ZHANG, YI                         

Gender: Female

E-mail: zhangyi.econ@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Research Interests

o    International economics and business

o    Institutional economics

Education

2006.09 – 2011.02

2006.09 – 2009.07

2005.09 – 2006.07

2001.09 – 2005.07

Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Economics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Courses taken with The Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE)

Master Degree in International Economics and Business, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, graduated with honors

Bachelor Degree in International Economics and Trade, NanKai University, Tianjin, China, graduated with honors

Working Experience

2017.01 – Present

2011.07 – 2016.12

2011.02 – 2011.07

2009.01 – 2010.09

2008.09 – 2010.07

2008.04 – 2008.06

2006.01 – 2006.08

Associate Professor, Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Assistant Professor, Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Lecturer, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Co-supervisor of Master/Bachelor thesis, Utrecht University

Junior lecturer, Utrecht University

Visiting scholar Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

Research assistant, Utrecht University

Publications

Ø  Yi Zhang, Zhongliang Zhou and Yafei Si, 2017. The role of parental health care utilization in children’s unnecessary utilization in China: evidence from Shaanxi province. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16:47. (SSCI).

Ø  Yi Zhang, 2016. Education, institutional quality, and outsourcing. International Journal of Economics and Research, Vol. 07, No. 4, pp. 1-17. (Econlit).

Ø  Yi Zhang, Xuefeng Tang and Chun Liu, 2016. Locational determinants of FDI across Chinese prefecture-level cities based on a quantile regression analysis. Statistics & Information Forum, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp. 75-81. (CSSCI).

Ø  Yi Zhang and Hein Roelfsema, 2014. Globalization, foreign direct investment, and regional innovation in China. Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, Vol. 05, No. 3. (Econlit).

Ø  Yi Zhang and Hein Roelfsema, 2014. Unraveling the complex motivations behind China’s outward FDI. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 89-100. (SSCI).

Ø  Yi Zhang and Hein Roelfsema, 2013. Dual and common agency issues in international joint ventures: Evidence from China. Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 1-25. (SSCI).

Ø  Yi Zhang and Hein Roelfsema, 2012. The Causal Effect of Institutional Quality on Outsourcing. Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 895-920. (SSCI).

Ø  Yi Zhang，Martijn Boermans and Hein Roelfsema (2011). Regional Determinants of FDI in China: A Factor-based Approach. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 9(1), 23-42. (Econlit).

Projects

Ø  2015, The Project-sponsored by SRF for ROCS, SEM, "The impact of institutional quality on China's inward FDI and its spillovers", project principal investigator.

Ø  2013, National Social Science Foundation of China (No. 13XJY001), "The impact of institutional quality on China's inward FDI and its spillovers", project principal investigator.

Conference Presentations

2017. 07

2017. 01

2016. 07

2010.07

2009.12

2009.10

2009.09

2008.10

2007.10

2007.10

2006.12

Yi Zhang, Zhongliang Zhou and Yafei Si, When more is less: What explains the overuse of health care services in China, 12th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association, Boston, USA, 2017.07.

AEA Annual Conference 2017, Chicago, U.S.A., paper presented: "Institutions, Firm Characteristics, and FDI Spillovers", poster session.

The 10^th China Goes Global Conference, Italy, paper presented: "Institutions, Firm Characteristics, and FDI Spillovers".

The 21^st Chinese Economic Association Annual Conference, Oxford, UK, paper presented: “Regional Determinants of FDI in China: A Factor-based Approach”.

The 3^rd All China Economics International Conference, Hong Kong, paper presented: “Regional Determinants of FDI in China: A New Approach with Recent Data”.

The 68^th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Boston, U.S.A., paper presented: “Dual and Common Agency Issues in International Contracting”.

The 11^th European Trade Study Group Annual Conference, Rome, Italy, paper presented: “Dual and Common Agency Issues in International Contracting”.

NAKE Research Day, Utrecht, The Netherlands, paper presented: “Dual Agency Problem in Outsourcing Contracts”.

NAKE Research Day, Utrecht, The Netherlands, paper presented: “The Causal Impact of Institutional Quality on Outsourcing”.              

The 64^th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Savannah, U.S.A., paper presented: “The Causal Impact of Institutional Quality on Outsourcing”.              

The 1^st All China Economics International Conference, Hong Kong, paper presented: “The Locational Determinants of China’s FDI”.