labor Market beyond the Short Run,” in Yuguo Wang and Aimin Chen, eds., China’s Labor Market and Problems of Employment, Chengdu, China: Southwest University of Economics and Finance, 2000, 196-204. (In Chinese)
• "Small Business Financing," in Xinghai Fang and Xuejin Zuo eds., The Non-State Economy and the Mid-west Development in China, Shanghai, China: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 1999, 145-55. (In Chinese)

Selected Refereed and Invited Presentations and Proceedings

• “Financial Frictions and the Global Value Chain (with Yingyi Zhao),” Academy of International Business, Annual Conference, 2019 Jun.
• “Banks’ Buffer-and-Filter Effects in Monetary Transmission: An International Comparison (with Xiaohui Wu),” Academy of International Business, Annual Conference, 2019 Jun.
• “Purchasing Power Parity of the Borderline Good and Exchange Rate Determination (with Chang He),” Academy of International Business, Annual Conference, 2018 Jun.
• “Cross-Border Bank Lending and Monetary Policy Spillover (with Wenyu Zhu),” Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2017 Oct.
• “Bank Globalization and Efficiency: International Evidence (with Haiyan Yin, Deming Wu and Xing Lu),” Academy of International Business, Annual Conference, 2017 Jul.
• “Did Local Government Promote China’ Outward Foreign Direct Investment (with Aizhen Chen)?” Academy of International Business, Annual Conference, 2017 Jul.
• “Economic Environment and Financial Management,” Presentation at Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Uniformed Services University, Washington, DC, April 25, 2017.
• “Economic Relations Between China and the United States under the Trump Administration,” Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, GWU, April 5, 2017.
• “Bank Globalization and Efficiency: International Evidence (with Haiyan Yin),” Academy of Finance Annual Conference, Chicago, March 22 – 24, 2017. The paper received the Academy of Finance Distinguished Paper Award.
• “Market Structure and Profitability in Banking Sector: Is China's Case Different (with Yanjun Huang)?” Annual Conference, Financial Management Association, Las Vegas, October 19 – 22, 2016.
• “The Effects of Gender Match between Auditor and CFO on Audit Price: Evidence from China (with Jie Zhang and Xiyou Liu),” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, New Orleans, June 27 – 30, 2016.
• “China and the World Economy in an Ultra Loose Financial Environment,” GW workshop for a group of banking professionals from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), March 29, 2016.
• “The Effect of Unconventional Monetary Policy on Bank Lending: Evidence from the U.S. Banking Industry (with Wenyu Zhu),” Annual Conference, Financial Management Association, Orlando, October 14 – 17, 2015.
• “Auditor Quality, CEO Turnover and Firm Performance (with Jie Zhang and Xiyou Liu),” Annual Conference, Financial Management Association, Orlando, October 14 – 17, 2015.
• “Vertical Product Differentiation and Exchange Rate Pass- Through: Evidence from Trade between China and Japan (with Dongmei Hu and Zunjxin Zheng),” GW CIBER Summer Doctoral Institute, July 15, 2015.
• “Vertical Product Differentiation and Exchange Rate Pass- Through: Evidence from Trade between China and Japan (with Dongmei Hu and Zunjxin Zheng),” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Bangalore, India, June 28 – 30, 2015.
• “Market Structure and Profitability in Banking Sector: Is China's Case Different (with Yanjun Huang)?” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Bangalore, India, June 28 – 30, 2015.
• “Earnings Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from China (with Jie Zhang, Chang Song, and Xiyou Liu),” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Bangalore, India, June 28 – 30, 2015.
• “Look Under the Hood: How Do Banks React to the Unconventional Monetary Policy (with Wenyu Zhu)?” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Vancouver, Canada, June 23 – 26, 2014.
• “Ownership and Bank Risk-taking: Evidence from China (with Wenyu Zhu),” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Vancouver, Canada, June 23 – 26, 2014.
• “Does Foreign Acquisition Benefit SOE Innovation in China (with Aizhen Chen)?” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Vancouver, Canada, June 23 – 26, 2014.
• “Are Better Firms Acquired by MNEs Rather Than Domestic Firms in China (with Aizhen Chen)?” Annual Conference, Academy of International Business, Vancouver, Canada, June 23 – 26, 2014.
• “Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from China (with Wenyu Zhu),” Annual Conference, Financial Management Association International, Nashville, USA, October 15 – 18, 2014.
• “A Comparative Study of Monetary Policy Transmission between China and the United States," Asia’s Economic Challenges: Research Findings and Outlook, a research seminar sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies’ Rising Powers Initiative, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, May 7, 2014.
• “Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism: A Comparison between China and the United States,” research seminar at Renmin University of China, Suzhou, China, April 14, 2014.
• “Monetary Policy Transmission: A Comparative Study between China and the United States,” research seminar at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, April 8, 2014.
• “An Inquiry of Monetary Transmission in China and the United States,” research seminar at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, March 31, 2014.
• “Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism: A Comparison between China and the United States,” seminar at the People’s Bank of China, Beijing, January 21, 2014.
• “What Does FDI Bring to China? Competition Effect and Productivity Shock Analysis (with Zhen Yang),” Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July 3-6, 2013.
• “Auditor Quality, CEO Turnover and Firm Performance (with Jie Zhang and Xiyou Liu),” Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July 3-6, 2013.
• “Do Chinese banks perform better after IPOs (with Haiyan Yin and Jamshid Mehran)?” 7th Global Business and Social Science Research Conference, Beijing, China, June 13-14, 2013. (Best paper award)
• “The sensitivity of non-U.S. bank stock returns to changes of U.S. monetary policy (with Haiyan Yin),” Global Finance Conference, Monterey, CA, May 20-22, 2013.
• “The Macro-economy,” High Tower Family Wealth Conference, Washington, DC, April 11, 2013.
• “China and the World Economy,” Washington Model UN Conference (simulation of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific (UNESCAP)), Washington, DC, March 22, 2013.
• “Do Chinese banks perform better after IPOs (with Haiyan Yin and Jamshid Mehran)?” MBAA International Conference, Chicago, IL, February 27-March 1, 2013.
• “U.S. Monetary Policy and Banking Regulations,” presentation at the Agricultural Bank of China, Beijing, China, January 4, 2013.
• “Do Socially Responsible Activities Help Firms Achieve Their Financial Goals? Evidence from China (with Jie Zhang, Chang Song, and Xiyou Liu),” Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 29-July 3, 2012.
• “Value Premium in the Chinese Stock Market: Free Lunch or Paid Lunch (with Yujia Huang)?” Financial Management Association conference, Denver, October 19-22, 2011.
• “Value Premium in the Chinese Stock Market: Free Lunch or Paid Lunch (with Yujia Huang)?” Annual Conference of the Chinese Economist Society, Beijing, June 17-19, 2011.
• “The 2008 Financial Crisis and a Comparison in Policy Responses between China and the United States,” presentation at the International College (Suzhou Research Institute), Renmin University of China. May 16, 2011.
• “China’s Policy Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis,” seminar at Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affair, the George Washington University, Washington, DC. March 25, 2011.
• “Spillover Effect of US Monetary Policy on Banks outside the United States (with Haiyan Yin),” MFA Midwest Finance Association annual meeting, Chicago, March 2-5, 2011.
• “China’s Financial Market: Future Prospects,” seminar at National Development Institute, Beijing University, January 2011.
• “U.S. Monetary Policy and the 2008 Financial Crisis,” seminar at School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy, China, December 2010.
• “International Capital Flows and Global Financial Crisis,” seminar at School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy, China, December 2010.
• “Domestic and International Economic Integration,” seminar at School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy, China, December 2010.
• “Financial Crisis, Government Intervention, and Consequences,” seminar at School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy, China, December 2010.
• “Spillover Effect of US Monetary Policy on Banks outside the United States (with Haiyan Yin),” Financial Management Association annual meeting, New York, October 2010.
• “Prospects for Asian Economies in the Context of North American and European Financial Contagion,” National Policy Foundation Global Affairs Study Tour, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia (PISA), June 2010.
• “Value Premium in the Chinese Stock Market (with Yujia Huang),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2010.
• “Corporate Governance and Performance of Listed Commercial Banks during Financial Crisis: Evidence from China’s Banking Industry (with Jie Zhang),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2010.
• “Spillover Effect of U.S. Monetary Policy on Banks outside the United States (with Haiyan Yin),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2010.
• “Day and Night Returns of Chinese ADRs (with Hui He),” Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Reno-Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 2009.
• “Bank Characteristics and Stock Reaction to Federal Funds Rate Target Changes (with Haiyan Yin),” Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Reno-Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 2009.
• “Day and Night Returns of Chinese ADRs (with Hui He),” Academy of International Business annual conference, San Diego, California, 2009. “The Determinants of Foreign Investment Size: The Role of Parent Firm and National Distance (with Nan Zhou and A. Delios),” Academy of International Business annual conference, San Diego, California, 2009. “Securitization, Liquidity, and Bank Risk Exposure (with Deming Wu and Han Hong),” Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Grapevine, Texas, 2008.
• “A Model of Optimal Allocation between Exporting and FDI: Integrating Transaction Costs and Economies of Scale (with Min Chan Pyo),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Milan, Italy, 2008. “State Dependency of Bank Stock Reaction to Federal Funds Rate Target Changes (with Haiyan Yin),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Milan, Italy, 2008. “The Determinants of Foreign Investment Size: The Role of Parent Firm and National Distance (with Nan Zhou),” USASBE Conference, Anaheim, California, 2008.
• “How Do US Economic Sanctions Affect EU's Trade with Target Countries (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer, and Lili Zhu)?” Academy of International Business annual conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, June 25-28, 2007.
• “Regime Switching Analysis of ADR Home Market Pass-Through (with Hui He),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, June 25-28, 2007.
• “Economic Development and Domestic Economic Integration,” Western Economics Association International 82nd Annual Conference, Seattle, 6-29 ~ 7-3, 2007.
• “Foreign Direct Investment and Investor Strategies in China (with Phillip Grub),” The 8th International Conference on Multinational Enterprises – Management Strategies of Multinational Enterprises, Taipei, Taiwan, March 14- 16, 2006.
• “The Challenge of Globalization: Reinventing Good Global Governance,” Conference on Global Trade and Investment, Center for the Study of Globalization, GWU, November 4, 2005.
• Organized and chaired a special session: Outsourcing, Restructuring of the Global Economy, and Changes in Multinational Business Strategy, Academy of International Business annual conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 9-12, 2005.
• “Psychic Distance and Financial Contagion (with Lili Zhu),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 9-12, 2005.
• “Assessing Target Countries’ Vulnerability to Economic Sanctions (with Hossein Askari and John Forrer),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 9-12, 2005.
• “Is Exchange Rate Pass-Through Symmetric? Evidence from U.S. Imports,” Academy of International Business annual conference, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2004.
• “Is the Chinese Currency Undervalued (with Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou)?” Academy of International Business annual conference, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2004.
• “The Difference between Direct and Financial Foreign Investments: Implications for Emerging Markets,” Academy of International Business annual conference, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2004.
• “Valuation of the Chinese Currency: A Background Study (with Haiyan Yin),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Monterey, California, July 2003.
• “Economic and Strategic Impact of U.S. Economic Sanctions on Cuba (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer, and Hildy Teegen,),” Academy of International Business annual conference, Monterey, California, July 2003.
• “U.S. Economic Sanctions Against China: Who Gets Hurt (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer, and Hildy Teegen)?” Academy of International Business annual conference, Monterey, California, July 2003.
• “Convexity of Exchange Rate Pass-Through for U.S. Imports,” The 37th Canadian Economic Association annual conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 2003.
• “Convexity of Exchange Rate Pass-Through for U.S. Imports,” Applied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) annual meetings (American Economic Association session), Washington, DC.,January 2003.
• “U.S. Economic Sanctions: An Empirical Study (with Hossein Askari, John Forrer, and Hildy Teegen),” Academy of International Business annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 28 – July 1, 2002.
• “Urbanization, Globalization, and National Economic Integration: The Case of China,” Academy of International Business annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 28 – July 1, 2002.
• “The Role of Psychic Distance in Contagion: A Gravity Model for Contagious Financial Crisis (with Lili Zhu),” Academy of International Business annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 28 – July 1, 2002.
• “Urbanization, Globalization, and National Economic Integration: The Case of China,” Chinese Economist Society annual conference, Xiamen, China. June 2001.
• “China’s Labor Market beyond the Short Run,” Chinese Economists Society annual conference, Chengdu, China. July 1999.
• "Taiwanese Investments in Mainland China: Some Unique Characteristics," Northeast Review of International Business Research, Proceedings of the 1996 Academy of International Business U.S. Northeast Regional Conference, pp. 29-35.

Non-Refereed/Invited Publications

• “Forward,” in Eve Man Hin Chan and Angappa Gunasekaran eds. Belt and Road Initiative – Collaboration for Success, Springer (September 2019).
• “China-ASEAN Agreement is Nucleus of Economic Integration in Asia,” Policy Commentary, SIGUR CENTER FOR ASIAN STUDIES (March 2010).
• “Valuation and Convertibility of the Chinese Currency: An Introduction.” Editor’s introduction to symposium “The Chinese Currency – Valuation and Convertibility,” International Journal of Public Administration, 30 (2) (January 2007).
• “Managing in Emerging Markets (with Hui He),” Newsletter, Women in International Trade, Spring 2006.
• “Sino – U.S. Trade Relations,” in Jing Luo ed., Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Civilization, 1949-Present. Greenwood Press, 2005, 658-661.
• “Reminbi (RMB): The Chinese Currency,” in Jing Luo ed., Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Civilization, 1949-Present. Greenwood Press, 2005, 507-510.
• “The International Monetary System: A Partial Review of Major Issues (with Hossein Askari),” in Shri Bhagwan Dahiya, ed., The Current State of Business Disciplines, Roihtak: Spellbound Publications, 2000, Vol. 3, pp. 1429-49.
• “International Financial Investment and the Financial Turmoil in Emerging Markets,” in Yuanhui Lin and Oliver H M Yau, eds., Succeeding in the Emerging Asia: Economic, Managerial and Business Perspectives from Insiders and Outsiders, Nanning, China: Guangxi People’s Publishing House, 1998, pp. 1-12.
• “U.S. Trade with China and the Opportunities for Taiwanese Firms,” in Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, ed., Promoting Exports to the Mainland China Internal Market through International Strategic Alliances, Taiwan: Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, June 1998.
• "The Individual Sizes of Foreign Investment in China: An Industrial Organization Approach," in C. Jayachandran and Guijun Lin eds., International Business with China: Opportunities and Challenges, University of International Business and Economics, China, 1997.
• “Ethnic Network and the Size of Inward/Outward Investment: The Case of Taiwan,” in Jerry Biberman and Abbass Alkhafaji, eds., Business Research Yearbook Volume IV, Slippery Rock, PA: International Academy of Business Disciplines, 1997, pp. 439-43.
• “Analysis of Taiwanese Investment in Mainland China,” in Abbass Alkhafaji and Jerry Biberman, eds., Business Research Yearbook Volume III, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1996, pp. 302-06.

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