Heiwai TANG Assistant Professor Email: hwtang@ust.hk Ph.D.   2008   MIT, Economics B.S.     2001   UCLA, Mathematics/Economics   Personal Home Page

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008- 
• Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004-2008
• Application Developer, Ticketmaster-Citysearch, Inc., Los Angeles, 2001-2002  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

           International Trade, International Finance, Chinese Economy

WORKING PAPERS 

• "Labor Market Institutions, Firm-specific Skills, and Trade Patterns," March 2008
• "Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in China: The Role of Ownership," May 2008
• “Political Ideology and Trade Policy: A Cross-country, Cross-industry Analysis,” June 2008
• “Ownership Biases in China: An Empirical Test," (with Yasheng Huang), July 2008
  

   Referee for

• Economics and Politics, Economic Inquiry