Yao Tang

Dr. Yao Tang is an associate professor in the department of applied economics, a research fellow at the CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development. He holds a PhD. in Economics from University of British Columbia in 2009. He was an associate professor from Bowdoin College in United States before he joined Guanghua. His research interests include monetary economics, international Economics and enterprise strategy. His teaching includes the macroeconomics, China in the global political economy, international finance, international trade, and topics on Asian economies.

Research Areas

• macroeconomics
• international economics
• corporate strategy

Career Experience

• Feb 2018- Department of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, associate professor
• Jul 2016-Jan 2018- Department of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, visiting associate professor
• Jul 2016-Jan 2018, Department of Economics, Bowdoin College (USA) , associate professor
• Jul 2009-Jun 2016, Department of Economics, Bowdoin College (USA) , assistant professor
• Jul 2012-Jun 2013, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), visiting scholar
• Aug 1999-Aug 2001, Kebao-United Kitchen and Bathroom Furniture Co. Ltd. (Beijing), assistant to general manager, marketing department manager
• Aug 1998-Jul 1999, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Beijing), translator

Publications in refereed journals

• Monetary Incentives and Innovation in Chinese SMEs (with D. Shapiro, M. Wang, and W. Zhang), 2016. Accepted at Asian Business & Management, Springer.
  
• The Relationship between Political Tensions, Trade, and Capital Flows in ASEAN Plus Three (with T. Gawarkiewicz, Bowdoin class of 2015), 2016. Accepted at World Economy, Wiley.
• Exchange Rate Regimes and Wage Comovements in a Ricardian Model with money (with Y. Kurokawa and J. Pang), 2016. Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, Volume 102, 96-109.
• How did the exchange rate affect employment in US cities? (with H. Huang), 2016. Contemporary Economic Policy, Wiley, Volume 34, Issue 4, 678-697.
• The Effects of Corporate Governance and Ownership on the Innovation Performance of Chinese SMEs (with D. Shapiro, M. Wang, and W. Zhang), 2015. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Volume 13, Issue 4, pages 311-335, Taylor & Francis.
• The effects of exchange rate on employment in Canada (with H. Huang, and K. Pang), 2014, Canadian Public Policy, Volume 40, Issue 4, 339-352, University of Toronto Press.
• Vertical Trade, Exchange Rate Pass-Through, and Exchange Rate Regime (with K. Pang), 2014, Open Economies Review, Volume 25, Issue 3, 477-520, Springer.
• Comparison of Misspecified Calibrated Models: The Minimum Distance Approach (with V. Hnatkovska and V. Marmer), 2012, Journal of Econometrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, 131-138, Elsevier.
• Land Use Regulation and the US Housing Price Cycle Between 2000 and 2009 (with H. Huang), 2012, Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 71, Issue 1, 93-99, Elsevier.
• Business Group Performance In China: Ownership and Temporal Considerations (with M. Carney and D. Shapiro), 2009. Management and Organization Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, 167-193, Wiley-Blackwell.
• Mode of Entry and the Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China (with D. Shapiro and C. X. Ma), 2007. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Volume 5, Issue 3, 261-277, Routledge.

Book chapter

• Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging and Transition European Countries (with S. Globerman and D. Shapiro), 2006. International Finance Review book series (ed. J.A. Batten et. al.), Volume 6, pages 439 - 468, Elsevier.

Short note

• Dropping the Geographic-Constraints Variable Makes Only a Minor Difference: Reply to Cox (with H. Huang), 2011, Econ Journal Watch, Volume 8, Issue 1, page 28-32, American Institute for Economic Research.