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Xiangjun Ma
Professor · Fellow · Liaoning University
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Liaoning University
Biography
<p>Xiangjun Ma Ma Xiangjun, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Liaoning University, is the Vice Dean of the School of Finance and Trade, and also serves as the Vice Dean of the China Economic</p>
<p>Research Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia.</p>
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<p>Academic Directory Address: Green Home, Media Village, Chaoyang, Beijing, China, 100107</p>
<p>EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics , University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, USA – May 2012 M.A. in Economics , University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, USA – May 2008 B.A. in Economics , Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing, China – Jul. 2006</p>
<p>EMPLOYMENT Professor , School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China Oct. 2022 – present Visiting Scholar , National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China Feb. – Jul. 2022 Economist/Manager , Transfer Pricing Team, Baker Tilly US, LLP, Irvine, CA, USA Sept. 2020 – Jun. 2021 Economist/Manager , Transfer Pricing Team, Deloitte Tax LLP, San Jose, CA, USA Oct. 2018 – Jul. 2020 Associate Professor , Department of International Trade, School of International Trade and Economics (SITE), University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China Jan. 2016 – Oct. 2018 Visiting Scholar , Department of Economics, UVa Nov. 2017 – Jan. 2018 & Jul. – Sept. 2013 Assistant Professor , SITE, UIBE Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2015 Temporarily Transferred Officer , Department of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of China Oct. – Dec. 2013</p>
<p>RESEARCH INTERESTS International Trade, Applied Microeconomics, Multinational Enterprise & International Taxation, Political Economy</p>
<p>PUBLICATIONS “Export Prices of U.S. Firms,” with James Harrigan and Victor Shlychkov, NBER working paper No. 17706, Journal of International Economics , 2015, 97(1): 100–111 “Corruption, Financial Resources and Exports,” with Qing Liu and Ruosi Lu, Review of International Economics , 2015, 23(5): 1023–1043 “Political Distrust and Right-Wing Populist Party Voting in Australia,” with Liang Jiang, Australian Journal of Political Science , 2020, 55(4): 362–377 “Residential Segregation and</p>
<p>Educational Attainment of Children from Regional Mi</p>
<p>grant Families in China,” with Yean Zhou, Review of Development Economics , 2019, 23(1): 348–375 “Network Effects on Labor Contracts of Internal Mi</p>
<p>grants in China – A Spatial Autoregressive Model,” with Badi H. Baltagi and Ying Deng, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10926, Empirical Economics , 2018, 55(1): 265–296 “Do Taxes Influence the Organizational Boundaries of International Firms? An Income-Shifting Channel through Transfer Pricing” (dissertation), Journal of International Trade & Economic Development , 2017, 26(7): 801–828 “Government Behavior, Financial Development and Economic Growth,” with Yean Zhou and Jianyi Zhao, Henan Social Science , 2007, Vol.15 No.1: 55–60 (in Chinese) WORKING PAPERS “Labor Skill, Industry Structure and Migration,” with Larry Qiu and Hyelim Son, R&R “A Swing States Theory, with Evidence,” with John McLaren, NBER Working Paper No. 24425 (Cited by The Washington Post, Bloomberg, INSEAD Blog; featured as NBER homepage article on April 26, 2018) “Co-Villager Network and Self-Employed Regional Mi</p>
<p>grants in China,” with Ying Deng “Risk Shifting and Profit Shifting of Chinese Multinationals,” with Miaojie Yu and Wei Tian “Cultural Exchange, International Trade, and</p>
<p>Education Aid from China,” with Ming Li “Residential Segregation and Urbanization of Regional Mi</p>
<p>grants in China” (in Chinese)</p>
<p>TEACHING</p>
<p>EXPERIENCE Instructor , Asia-Australia Business College, Liaoning University Spring 2023 – present Courses include: Microeconomic Analysis (in English) Instructor , School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University Spring 2023 – present Courses include: International Trade Instructor , SITE, UIBE Fall 2012 – Spring 2018 Courses include: International Trade, International Economics, Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Economic</p>
<p>Research Topics & Thesis Writing, Advanced Topics and Economic Methodologies (</p>
<p>honored class), Frontier Topics of International Trade (Ph.D. level) Instructor , Principles of Microeconomics, Department of Economics, UVa Fall 2009 & Spring 2012</p>
<p>Teaching Assistant , Department of Economics, UVa 2007 – 2011 Courses include: International Finance, International Trade, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking</p>
<p>TEACHING</p>
<p>AWARDS &</p>
<p>GRANTS Excellent</p>
<p>Teaching</p>
<p>Awards, UIBE — 2018 Flipped Class – Course &</p>
<p>Teaching Methodology Reform Fund, UIBE, Principal — 2016 & 2017–2018 Top 10%</p>
<p>Teaching Evaluation (Rank Top 1 out of 124 faculties in SITE, UIBE) — 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 The 2nd Prize & Best</p>
<p>Teaching Design Prize, The 9th</p>
<p>Teaching Competition of Young Faculties in Beijing — 2015 The 3rd Prize, The 1st</p>
<p>Teaching Competition of Online Short-Version Class in UIBE — 2015 The 1st Prize, The 5th</p>
<p>Teaching Competition of Young Faculties in UIBE — 2014</p>
<p>RESEARCH</p>
<p>AWARDS &</p>
<p>GRANTS National Natural Science Fund (NSF) of China (#71503045), Principal — 2015 Social Science Fund of Beijing (#15JGC158), Principal — 2015</p>
<p>Research Fund of UIBE (#14QN01), Principal — 2015 National Natural Science Fund of China (NSF), Participant — 2014 UIBE Innovation</p>
<p>Research Group, Core Participant — 2013 Huskey Travel Funds, UVa — 2012 Dupont</p>
<p>Fellowship and Graduate</p>
<p>Teaching Assistantship, UVa — 2007–2012 Snavely</p>
<p>Research</p>
<p>Fellowship, UVa — 2011 Bankard Dissertation</p>
<p>Grant, UVa — 2010–2011 Jingying Cup</p>
<p>Academic Essay Competition, RUC: The 2nd Prize — 2005 Annual Outstanding Scholarship of</p>
<p>Academic Merit, RUC — 2002–2005 SEMINAR & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The 3rd Frontier of Chinese Economy Seminar, Management World — Dec. 2022 The 11th Macroeconomic Policy and Micro Firm Behavior Seminar, Economic</p>
<p>Research Journal — Dec. 2022 The 12th Annual Meeting of CTRG, Liaoning University — Dec. 2022 The 2nd Xiangzhang Forum of Fiscal Economics, Renmin University of China — Nov. 2022 The 8th China Forum of Fiscal Economics, Fudan University — Nov. 2022 2022 China Center for Economic</p>
<p>Research (CCER) Summer Institute, National School of Development (NSD), Peking University — Jul. 2022 International Economics Workshop, NSD, Peking University — Jun. 2022 The 1st Xiangzhang Forum of International Economics, Renmin University of China — Jan. 2022 International Conference on U.S.-China Trade Disputes and Re-Architecture in Globalization, Tsinghua University — Dec. 2021 2018 Tokyo Conference on Economics of Institutions and Organizations, University of Tokyo — Aug. 2018 The 14th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Seoul National University — Jun. 2018 Conference of “Migration and the Reshaping of Consumption Patterns: Economics and Politics,” GEP</p>
<p>Research Centre, University of Nottingham — Sept. 2017 Singapore Economic Review Conference 2017, Singapore — Aug. 2017 The 4th Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics, Hokkaido University — Jun. 2017 2017 Conference on Health and Development, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica — Jun. 2017 2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong — Jun. 2017 Economics Workshop, SITE, Central University of Finance and Economics — Apr. 2017 International Economics Workshop, organized by International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) China & China Trade</p>
<p>Research Group (CTRG), UIBE — Oct. 2014, May 2016 & Mar. 2017 The 7th & 8th IEFS China, UIBE — Jul. 2015 & Jul. 2016 The 1st & 2nd CCER Summer Institute, Peking University — Sept. 2015 & Jun. 2016 Workshop on International Trade 2016, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics — May 2016 The 2nd Forum of New Urbanization and Social Integration of Internal Mi</p>
<p>grants in China, Fudan University — Jul. 2015 Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Annual Conference, Simon Fraser University — May 2014 International Conference on Global Value Chains and Structural Adjustments, organized by Columbia University and Tsinghua University — Jun. 2013 The 3rd Annual Meeting of CTRG, Zhejiang University — May 2013 Economics Workshop, CCER, Peking University — Apr. 2013 Economics Workshop, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) — Dec. 2012 International Trade Workshop, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Mar. 2012 International Economics Workshop, University of Virginia — Oct. 2011 2011 Annual Conference of the U.S. Census Bureau</p>
<p>Research Data Center, University of Minnesota — Sept. 2011 REFEREE WORK World Economy (10) Economic Inquiry (3) Economic Modelling (4) Empirical Economics (2) Review of Development Economics (2) Food Policy (2) Journal of Comparative Economics (1) Review of International Economics (2) China Economic Review (1) Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (5) Agricultural Economics (1) Australian Economic Papers (1) International Economics (1) Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies (1) Digital Economy and Sustainable Development (1) China Economic Quarterly (2) OTHER JUDGING ROLE “China Economics – 2013,” Executive Editor (invited by Tianze Economic</p>
<p>Research Institution), published by Gezhi Press, April 2015 MEDIA INTERVIEWS South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, China) People's Daily, The Overseas Edition (Mainland China) OTHER</p>
<p>PROFESSIONAL</p>
<p>EXPERIENCE & LEADERSHIP Analyst , Citibank Co. Ltd., Tianjin, China — Summer 2008 Manager’s Assistant , Zhongguancun Shiner Investment and Management Co. Ltd., Beijing, China — Summer 2007 Part-Time Editor , China Renmin University Press, Beijing, China — 2006 Vice President/CO-FOUNDER , College Tennis Club & Tennis Team, RUC — 2003–2005</p>
<p>Research Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia.</p>
<p>Researchgate Jki-google-plus-light Icon_profile Linkedin Icon-email Jki-phone-call-line</p>
<p>Academic Directory Address: Green Home, Media Village, Chaoyang, Beijing, China, 100107</p>
<p>EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics , University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, USA – May 2012 M.A. in Economics , University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, USA – May 2008 B.A. in Economics , Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing, China – Jul. 2006</p>
<p>EMPLOYMENT Professor , School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China Oct. 2022 – present Visiting Scholar , National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China Feb. – Jul. 2022 Economist/Manager , Transfer Pricing Team, Baker Tilly US, LLP, Irvine, CA, USA Sept. 2020 – Jun. 2021 Economist/Manager , Transfer Pricing Team, Deloitte Tax LLP, San Jose, CA, USA Oct. 2018 – Jul. 2020 Associate Professor , Department of International Trade, School of International Trade and Economics (SITE), University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China Jan. 2016 – Oct. 2018 Visiting Scholar , Department of Economics, UVa Nov. 2017 – Jan. 2018 & Jul. – Sept. 2013 Assistant Professor , SITE, UIBE Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2015 Temporarily Transferred Officer , Department of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of China Oct. – Dec. 2013</p>
<p>RESEARCH INTERESTS International Trade, Applied Microeconomics, Multinational Enterprise & International Taxation, Political Economy</p>
<p>PUBLICATIONS “Export Prices of U.S. Firms,” with James Harrigan and Victor Shlychkov, NBER working paper No. 17706, Journal of International Economics , 2015, 97(1): 100–111 “Corruption, Financial Resources and Exports,” with Qing Liu and Ruosi Lu, Review of International Economics , 2015, 23(5): 1023–1043 “Political Distrust and Right-Wing Populist Party Voting in Australia,” with Liang Jiang, Australian Journal of Political Science , 2020, 55(4): 362–377 “Residential Segregation and</p>
<p>Educational Attainment of Children from Regional Mi</p>
<p>grant Families in China,” with Yean Zhou, Review of Development Economics , 2019, 23(1): 348–375 “Network Effects on Labor Contracts of Internal Mi</p>
<p>grants in China – A Spatial Autoregressive Model,” with Badi H. Baltagi and Ying Deng, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10926, Empirical Economics , 2018, 55(1): 265–296 “Do Taxes Influence the Organizational Boundaries of International Firms? An Income-Shifting Channel through Transfer Pricing” (dissertation), Journal of International Trade & Economic Development , 2017, 26(7): 801–828 “Government Behavior, Financial Development and Economic Growth,” with Yean Zhou and Jianyi Zhao, Henan Social Science , 2007, Vol.15 No.1: 55–60 (in Chinese) WORKING PAPERS “Labor Skill, Industry Structure and Migration,” with Larry Qiu and Hyelim Son, R&R “A Swing States Theory, with Evidence,” with John McLaren, NBER Working Paper No. 24425 (Cited by The Washington Post, Bloomberg, INSEAD Blog; featured as NBER homepage article on April 26, 2018) “Co-Villager Network and Self-Employed Regional Mi</p>
<p>grants in China,” with Ying Deng “Risk Shifting and Profit Shifting of Chinese Multinationals,” with Miaojie Yu and Wei Tian “Cultural Exchange, International Trade, and</p>
<p>Education Aid from China,” with Ming Li “Residential Segregation and Urbanization of Regional Mi</p>
<p>grants in China” (in Chinese)</p>
<p>TEACHING</p>
<p>EXPERIENCE Instructor , Asia-Australia Business College, Liaoning University Spring 2023 – present Courses include: Microeconomic Analysis (in English) Instructor , School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University Spring 2023 – present Courses include: International Trade Instructor , SITE, UIBE Fall 2012 – Spring 2018 Courses include: International Trade, International Economics, Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Economic</p>
<p>Research Topics & Thesis Writing, Advanced Topics and Economic Methodologies (</p>
<p>honored class), Frontier Topics of International Trade (Ph.D. level) Instructor , Principles of Microeconomics, Department of Economics, UVa Fall 2009 & Spring 2012</p>
<p>Teaching Assistant , Department of Economics, UVa 2007 – 2011 Courses include: International Finance, International Trade, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking</p>
<p>TEACHING</p>
<p>AWARDS &</p>
<p>GRANTS Excellent</p>
<p>Teaching</p>
<p>Awards, UIBE — 2018 Flipped Class – Course &</p>
<p>Teaching Methodology Reform Fund, UIBE, Principal — 2016 & 2017–2018 Top 10%</p>
<p>Teaching Evaluation (Rank Top 1 out of 124 faculties in SITE, UIBE) — 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 The 2nd Prize & Best</p>
<p>Teaching Design Prize, The 9th</p>
<p>Teaching Competition of Young Faculties in Beijing — 2015 The 3rd Prize, The 1st</p>
<p>Teaching Competition of Online Short-Version Class in UIBE — 2015 The 1st Prize, The 5th</p>
<p>Teaching Competition of Young Faculties in UIBE — 2014</p>
<p>RESEARCH</p>
<p>AWARDS &</p>
<p>GRANTS National Natural Science Fund (NSF) of China (#71503045), Principal — 2015 Social Science Fund of Beijing (#15JGC158), Principal — 2015</p>
<p>Research Fund of UIBE (#14QN01), Principal — 2015 National Natural Science Fund of China (NSF), Participant — 2014 UIBE Innovation</p>
<p>Research Group, Core Participant — 2013 Huskey Travel Funds, UVa — 2012 Dupont</p>
<p>Fellowship and Graduate</p>
<p>Teaching Assistantship, UVa — 2007–2012 Snavely</p>
<p>Research</p>
<p>Fellowship, UVa — 2011 Bankard Dissertation</p>
<p>Grant, UVa — 2010–2011 Jingying Cup</p>
<p>Academic Essay Competition, RUC: The 2nd Prize — 2005 Annual Outstanding Scholarship of</p>
<p>Academic Merit, RUC — 2002–2005 SEMINAR & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The 3rd Frontier of Chinese Economy Seminar, Management World — Dec. 2022 The 11th Macroeconomic Policy and Micro Firm Behavior Seminar, Economic</p>
<p>Research Journal — Dec. 2022 The 12th Annual Meeting of CTRG, Liaoning University — Dec. 2022 The 2nd Xiangzhang Forum of Fiscal Economics, Renmin University of China — Nov. 2022 The 8th China Forum of Fiscal Economics, Fudan University — Nov. 2022 2022 China Center for Economic</p>
<p>Research (CCER) Summer Institute, National School of Development (NSD), Peking University — Jul. 2022 International Economics Workshop, NSD, Peking University — Jun. 2022 The 1st Xiangzhang Forum of International Economics, Renmin University of China — Jan. 2022 International Conference on U.S.-China Trade Disputes and Re-Architecture in Globalization, Tsinghua University — Dec. 2021 2018 Tokyo Conference on Economics of Institutions and Organizations, University of Tokyo — Aug. 2018 The 14th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Seoul National University — Jun. 2018 Conference of “Migration and the Reshaping of Consumption Patterns: Economics and Politics,” GEP</p>
<p>Research Centre, University of Nottingham — Sept. 2017 Singapore Economic Review Conference 2017, Singapore — Aug. 2017 The 4th Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics, Hokkaido University — Jun. 2017 2017 Conference on Health and Development, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica — Jun. 2017 2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong — Jun. 2017 Economics Workshop, SITE, Central University of Finance and Economics — Apr. 2017 International Economics Workshop, organized by International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) China & China Trade</p>
<p>Research Group (CTRG), UIBE — Oct. 2014, May 2016 & Mar. 2017 The 7th & 8th IEFS China, UIBE — Jul. 2015 & Jul. 2016 The 1st & 2nd CCER Summer Institute, Peking University — Sept. 2015 & Jun. 2016 Workshop on International Trade 2016, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics — May 2016 The 2nd Forum of New Urbanization and Social Integration of Internal Mi</p>
<p>grants in China, Fudan University — Jul. 2015 Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Annual Conference, Simon Fraser University — May 2014 International Conference on Global Value Chains and Structural Adjustments, organized by Columbia University and Tsinghua University — Jun. 2013 The 3rd Annual Meeting of CTRG, Zhejiang University — May 2013 Economics Workshop, CCER, Peking University — Apr. 2013 Economics Workshop, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) — Dec. 2012 International Trade Workshop, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Mar. 2012 International Economics Workshop, University of Virginia — Oct. 2011 2011 Annual Conference of the U.S. Census Bureau</p>
<p>Research Data Center, University of Minnesota — Sept. 2011 REFEREE WORK World Economy (10) Economic Inquiry (3) Economic Modelling (4) Empirical Economics (2) Review of Development Economics (2) Food Policy (2) Journal of Comparative Economics (1) Review of International Economics (2) China Economic Review (1) Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (5) Agricultural Economics (1) Australian Economic Papers (1) International Economics (1) Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies (1) Digital Economy and Sustainable Development (1) China Economic Quarterly (2) OTHER JUDGING ROLE “China Economics – 2013,” Executive Editor (invited by Tianze Economic</p>
<p>Research Institution), published by Gezhi Press, April 2015 MEDIA INTERVIEWS South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, China) People's Daily, The Overseas Edition (Mainland China) OTHER</p>
<p>PROFESSIONAL</p>
<p>EXPERIENCE & LEADERSHIP Analyst , Citibank Co. Ltd., Tianjin, China — Summer 2008 Manager’s Assistant , Zhongguancun Shiner Investment and Management Co. Ltd., Beijing, China — Summer 2007 Part-Time Editor , China Renmin University Press, Beijing, China — 2006 Vice President/CO-FOUNDER , College Tennis Club & Tennis Team, RUC — 2003–2005</p>