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• Economics professor / senior associate of CICS, University of the Fraser Valley
• PhD, Economics, Northwestern University (1991)
• Telephone: 604-504-7441 × 4209
• E-mail: lu_ding [at] alumni.northwestern.edu

Teaching Portfolio

Current:

Principles of Economics

Economic Development

Macroeconomics & Financial Markets

Managerial Microeconomics

Courses taught: International Economics, Comparative Economic Systems

Industrial Organization, Managerial Economics (MBA), The Modern Chinese Economy, Economics of Information and Communications

Economic Theory, Economic Policy (MBA), Public Finance, Mathematical Economics

Main research interests:

Economic systems, international economics, regional development

Research & Publications

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Most works are available in PDF files. You are welcome to request for a copy and cite my publications in your works.

You can also download some of my works at my page at RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) or at Econpapers

Selected records

• CES 2012 Annual Conference
• “Can China Avoid the Middle Income Trap?” East Asian Policy, 3(4): 5-16, 2011.
• Challenges after China Became the World No.2 Economy, Lianhe Zaobao, 6 Aug 2010 (in Chinese)

 Editorial Board Member: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, China: an International Journal, China Finance Review International, Asian Economic Journal 

 Senior Research Fellow (2010, 2011), Research Associate(1998-2005,2008-10) , East Asian Institute, Singapore

 Special-term Professor, Institute for Advanced Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

 Associate, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, Canada

 Joint Professor, Fudan University, China

·        1991-1992 Assistant Professor/ Research Associate. University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Business Administration, USA

·        1992-2000, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

·        2001-2005, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

·        2005-2008, Professor, Sophia University, Japan

Membership of Professional Societies:

 Chinese Economists Society (USA): Lifetime Member / President (2011-12), Member of Board of Directors (1999-2000)

 Economic Society of Singapore (Singapore): Lifetime Member / Honorary Secretary (2000-2001)

 East Asian Economic Association (Hong Kong) (1995-2005)

 American Economic Association (USA)

 Canadian Economics Association (Canada)

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