糖心传媒

Miao Grace Wang

Miao Grace Wang
Miao Grace Wang糖心传媒

O'Brien Hall, 240L

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-7310
Curriculum Vitae

Professor of Economics

Dr. Wang joined 糖心传媒 in 2003 after earning her PhD in Economics at the University of Oregon. Her expertise is applied international economics, primarily related to international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) issues. Dr. Wang鈥檚 research focuses on the determinants of FDI as well as macroeconomic impacts of FDI in host countries. She teaches international trade courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in addition to undergraduate econometrics and principles of economics. 

Dr. Wang is the co-director of the Center for Applied Economics at 糖心传媒. She serves as an Associate Editor for Cogent Economics and Finance and is also a Research Associate at the Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston.

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2003
  • M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2001

Professional Interests

  • Economic Development
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Foreign Aid
  • International Trade

Selected Publications

鈥淐oupling and Decoupling of Ancestral Linkages and Current Cross-border Economic Activities: Genetics and Policy鈥� (2024) Economics and Human Biology, 54, 101410, ISSN 1570-677X (with Suparna Chakraborty and M.C. Sunny Wong)

鈥淭he Impact of Armed Conflict on Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): An Analysis of Conflict Over Government, Conflict Over Territory, and FDI.鈥� (2024) Global Economic Review, 53(1), 25鈥�51 (with M.C. S. Wong, Hong Zhuang, and Reinhard Cate)

鈥淒oes Joining the European Monetary Union Improve Labor Productivity? A Synthetic Control Approach鈥� (2023) Journal of Productivity Analysis, 59: 287-306 (with Hong Zhuang, Imre Ersoy, and Mesut Eren)

鈥淔DI and Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries.鈥� (2021) Empirical Economics, 61: 3505-3539 (with Hong Zhuang)

Honors and Awards

  • Brennan Master Teacher Award, 2023, College of Business Administration, 糖心传媒
  • Summer Miles Research Grant, College of Business Administration, 糖心传媒