Department of Economics
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 298510
Fort Worth, TX 76129

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Ph.D. in Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton, May 2005

M.A. in Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton, May 2002

M.A. in Economics and Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg (Germany), Dec. 1999

Chinese Language Proficiency Diploma, Beijing Foreign Studies University (China), Feb. 1997

Professor, Department of Economics, Texas Christian University, Aug. 2018 - present

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Texas Christian University, Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Texas Christian University, Aug. 2005 - Aug. 2011

Instructor, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton, June 2001 - May 2005

Visiting Researcher, Center for Financial Development and Stability (CFDS), Henan University, Kaifeng, China, May-July 2024

Visiting Scholar, Fudan Development Institute (FDDI), Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March-July 2021

Visiting Professor, Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans (LEO), Faculty of Law, Economics, and Management, University of Orléans, Orléans France, March 2020

Fellow, Center for International Collaboration in Economic Research (CICER), RUDN University, Moscow, Russia, since June 2018

Visiting Researcher, Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki, Finland, July - Aug. 2017

Visiting Fellow, Center for Cold War International History Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, July 2016, June 2017

Visiting Fellow, Department of Europe, Americas, and Eurasia, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Sejong, South Korea, May - June 2015

Visiting Scholar, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk, Russia, Aug. 2014

Yegor Gaidar Fellow, U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF) and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), 2014 - 2015

Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study (CAS), Sofia, Bulgaria, May - July 2014

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Studies of the Recent Past, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. - Nov. 2012

Visiting Research Fellow, Economic Research and Forecasting Division, Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. - Sept. 2008

Economic Growth, Convergence

Regional Macroeconomics

Efficiency, Productivity

Interregional Trade and Border Effects

Fiscal Decentralization, Interregional Transfers

Economics of Transition, Economy of China

Publications

"Regional Heterogeneity and the Provincial Phillips Curve in China," (with Makram El-Shagi), Economic Analysis and Policy, 81, 2024, 1036-1044.

"China vs India in the Himalayas: Comparing Economic Development in Tibet and Ladakh," Asia and the Global Economy, 3(3), 2023, 100073.

"Divisia Monetary Aggregates for Russia: Money Demand, GDP Nowcasting, and the Price Puzzle," (with Makram El-Shagi), Economic Systems, 46(4), 2022, 101054.

"Shadow of the Colossus: Euro Area Spillovers and Monetary Policy in Central and Eastern Europe," (with Makram El-Shagi), Journal of International Money and Finance, 120, 2022, 102501.

"Trade Efficiency, Cross-Border Integration, and Regional Barriers in Northeast China," The Chinese Economy, 55(1), 2022, 13-25.

"The Income Elasticity of Import Demand: A Meta-Survey," (with Makram El-Shagi and William Sawyer), Pacific Economic Review, 27(1), 2022, 18-41.

"Regional Real Exchange Rates and Growth: Evidence from Resource-Based Regional Economies," Review of International Economics, 29(3), 2021, 626-640.

"North Korea’s Trade and the Integration of Northeast Asia," Asia and the Global Economy, 1(1), 2021, 100007.

"Regional Inequality and Convergence in Large Emerging Economies: A Distribution Dynamics Approach," Macroeconomic Dynamics, 25(1), 2021, 154-177.

"Interaction of the Russian Far East with the Countries of the Pacific Rim: Evaluating Institutional and Tariff Trade Barriers," (with Dmitry Izotov), Spatial Economics, 15(3), 2019, 20-45. [in Russian] [Reprinted in English as: "Interaction of the Russian Far East and Asia-Pacific Countries: Assessment of Institutional and Tariff Barriers to Trade," (with Dmitry Izotov), Regional Research of Russia, 10(2), 2020, 182-193.]

"Trade Interactions between the Russian Far East Regions and Asia-Pacific Countries: Assessment of Potential," (with Dmitry Izotov), Regionalistica, 6(5), 2019, 6-30. [in Russian]

"Does Monetary Integration Lead to Income Convergence in Africa? A Study of the CFA Monetary Area," (with Souleymane Ndao and Nikolay Nenovsky), Portuguese Economic Journal, 18(2), 2019, 67-85.

"Comparative Assessment of the Internal and External Trading Interactions of the Far East of Russia," (with Dmitry Izotov), Regionalistica, 5(6), 2018, 37-52. [in Russian]

"Trade Potential and Trade Integration of the Russian Far East: A Regional Perspective," Spatial Economics, 14(4), 2018, 21-38.

"Assessment of Trade Barriers in the Russian Far East," (with Dmitry Izotov), Regionalistica, 4(5), 2017, 61-75. [in Russian]

"Rice Ecosystems and Adoption of Modern Rice Varieties in Odisha, East India: Intensity, Determinants and Policy Implications," (with Kirtti Paltasingh and Phanindra Goyari), The Journal of Developing Areas, 51(3), 2017, 197-213.

"Regional and Sectoral Patterns and Determinants of Comparative Advantage in China," (with W. Charles Sawyer and Wenting Yu), Frontiers of Economics in China (now International Studies of Economics), 12(1), 2017, 7-36.

"External Debt Relief Initiatives and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries," (with Evelyn Wamboye), The Journal of Developing Areas, 50(2), 2016, 213-229.

"Regional Integration and Economic Convergence in Northeast Asia: Evidence from the Greater Tumen Initiative," Journal of Northeast Asia Development, 17, 2016, 85-108.

"The Efficiency of Postal Services in the Age of Market Liberalization and the Internet: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe," Utilities Policy, 36, 2015, 35-42.

"Comparative Advantages in U.S. Bilateral Services Trade with China and India," (with Hiranya Nath and Lirong Liu), Journal of Asian Economics, 38, 2015, 79-92.

"External Debt, Labor Productivity Growth, and Convergence: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," (with Evelyn Wamboye), The World Economy, 38(5), 2015, 856-877.

"Technology Adoption and Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries," (with Evelyn Wamboye and Bruno Sergi), Comparative Economic Studies, 57(1), 2015, 136-167.

"Transition, Integration, and Catching Up: Income Convergence between Central and Eastern Europe and the EU," (with Nikolay Nenovsky), Mondes en Développement, 42(3/167), 2014, 73-92.

"Sectoral Productivity and Regional Disparities in China, 1978-2006," (with Wenting Yu), Comparative Economic Studies, 55(4), 2013, 582-605.

"Politiques Monétaires et Intégration Européenne: Le Cas des Deux Pays des Balkans [Monetary Policies and European Integration: The Case of Two Balkan Countries]," (with Nikolay Nenovsky and Camelia Turcu), Revue d'Études Comparatives Est-Ouest, 44(2), 2013, 141-162. [in French]

"Relative Inflation Dynamics in the New EU Member Countries of Central and Eastern Europe," (with Hiranya Nath), Empirical Economics, 45(1), 2013, 1-22.

"Monetary Regimes, Economic Stability, and EU Accession: Comparing Bulgaria and Romania," (with Nikolay Nenovsky and Camelia Turcu), Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 46(1), 2013, 13-23.

"University Efficiency and Public Funding for Higher Education in Bulgaria," (with Nikolay Nenovsky and Karin Tochkov), Post-Communist Economies, 24(4), 2012, 517-534.

"Institutional Reforms, EU Accession, and Bank Efficiency in Transition Economies: Evidence from Bulgaria," (with Nikolay Nenovsky), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 47(1), 2011, 113-129.

"Patterns and Determinants of Intra-industry Trade in Asia," (with William Sawyer and Richard Sprinkle), Journal of Asian Economics, 21(5), 2010, 485-493.

"Soaring Dragons, Roaring Tigers, Growling Bears: Determinants of Regional Growth and Convergence in China, India, and Russia," (with Oleg Badunenko), Economics of Transition (now Economics of Transition and Institutional Change), 18(3), 2010, 539-570.

"Is Higher Volatility Associated with Lower Growth? Intranational Evidence from South Korea," (with Karin Tochkov), Empirical Economics Letters, 8(7), 2009, 625-629.

"A Drive up the Capital Coast? Contributions to Post-Reform Growth across Chinese Provinces," (with Daniel J. Henderson and Oleg Badunenko), Journal of Macroeconomics, 29(3), 2007, 569-594.

"Interregional Transfers and the Smoothing of Provincial Expenditure in China," China Economic Review, 18(1), 2007, 54-65.

"Regional heterogeneity and the provincial Phillips curve in China," (with Makram El-Shagi), Center for Financial Development and Stability (Henan University) Discussion Paper 3, 2023.

"Divisia Monetary Aggregates for Russia: Money Demand, GDP Nowcasting, and the Price Puzzle," (with Makram El-Shagi), Center for Financial Development and Stability (Henan University) Discussion Paper 1, 2021.

"Shadow of the Colossus: Euro Area Spillovers and Monetary Policy in Central and Eastern Europe," (with Makram El-Shagi), Center for Financial Development and Stability (Henan University) Discussion Paper 7, 2020.

"The Income Elasticity of Import Demand: A Meta Survey," (with Makram El-Shagi and W. Charles Sawyer), Center for Financial Development and Stability (Henan University) Discussion Paper 3, 2019.

"Gravity, Borders, and the Potential for Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific: Evidence from Korea and Russia," in 2015 KIEP Visiting Fellows Program, 84-111. Sejong City, Korea: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2016.

"Intégration Monétaire et Convergence des Revenus en Zone CFA," (with Souleymane Ndao and Nikolay Nenovsky), Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans (Université d’Orléans) Working Paper 12, 2016. [in French]

"Comparative Advantages in U.S. Bilateral Services Trade with China and India," (with Hiranya Nath and Lirong Liu), William Davidson Institute Working Paper 1092, 2015.

"The Distribution Dynamics of Income in Central and Eastern Europe relative to the EU: A Nonparametric Analysis," (with Nikolay Nenovsky), William Davidson Institute Working Paper 1063, 2013.

"Relative Inflation Dynamics in EU Accession Countries of Central and Eastern Europe," (with Hiranya Nath), Bulgarian National Bank Discussion Paper 84, 2011.

"Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Bulgaria in the Wake of EU accession," (with Nikolay Nenovsky), ICER Working Paper 21, 2009.

"Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Bulgaria in the Wake of EU accession," (with Nikolay Nenovsky), Bulgarian National Bank Discussion Paper 75, 2009.

"A Drive up the Capital Coast? Contributions to Post-Reform Growth Across Chinese Provinces," (with Daniel J. Henderson and Oleg Badunenko), SUNY Binghamton Department of Economics Working Paper 0609, 2006.

"Fiscal reforms, Output Fluctuations and the Cyclical Behavior of Net Transfers in China: Evidence from Province-level Panel Data," SUNY Binghamton Department of Economics Working Paper 0417, 2004.

"Interregional Transfers and the Smoothing of Provincial Expenditure in China," SUNY Binghamton Department of Economics Working Paper 0416, 2004.

"China’s Trade and Opening since 1978: A Regional Perspective from the Northeast," in Institutional Change and China Capitalism: Frontier of Cliometrics and its Application to China, ed. A. Le Riche, A. Parent, and L. Zhang, 89-107. London: World Scientific Publishing, 2022.

"The Spatial Dimension of Chinese Trade with Russia: Evidence from Regional Data," (with D. Izotov), in Proceeding of the International Science and Technology Conference "FarEastСon 2020". Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 227, ed. D. Solovev, V. Savaley, A. Bekker, and V. Petukhov, 397-407. Singapore: Springer, 2021.

"Trade Relations between the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia: Assessment of Institutional Factors," (with D. Izotov), in Proceeding of the International Science and Technology Conference "FarEastСon 2019". Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 172, ed. D. Solovev, V. Savaley, A. Bekker, and V. Petukhov, 177-188. Singapore: Springer, 2020.

"Information and Communication Technologies' Impact on Growth and Employment in Africa," (with E. Wamboye), in The Service Sector and Economic Development in Africa, ed. E. Wamboye and P. Nyaronga, 196-226. New York: Routledge, 2019.

"Indian Agriculture after the Green Revolution: An Overview," (with Kirtti Paltasingh and Phanindra Goyari), in Indian Agriculture after the Green Revolution: Changes and Challenges, ed. B. Goswami, M. Bezbaruah, and R. Mandal, 8-28. New York: Routledge, 2018.

"Growth Impact of Aid Quantity and Quality in Africa," (with E. Wamboye), in Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Development in Africa: The Impact of BRICS versus OECD, ed. E. Wamboye and E. Tiruneh, 325-350. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

"The Scenarios of Cooperation between Heilongjiang Province and the Regions of the Far East," (with D. Izotov), in Present Problems of Regional Development, ed. E. Frisman, 389-392. Birobidzhan, Russia: Institute for Complex Analysis of Regional Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Branch, 2016. [in Russian]

"The Foreign Trade of Russia's Far East in Times of Foreign Exchange Rate and Commodity Markets' Volatility," (with D. Izotov), in Territorial Researches: Purposes, Results and Perspectives, ed. E. Frisman, 189-192. Birobidzhan, Russia: Institute for Complex Analysis of Regional Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Branch, 2015. [in Russian]

"Trade between the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia: The impact of border effects," (with D. Izotov), in Russia and China: History and Perspectives of Cooperation, ed. D. Buyarov, D. Kuznetsov, and N. Kireeva, 490-494. Blagoveshchensk, Russia: Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University Press, 2015. [in Russian]

"East Asian Economies," in 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, ed. Rhona Free, 485-492. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2010.

"Russia and China: History and Prospects of Cooperation," (with D. Izotov and Zh. Chimitdorzhiev), Regionalistica, 2(3), 2015, 69-76. [in Russian]

"China Changes Course," Manager, 200 (June), 2015, 192-193. [in Bulgarian]

"Bank Failure, Systemic Risk, and Institutional Deficiencies in Bulgaria: The Case of KTB's Collapse," Information for Emerging Countries (EMERiCs), May 22, 2015.

"Trade, Border Effects, and Regional Integration between Russia’s Far East and Northeast Asia," IREX Research Brief, International Research and Exchanges Board, Washington, D.C., November 2014.

"Cross-border trade and integration between Russia and China: An interdisciplinary perspective (Review of the book "The Economic Integration of Border Regions" by N. Ryzhova)," Spatial Economics, 4, 2014, 170-178.

"Bulgaria banking meltdown averted for now, but there may still be trouble ahead," The Conversation, July 4, 2014.

"The American College Student," Manager, 157 (November), 2011, 130-131. [in Bulgarian]

"The American Highschool Student: What Can We Learn from the Educational System in the USA," Manager, 156 (October), 2011, 136-137. [in Bulgarian]

"The End of Paper Money," Manager, 151 (May), 2011, 109-110. [in Bulgarian]

"Please, Sign a Check!" Manager, 147 (January), 2011, 141-142. [in Bulgarian]

"On the Way to Recovery: How the Economies in Different Countries Respond to the Financial Contagion," Manager, 133 (November), 2009, 36-37. [in Bulgarian]

"Sinology: The Academic Study of China in Germany," 经贸/Wirtschaft & Handel [Economy & Trade], 11 (March), 2011, 11. [in German]

6th Henan University/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Zhengzhou, China, April 2024

International conference "China in the Global Economy", University of Orléans, France, Nov. 2023

4th International Conference "A Multi-Centric World in the Making?", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Nov. 2023 (virtual)

Asia Economic Community Forum, Incheon, South Korea, Nov. 2023 (virtual)

Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance, Banking Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 2023

9th Annual Conference of the Monetary Research Center "Inflation 2022: Circumstances, Challenges, Impact", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 2023 (virtual)

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Wuhan, China, June 2023 (virtual)

XXIV Yasin International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2023 (virtual)

1st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Financial Economics, Ho Chi Minh University of Banking, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Dec. 2022

14th Chinese Economic Association (Europe) and 33rd Chinese Economic Association (UK) Annual Conference "China’s Dual Circulation: Openness, Technology and Innovation Networks", Durham University, Durham, UK, Oct. 2022

8th Annual Conference of the Monetary Research Center "Economic Challenges in the Context of Pandemic and War Circumstances", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 2022 (virtual)

13th SCF International Conference "Contemporary Economic Policy and European Union Accession Process", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, May 2022

XXIII Yasin International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2022 (virtual)

24th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) "Development and Underdevelopment in the History of Economic Thought", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2021 (virtual)

7th Annual Conference of the Monetary Research Center "The New Normality after the Pandemic: An Economic Perspective", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 2021 (virtual)

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference “Public Policy and Economic Behavior: China and the World amidst a Global Pandemic”, Wuhan, China, June 2021 (virtual)

International Conference “The European Union after Brexit”, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 2021 (virtual)

International Conference “Current Economic Trends in Emerging and Developing Countries” (TIMTED), Timisoara, Romania, June 2021 (virtual)

XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2021 (virtual)

International Scientific Forum “China and Central & Eastern Europe”, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 2020 (virtual)

6th Annual Conference of the Monetary Research Center "The Pandemic Crisis and the Challenges to the Bulgarian and European Economy", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 2020 (virtual)

DSGE Modelling Conference, Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies (CIMS), University of Surrey, UK, Sept. 2020 (virtual)

XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, May 2020 (virtual)

5th Annual Conference of the Monetary Research Center "Europe after the EU Elections: Monetary and Economic Perspectives", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2019

12th International Conference on the Chinese Economy "A New Era for China: Growth Sustainability and Broadened International Development", Institut de Recherche sur l'Économie de la Chine (IDREC), Université Clermont-Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Oct. 2019

6th Annual Conference of the Society for Economic Measurement (SEM), Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 2019

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference “Forty Years of Quantitative Economic Research in China: Retrospectives and Perspectives”, Dalian, China, June 2019

1st Center for Interernational Collaboration in Economic Research Conference, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia, April 2019

XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2019

5th Henan University/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Kaifeng, China, March 2019

4th Annual Monetary Research Center Conference "The New Realities in the European Union and the Place of the Balkan Countries", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2018

Far East Con International Interdisciplinary Conference, Khabarovsk/Vladivostok, Russia, Oct. 2018

4th Henan University/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Kaifeng, China, June 2018

XIX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2018

Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Meeting, Dallas, TX, Nov. 2017

Asia Economic Community Forum, Incheon, South Korea, Nov. 2017

11th International Conference on the Chinese Economy "The "New Normal Growth" and the Future of China's Economy", Institut de Recherche sur l'Economie de la Chine (IDREC), Université Clermont-Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Oct. 2017

3rd Annual Monetary Research Center Conference "Monetary Regimes: 20 Years of Currency Board in Bulgaria", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2017

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Nanjing, China, June 2017

2nd World Congress of Comparative Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2017

XVIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2017

3rd Henan University/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Kaifeng, China, March 2017

18th Annual Conference of the North Eastern Economic Association, Guwahati, India, Dec. 2016

2nd Annual Monetary Research Center Conference "Economic Lessons, Perspectives and Challenges from the Balkans", University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2016

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Shenzhen, China, June 2016

XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2016

Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Jan. 2016

Asia Economic Community Forum, Incheon, South Korea, Nov. 2015

1st World Congress of Comparative Economics, Rome, Italy, June 2015

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Chongqing, China, June 2015

5th Conference "Russia and China: History and Perspectives of Cooperation", Blagoveshchensk, Russia, May 2015

XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2015

BALKINT Conference on the Western Balkans and the European Union, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2014

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Guangzhou, China, June 2014

Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2014

XV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, April 2014

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Chengdu, China, June 2013

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Kaifeng, China, June 2012

International Symposium on the Economics of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dec. 2011

Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, Oct. 2011

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Beijing, China, June 2011

"Europe and the Balkans: Integration, Challenges, and Solutions" Conference, Orleans, France, Feb. 2011

"Small Open Economies' Policy Options in the Global Economic Crisis" Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 2010

Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, Sept. 2010

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Xiamen, China, June 2010

North American Productivity Workshop VI, Rice University, June 2010

Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, Perth, Scotland, April 2010

"20 Years of Transition in CEE: Money, Banking, and Financial Markets" CICM Conference, London, Sept. 2009

International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 6), Daejeon, Korea, Aug. 2009

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Nanning, China, June 2009

Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Jan. 2009

Indian Statistical Institute Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Delhi, India, Dec. 2008

"The Microeconomic Drivers of Growth in China" Conference, University of Oxford, Sept. 2008

International Workshop on Chinese Productivity, Hangzhou, China, Sept. 2008

World Congress of the International Economic Association, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2008

International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis, University of Crete, Greece, May 2008

International Forum on Sustainable Development in China, World Bank, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2007

Singapore Economic Review Conference, Singapore, August 2007

Chinese Economists Society Annual China Conference, Changsha, China, July 2007

Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 2007

Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, Nov. 2006

"Globalization and the Developing Countries" Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nov. 2006

Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Sept. 2006

Southwestern Economics Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 2006

Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 2005

Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2004

International Colloquium "75 Years of Development Research", Cornell University, May 2004

Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Feb. 2004

Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2003

New York Conference on Asian Studies, University at Buffalo, NY, Oct. 2003

Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Yale University, Oct. 2003

New York State Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, Oct. 2003

Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, Feb. 2003

BRICS Network University Summer School, July 2022 (virtual)

Fudan Development Institute (FDDI), Fudan University, China, June 2021 (virtual)

Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan, Oct. 2020 (virtual)

Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans (LEO), University of Orléans, France, March 2020

Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan, April 2019

Department of International Econ. Relations, Faculty of Economics, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia, April 2018

Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 2017

Center for Cold War International History Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, June 2017

Sofia Business School, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 2015

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Sejong, Korea, June 2015

Graduate School of International Studies, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, May 2015

Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, May 2015

Russian Academy of Sciences (Far Eastern Branch), Economic Research Institute, Aug. 2014

Sofia Business School, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 2014

Centre for Advanced Study, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 2014

Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and Intl. Business, Nov. 2012

Portland State University, Department of Economics, April 2012

Bulgarian National Bank, Economic Research and Forecasting Division, August 2008

Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and Intl. Business, March 2007

University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Economics, October 2006

Baylor University, Department of Economics, September 2006

Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics, November 2005

Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, March 2005

Willamette University, Department of Economics, February 2005

University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Division of Business and Economics, January 2005

Texas Christian University, Department of Economics, January 2005

Membership on Editorial Boards

Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Review, since 2023
Bulgarian Journal of International Economics and Politics, since 2021
Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University. Series "Foreign Affairs", since 2021
Facta Universitatis, Series: Economics and Organization, since 2021
Economic Alternatives, since 2016
Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, since 2014
International Journal of Advanced Business Studies, since 2023
Spatial Economics, since 2014

Referee (see Web of Science profile)

African Development Review
African Journal of Business Management
Agricultural Sciences
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Applied Economics
Applied Economics Letters
Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies
Biology
Borsa Istanbul Review
Bulgarian Journal of International Economics and Politics
Children and Youth Services Review
China Economic Review
Climate
Cold War History
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
Comparative Economic Studies
Contemporary Economic Policy
Eastern European Economics
Economic Alternatives
Economic Analysis and Policy
Economic Modelling
Economic Systems
Economics Bulletin
Economies
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Empirica
Energies
Energy Economics
Energy Policy
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy
Eurasian Economic Review
Europe-Asia Studies
European Journal of Comparative Economics
Facta Universitatis, Series: Economics and Organization
Frontiers of Economics in China
Frontiers in Public Health
Future Business Journal
Global Economy Journal
Global Journal of Political Science and International Relations
Global Scholars Journal of Business Management and Public Administration
Growth and Change
HABITAT
Healthcare
International Economics
International Journal of Business and Marketing Management
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Journal of Asian Economics
Journal of Business and Economic Studies
Journal of Business Economics and Management
Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Journal of Developing Areas
Journal of Economic Integration
Journal of Economic Issues
Journal of Economic Studies
Journal of Economics and International Finance
Journal of International Development
Journal of International Money and Finance
Journal of International Organizations Studies
Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
Journal of Productivity Analysis
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
Latin American Journal of Economics
Macroeconomic Dynamics
Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies
Mathematics
Mondes en Développement
North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Oxford Economic Papers
Panoeconomicus
Post-Communist Economies
Papers in Regional Science
PLOS ONE
Public Budgeting and Finance
Quantitative Finance and Economics
Regional Economic Development Research
SAGE Open
Singapore Economic Review
SN (Springer Nature) Applied Sciences
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Southwestern Economic Review
Studia Politica (Romanian Political Science Review)
Sustainability
Telematics and Informatics
The American Economist
The World Economy
World
World Development

Book reviewer

Addison Wesley (Pearson) [Parkin: Macroeconomics]

McGraw-Hill [Karlan and Morduch: Principles of Economics]

Pearson [Vincent and Yared: Intermediate Macroeconomics]

South-Western (Cengage) [Anderson, Sweeney, and Williams: Statistics for Business and Economics; Hall and Lieberman: Macroeconomics: Principles and Applications; Miller and VanHoose: Macroeconomics: Theories, Policies, and International Applications]

Springer [M. Porto: International Trade with R: R codes for UNCTAD & WTO’s Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis]

W. W. Norton [Jones: Macroeconomics]

Worth Publishers (Macmillan) [Mankiw: Macroeconomics]

External reviewer

Ph.D. dissertations

Nona Gelitashvili, Faculty of Economics and Business, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia, 2009

Wayan Widya Arsana, Economics, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia, 2014

Thi Huynh, Economics, UNE Business School, University of New England, Australia, 2016

Hemanta Barman, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, 2017

Chong Dae Kim, Faculty of Management and Economics, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, 2018

Yunzhi Zhang, Faculty of Law, Economics and Management, University of Orléans, France, 2019

Prerona Baruah, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, 2021

Biplab Kumar Guru, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, 2021

Wissam Samia, Department of Economics and Management, University of Picardie Jules Verne, France, 2021

Bandana Chowdhury, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, 2021

Nusrat Akber, School of Economics, Faculty of Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, India, 2022

Sandeep Kumar Tiwari, School of Economics, Faculty of Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, India, 2023

Sathya Uma Lakshmi K, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, 2023

Sher Khan, School of Economics, Henan University, China, 2024

Wisdom Kwabla Dewortor, School of Economics, Henan University, China, 2024

Tenure and Promotion

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, Economics, Division of Business and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University at Altoona, 2014

Promotion to Full Professor, Department of Economics, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), 2019

Promotion to Associate Professor (Level D), UNE Business School, University of New England, Australia, 2019

Promotion to Full Professor, Department of Economics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), 2020

Promotion to Full Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, 2021

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, Economics & Business Administration Department, Austin College, Texas, 2022

Texas Christian University, 2005 - present

Introductory Macroeconomics (Fall 2005, 2007, 2008; Spring 2006-10; Summer 2006-10, 2012, 2014, 2017-18)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (Fall 2006, 2009-11, 2014, 2016; Spring 2006, 2011, 2014-15, 2019, 2022-23; Summer 2006-10, 2015-16)

Asian Economics (Fall 2005-07, 2015, 2017-19, 2021-23; Spring 2009-12, 2014, 2016-17, 2019-20, 2022-23; Summer 2019-20, 2022)

Econometrics (Spring 2008-12, 2015-18, 2020; Fall 2014-17)

Time Series Econometrics (Fall 2021-23)

International Trade and Payments (Spring 2007, 2024; Fall 2021)

Economics of Transition (Fall 2008)

State University of New York at Binghamton, 2000 - 2005

Principles of Macroeconomics (Fall 2000, 2002; Spring 2001, 2003; Summer 2001, 2002)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (Fall 2003; Spring 2004, 2005; Summer 2003, 2004)

Introduction to International Economics (Spring 2002)

Global Economy: International Issues (Fall 2001)

Statistical Methods (Fall 2004)

Chair, Department of Economics (Aug. 2017 - July 2020)

University Undergraduate Council (2011-2012)

Organizational Committee, AddRan Festival of Undergraduate Scholarship and Creativity (2006-2011)

Summer Chair, Department of Economics (July 2012, 2014)

Chair, Advisory Committee, Department of Economics (2021-2024)

Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Economics (2011-2012, 2014-2015)

Salary Adjustment Committee, Department of Economics (2013-2016)

Search Committee for tenure-track position in urban/regional economics (2011-2012)

Search Committee for tenure-track position in environmental/energy economics (2015-2016)

Search Committee for tenure-track position in AI/machine learning(2023-2024)

Search Committee for instructor position in economics (Fall 2016)

Search Committee for lecturer position in economics (Spring 2011, 2014)

Class Schedule Coordinator, Department of Economics (2010-2012)

Seminar Series Coordinator, Department of Economics (2009-2020)