XIANG GAO
Heady Hall 477
Iowa State University
Ames, IA, 50011
gapt@iastate.edu
Cell: (515)-441-9583
Office: (515)-294-2536
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, 2010 Expected.
M.Sc. in Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2006.
B.S. in International Trade and Economics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 2001.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
International Finance, Financial Markets, International Trade and Macroeconomics.
RESUME
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RESEARCH
"Macroeconomic Analysis on the Basis of Trade Theory: A Review Essay" (New! September, 2009)
"Private Debt with Default Risk within and across the Border" (New! September, 2009) NOW on MPRA!
"The Joint Choice of CEO and Ownership Structure in Multinational Corporations' Foreign Subsidiaries: Empirical Evidence From MNCs in China" (August, 2008)
"Which Firms Can Get External Financing on Research and Development" (May, 2008)
"Evaluating the C-CAPM: Evidence from Hong Kong" (April, 2008)
"The Choice of Board Directors with Monitoring the Big Concern in MNC's Foreign Subsidiaries" (An idea August, 2008)
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Multi-Product Firms and Product Innovation"
"Extensive Margin, Vertical FDI and Foreign Subsidiaries"
TA COURSES
Office hours: Friday 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Econ 600 Quantitative Methods in Economic Analysis II, Recitation: F 11:00 to 11:50 a.m., 272 Heady
Econ 353 Money and Banking, Recitation: To be scheduled, 19 Curtiss
DISCUSSION
Discussion on "International Lending with Moral Hazard and Risk of Repudiation" by Atkeson, Andrew, Econometrica, 1991.
Discussion on "International Technology Diffusion: Theory and Measurement" by Eaton, Jonathan & Kortum, Samuel, International Economic Review, 1991.
Discussion on "A Constant Recontracting Model of Sovereign Debt" by Bulow, Jeremy & Rogoff, Kenneth, Journal of Political Economy, 1989.
Discussion on "Endogenously Chosen Boards of Directors and Their Monitoring of the CEO" by Hermalin, Benjamin & Weisbach, Michael, American Economic Review, 1998.
Discussion on "When Should Control Be Shared?" by Milgrom, Paul & Milgrom, Eva Meyersson & Singh, Ravi, 2007.
Discussion on "Monopoly with Incomplete Information" by Maskin, Eric & Riley, John Graham, RAND Journal of Economics, 1984.
Discussion on "Optimal Patent Length and Breadth" by Gilbert, Richard & Shapiro, Carl, RAND Journal of Economics, 1989.
Referee Report on "International Technology Diffusion: Theory and Measurement" by Eaton, Jonathan & Kortum, Samuel, International Economic Review, 1991.
Referee Report on "Patents Hinder Collusion" by Kulttiy, Klaus, Takaloz, Tuomas & Toikk, Juuso, 2004.
Referee Report on "Nonlinear Pricing of Information Goods" by Sundararajan, Arun, 2003.
PORTRAIT
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Study Group in Economics Theory
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
Last updated: Sep, 2009