Mar. 2023

Lex (Laixun) Zhao
Research Institute for Economics & Business, Kobe University
Kobe 657-8501, JAPAN
Tel/Fax: +81-78-803-7006; Email: zhao{[at]}rieb{[dot]}kobe-u.ac.jp♫☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♪☃♫Education
Ph.D. (August 1993)

University of Florida (UFL)

B.A. (June 1985)

Renmin University of China (RUC)

EmploymentProfessor, Kobe University, Oct., 2007~
Associate Professor, Kobe University, Apr. 2004
Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Apr. 1999
Associate Professor, Niigata University, Oct. 1997
Assistant Professor, Otaru University of Commerce, Aug. 1994
Visiting Lecturer, University of Florida, Aug. 1993
(Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, 2010-2011)
Teaching
International Economics (graduate & undergraduate levels)
Development Economics, Managerial Economics,
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics
Editorial Services
Co-Editor: Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, January 2021~
Managing Editor: Japanese Accounting Review, January 2018~
Associate Editor: International Economic Journal, February 2009~2019
Guest Editor: Review of Development Economics, 2013~2015

Referee Services
American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, European Economic
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Review, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics,
Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law andEconomics, B.E. Journal of Economics, Review of International Economics, Oxford EconomicPapers, Economics & Politics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Japanese Economic Review,Journal of Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Southern Economic
Journal, Journal of Economic Integration, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Review ofDevelopment Economics, Japan and the World Economy, Economica, China Economic Review,
China & World Economy, Economic Modeling, Pacific Economic Review, Economic Record,
Journal of Regional Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal ofUrban Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics & Management
HonorsKojima Prize (Japanese International Economics Association), 2011
Grants
Nomura Foundation: 1999
International Labor Organization: 2003
JSPS: 2000-2003, 2005-2007, 2007-2010, 2012-2017, 2019-2024
JCER: 2011
Book
Sino-Mexican Trade Relations: Challenges and Opportunities, with Yi Liu, May 2017,
Springer-Verlag.
Edited Book
International Trade and Economic Dynamics: Essays in Memory of Koji Shimomura,(co-edited with Takashi Kamihigashi), Heidelberg: Springer, December 2008.
Publications in Refereed Journals
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On Economic Development“Export Capacity Constraints and Distortions,” Journal of Development Economics 157,2022, 102889, with Xiao Feng and Yongjin Wang.
“Child Labor and Globalization,” Journal of Labor Economics 25(3), 2007, 553-80, withElias Dinopoulos.
“Cultural Factors and Study Destinations of International Students,” China & the World2

Economy 27(6), 2019, 26-49, with Hao Wei and Ran Yuan.
“Inequality and Catching-up under Decreasing Marginal Impatience,” Journal of
Mathematical Economics 91, 2020, 99-110, with Kazumichi Iwasa.
“International Labor Standards and North-South Competition,” The World Economy,
2009, 1091-1114.
“Competing to Outsource in the South,” Review of International Economics 18(3), 2010,427-442, with Makoto Okamura.
“Study Abroad, Return Migration and Capital Accumulation,” Economic Modelling 87,2020, 185-196, with Takumi Naito.
II.

On the Chinese Economy“A Simple Model of the Hukou System & Chinese Exports,” Review of International
Economics 30(2), 2022, 549-65.
“How Political Conflicts Distort Bilateral Trade: Firm-Level Evidence from China,”
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 183, 2021, 233-249, with Y. Li,Z. Jian and W. Tian.
“International Talent Inflow and R&D Investment: Firm-Level Evidence from China,”
Economic Modelling 89, 2020, 32-42, with Hao Wei and Ran Yuan.
“A Brief Review of the Ongoing Trade & Political Conflicts between China and the U.S.,”
Journal of Economics & Business Administration 223(1), 2021.
“Global Outsourcing and Currency Devaluation,” Review of International Economics
14(2), 2006, 202-11, with Yuqing Xing.
“Inspection, Testing Errors and Trade in Tainted Products,” Journal of Japanese &International Economics 35, 99-116, 2015, with Jean M. Viaene.

III.

On Dynamic Topics“Globalization, R&D and the iPod Cycle,” Journal of International Economics 77, 2009,101-108, with Fuat Sener.
“Aging, Transitional Dynamics, and Gains from Trade,” Journal of Economic Dynamics
and Control 33, 2009, 1531-1542, with Takumi Naito.
“Globalization, Interregional and International Inequalities,” Journal of Urban Economics
67(3), 2010, 352-361, with Dao-Zhi Zeng.
“Trade and Firm Heterogeneity in A Schumpeterian Model of Growth,” Research in
Economics 71(3), 2017, 540-563, with T. Haruyama.
“How Do Business Startup Modes Affect Economic Growth?” Canadian Journal ofEconomics 52(4), 2019, 1755-1781, with Colin Davis.
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On International Economics, Employment & Wages"Cross-Hauling Direct Foreign Investment and Unionized Oligopoly," European
Economic Review 39, 1995, 1237-1253.
"The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Wages and Employment," Oxford
Economic Papers 50, 1998, 284-301.
"Labor-Management Bargaining and Transfer Pricing in Multinational Corporations,"
Canadian Journal of Economics 31(4), 1998, 817-29.
"Unionization, Vertical Markets and the Outsourcing of Multinational Corporations,"
Journal of International Economics 55, 2001, 187-202.
"Quantitative Trade Restrictions in Unionized Economies", Review of International
Economics 9(1), 2001, 81-93.
“Unions and Foreign Direct Investment,” in Princeton Encyclopedia of the World
Economy, Edited by K.A. Reinert, R.S. Rajan, A.J. Glass & L.S. Davis, Princeton
University Press, November 2008.
“Labor-Management Bargaining, Labor Standards and International Rivalry,” Journal ofEconomic Behavior & Organization 71, 2009, 259-272, with Jung Hur.
“Raising Wages to Deter Entry into Unionized Markets,” Japanese Economic Review
60(4), 2009, 435-445, with Shingo Ishiguro.
“Reverse Imports, Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rates,” Japan and the World
Economy 20(2), 2008, 275-89, with Yuqing Xing.
“Two-Way Outsourcing, International Migration, and Wage Inequality,” Southern
Economic Journal 77(1), 2010, 161-180, with Morihiro Yomogida.
“Profitable Parallel Trade in Unionized Markets,” Journal of Economics 107, 2012,267-276, with Arijit Mukherjee.
“Saving Good Jobs from Globalization by Rewarding Quality and Efforts,” Journal ofInternational Economics 96(2), 2015, 426-434, with Yongjin Wang.

V.

On the Interplay of International Economics & the Environment“International Joint Ventures and the Environment,” Journal of International Economics
67, 2005, 221-40, with Kenzo Abe.
“A Theory of the Mutual Migration of Polluting Firms,” Canadian Journal of Economics
38(3), 2005, 900-18, with Zhihao Yu and Yoshiko Onuma.
“Pollution Havens and Industrial Agglomeration,” Journal of Environmental Economics& Management 58, 2009, 141-153, with Dao-Zhi Zeng.
“Plant Location, Wind Direction and Environmental Policy under Offshoring,” The World4

Economy 38(1), 2015, 151-171, with Tetsugen Haruyama.
“Resource-Based Regions, the Dutch Disease and Trade,” Resource and Energy
Economics 40, 57-84, 2015, with H. Takatsuka and D-Z. Zeng.
VI.

On the Interplay of International & Industrial Economics"Decentralization and Transfer Pricing with Oligopoly," Southern Economic Journal
67(2), 2000, 414-26.
“Corporate Control, Foreign Ownership Regulations and Technology Transfer,”
Economic Record 85(269), 2009, 197-209, with Jota Ishikawa and Yoichi Sugita.
“Profit Raising Entry,” Journal of Industrial Economics LVII, 2009, with Arijit
Mukherjee.
“Commercial Policy under Cross-Border Ownership and Control,” Review ofInternational
Economics 19(2), 2011, 300-312, with Jota Ishikawa and Yoichi Sugita.
“Multimarket Linkages, Trade and the Productivity Puzzle,” Lead Article at Review ofInternational of Economics 23(1), 1-13, 2015, with Noriaki Matsushima.
“Multinational Public Goods Provision under Multilateral Income Transfers andProductivity Differences,” Applied Economics 49(57), 2017, 5771-5779, with T.
Miyakoshi.

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Others (including non-refereed articles)
To be added

Conference Organizer
Globalization, International Trade and Economic Dynamics--in Memory of Koji Shimomura(co-organized with Takashi Kamihigashi), November 2007
Annual Meetings of APTS (Asian-Pacific Trade Seminars), Kobe, July 2006
2012 Japan-Taiwan Contract Theory Conference, Kobe, December 1, 2012
Regular organizer of workshops & mini conferences related to the Chinese economy,
international economics, development economics, labor economics, and IO at RIEB, KobeUniversity5