"Competition for Foreign Direct Investment in the Product Cycle", Japan and the World Economy, 2001, pp. 61-81.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Please see my CV for updates)

Summer Assistant, Trade Policy Division, World Bank, June-August 1988.

Consultant to the World Bank, 1991, on the project "Transfer of Foreign Technology to Manufacturing Firms in Taiwan," (including traveling to Taiwan and conducting field interviews with Taiwanese firm managers for a month in July 1991.)

Visiting Scholar, Boston University, in 1995

Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, in 2001 and 2005.

RECENT REFEREEING FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS OR FUNDING AGENCIES

(Please see my CV for updates)

             International Economic Review

             American Economic Review

             Journal of Development Economics

             Regional Science and Urban Economics

            Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

            Journal of International Economics

            Review of International Economics

            Eastern Economic Journal

            Academia Economic Papers, published by Academia Sinica of Taiwan

            Canadian Journal of Economics

            Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

            Economic Inquiry

            RAND Journal of Economics

            European Economic Review

            National Science Foundation

            Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

            Economics and Politics

            Journal of Economic Growth

            Journal of Economics

            Southern Economic Journal 

           Journal of International Economics

PRESENTATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES (Please see my CV for updates)

Southeastern International Economics Meeting, 1991, 1992, 1995

Midwest International Economics Meeting, Spring & Fall 1992, Fall 1993, Spring & Fall 1994, Spring & Fall 1995, Fall 1996, Spring & Fall 1997, Spring 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2004, Spring 2005.

Econometric Society North American Summer Meeting, 1992, 1993, 1996

Allied Social Science Association Meetings, January 1993, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006.

Western Economic Association Meeting, Summer 1993

American Economic Association Annual Meeting, January 1994, 1999, 2002

7th World Congress of the Econometric Society in Tokyo, August 1995.

Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society , July 1997, 1999, 2001.

International Conference on "Economic Development and Growth" organized by Academia Sinica of Taiwan, May 1996

International Conference on "Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade" in Hong Kong, July 1997.

European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Berlin, (September 1998), Madrid (August 2004)

Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Berlin, (September 1998), Madrid (August 2004)

International Conference on "Innovation, Appropriation Strategies and Economic Policy" organized by the French Ministry of Industry, in Paris, November 1999

Annual Meeting of the Society of Economic Dynamics, Costa Rica, June 2000

Conference on "International Trade and Political Economy" organized by Research Institute in  Economics and Business of Kobe University in May 2000

International Conference "WTO and China" in Hong Kong, March 2001

International Conference "WTO and World Trade" in Seattle, April 2001

International Conference "Dynamics and Trade" in Kobe, July 2001

International Conference "Money, Growth and Distribution" in Academia Sinica (Taipei), September 2001

International Conference " Negotiating Russia's WTO Accession" in Moscow, organized by Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Russia, June 2002.

Society for Advancement of Economic Theory Conference in Rhodes, Greece, July 2003.

International Conference "Growth and Development in the Global Perspective" in Academia Sinica (Taipei), July 2004.

CES-Ifo Conference "Understanding China's Economy" in Munich, June 2005.

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS (Please see my CV for updates)

John M. Olin Graduate Fellowship, 1990-1991.

Graduate Research Fellowship, Stanford Center for Conflict and Negotiation (SCCN), 1989-1990.

Stanford SCCN Grant (study technology transfer to Taiwan), 1990-1991.

Principal Investigator of Small Scale Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 1998. Topic: "Strengthening  Intellectual Property Rights in Less Developed Countries: The Impacts on China and East Asia" Amount: HK$40,740 (approx. US$5,250)

Principal Investigator of Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, Research Grants Council, Government of Hong Kong SAR, 1999. Topic: "The Economic Impact of the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights under the Auspices of the World Trade Organization, with Special Focus on China and East Asia.: Amount: HK$450,000 (approx. US$58,000)

Principal investigator of Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, Research Grants Council, Government of Hong Kong SAR, 2000. Topic: "WTO Accession and Negotiations: Economic Theory and Case Studies." Amount: HK$250,000 (approx. US$32,050)

Principal Investigator of Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 2003. Topic: "Understanding China's Trade Flows". Amount: HK$171,000 (approx. US$21,920)

Principal Investigator of Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 2004. Topic: "An Analysis of  China's Trade and FDI Flows and their Importance to China's Growth". Amount: HK$180,000 (approx. US$23,075)

Co-Investigator of Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2005 (travel and lodging grant). Topic: "International Protection of Intellectual Property when Industries Lobby". Amount: HK$18,200.

Faculty Research Award, Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong, 2005 (awarded to three faculty members, once every two years)

Principal investigator of Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, Research Grants Council, Government of Hong Kong SAR, 2005. Topic: "International Trade, Outsourcing and Intellectual Property Rights Protection" Amount: HK$422,816 (approx. US$54,200)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

 American Economic Association, International Economics and Finance Society (life member)

LANGUAGES

 Fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese Chinese; some knowledge of French.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

1980-85: Assistant Civil engineer and then promoted to Chartered Civil Engineer in Watson Hawksley Asia Engineering Consultants, Hong Kong. Duties include: design, project management and supervision of construction of a wastewater treatment project for a population of 500,000 and a water supply project for a population of one million.

          ARTICLES

• Major China Import and Export Sectors

   

  DATA
• WTO World Trade Data
• US Federal Reserve Discount Rate Time Series
• CPI for urban consumers in the US
• World Bank: Openness to Trade by Country

   

  INFORMATION
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Web site on 1997 Asian financial crisis by Nouriel Roubini of New York University, including a list of relevant readings

   

  DATA AND STATISTICS
• Penn World Tables Home Page (up to 1992)
• Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department

   

  LEARNING AIDS
• Krugman and Obstfeld Companion Web Site

Please direct all correspondence to:

Department of Economics and Finance,
City University of Hong Kong,
83 Tat Chee Avenue,
Kowloon Tong,
Hong Kong.

Phone: +(852) 2788-7317;
Fax. +(852) 2788-8806;
E-mail: efedwin@cityu.edu.hk or edwin.lai@cityu.edu.hk