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Li, Yao
(Amber)
ÀîÑþ
PhD
Department
of Economics
Social Science Centre, Room 4048
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2
Tel:
+ 1 519 661-2111 ext.85268(O)
Fax: + 1 519 661-3666
Email: yaoamber [at] gmail.com
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About Me
As
a 5th-year Economics Ph.D. student at University of Western Ontario, I am
specialized in International Trade, International Macroeconomics,
Development, and Applied Economics, with strong background in quantitative
and empirical studies. I am a technically skilled economist with
interdisciplinary professional experience, ranging from working for
national think-tanks and collaborating with policy makers. My teaching
interests include International Economics, Macroeconomics, Development,
Econometrics, and Chinese Economy at both undergraduate and graduate
levels.
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Welcome!
I have stopped updating this webpage.
Please go to my new website
http://ihome.ust.hk/~yaoli/
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I am an assistant professor in Department of Economics, School of
Business and Management , HKUST (Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology)
commencing from July 2010.
Yao Li @SSRN
@NBER
@IDEAS
@EconPapers
@Vox @Academia
EDUCATION
RESEARCH FIELDS
- International Trade, International
Macroeconomics
- Economic
Development, Applied Economics
- Public
Policy, International Business
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Empirical
Trade, Technology Diffusion, Innovation
- Development,
Welfare, Growth, Emerging Economies
- Agglomeration,
Economic Geography
- Public
Policy, Climate Change, Sustainability
TEACHING FIELDS
- Graduate:
International Trade, International Finance, Macroeconomics,
Development
- Undergraduate:
International Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics,
Mathematical Economics, International Business, Chinese Economy,
Development
WORKING PAPERS
- "International
Trade, Technology Diffusion, and the Role of Diffusion Barriers¡±
- "Borders and Distance
in Knowledge Spillovers: Dying over Time or Dying with Age? -Evidence
from Patent Citations," CESifo Working
Paper Series No. 2625
- "The Higher Educational
Transformation of China and Its Global Implications," with John
Whalley, Shunming Zhang, and Xiliang Zhao. The World Economy, revise
and resubmit 2010. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper No.
13849, March 2008.
- ¡°Approaches to
Fostering Productivity Growth in Brazil, China and India,¡± with
Manmohan Agarwal and John Whalley, CIGI Working Paper No. 47, April
2010 (under review).
WORKING EXPERIENCE
REFERENCES
- Professor John Whalley (Co-Chair)
Department of Economics
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A 5C2 Canada
Phone: + 1 519 661-3509
Email: jwhalley@uwo.ca
- Professor James C. MacGee (Co-Chair)
Department of Economics
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A 5C2 Canada
Phone: + 1 519 661-2111 ext.85207
EMail: jmacgee@uwo.ca
- Professor Hiroyuki Kasahara
Department of Economics
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Canada
Email: hkasahar@gmail.com
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CONFERERENCE PRESENTATIONS
International Trade, Technology
Diffusion, and the Role of Diffusion Barriers
- Academy
of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, June 2010 (scheduled).
- Rocky
Mountain Empirical Trade Conference, Banff, Canada, May 2010.
- Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Annual
Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, May 2010.
- Midwest International Economics Conference
(PSU), State College, U.S., October 2009
- The
22nd Annual Western Research Forum (UWO), London, Canada, February
2009
Bilateral Technology Diffusion and Trade
- Canadian
Economics Association Annual Meeting (UT), Toronto, Canada, May 2009
Borders and Distance in Knowledge Flows: Dying over Time or Dying
with Age - Evidence from Patent Citations
- Academy
of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, June 2010 (scheduled).
- AEA Annual Meetings, Atlanta, U.S., January 2010
- Midwest International Economics
Conference (OSU), Columbus, U.S., October 2008
- Canadian
Economics Association Annual Meeting (UBC), June 2008
- CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy
(University of Munich), Munich, Germany, January 2008
- China
National International Trade Conference (Xiamen University), Xiamen,
China, October 2007
- Applied
Econometrics Association Conference on Patent and Innovation
(Hitotsub-ashi University), Tokyo, Japan, December 2008
The Higher Educational Transformation of China and Its Global
Implications
- The
Emergence of China and India in the Global Economy (LSE), London, UK,
July 2008
- CIGI
08, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo,
Canada, October 2008 (presenter and panelist)
- China
Research Days (UWO), London, Canada, April 2008 Conference
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