Curriculum Vitae Zhining Hu
Office Contact Information Department of Economics Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA 17325 Office phone number: 717-337-6676 E-mail address: [email protected]
Education Boston College, Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, MA, U.S.A. Ph.D. in Economics, 2003.
Teaching and Research Fields Research: Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, and East Asian Economy.
Teaching: Capstone Seminar in Mathematical Economics, Econometrics, Money and Banking, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and East Asian Economic History and Development.
Teaching Experience Gettysburg College Sept. 2011-Current Associate Professor
Sept. 2004- May 2011 Assistant Professor
The University of Mississippi Sept. 2003-May 2004 Visiting Assistant Professor
Boston College Sept. 2001- May 2003 Teaching Fellow Sept. 2000- May 2001 Teaching Assistant
Nanjing University Sept. 1996- Sept. Teaching Fellow 1997
Research Experience Faculty-Student Research Jan. 2020-Current Worked with my research assistant- Yihan Wu in my housing research project.
Sept. 2014-May 2015 Worked with my research assistant- Humenghe Zhao in my econometric book project.
Jan. 2009 - July 2009 Worked with my research assistant- Christopher Carrier in my project concerning industrial linkages and firm performance.
Jan 2008 - July 2008 Worked with my research assistant-Yujie Zheng on my Econometric book.
Aug. 2007 – Dec. Worked with my research assistant-Kyle Rhood on my 2007 working paper entitled “Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth”.
May 2005 – July 2005 Worked with my research assistant-Tsz-Ying Young on my working paper entitled “Financial Asset Prices and U.S. Monetary Policy”.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) July 2003 – Dec. 2003 Participated in the project of Money, Interest and the Channels of Monetary Transmission. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston May 1999 - Aug.1999 Constructed the dataset of FDIC’s enforcement actions and, on U.S. banks. Collected financial data on Japanese main May 2000 – Aug.2000 banks and corporations.
Sept.1998 - May 2000 Worked on a research project on Japanese firms. Collected data to analyze the effects of Japanese banking system on the Japanese economy.
Published Papers “Impact of Industrial Linkages on Firm Performance in Chinese Development Zones: The Case of Jiangsu Province” (with J. Zheng and J. Wang), Chinese Economy, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 78-105, 2011.
“Human Capital, Education, and Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta” (with J. Zheng and J. Wang), Scientific Inquiry, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 35 – 48, 2010.
“Entrepreneurship and Innovation: the Case of Yangtze River Delta in China” (with J. Zheng and J. Wang), Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship, vol. 1, no.2, pp. 82-102, 2009.
“Economic Crisis and Policy Options: The Case of Japan” (in Chinese), Nanjing Business Review, Vol.4, pp95-114, 2005.
“American Social Security System and Its Significance” (in Chinese), (with Z. Hu), Journal of Economic Survey, no.6, 1998.
“Readjustment and Optimization of Chinese Industrial Organizations and the Way of Increasing Intensive Economy” (in Chinese), (with Z.Hu), Journal of Social Science of Nanjing Normal University, no.3, 1997.
Textbooks (Compiled and Written) Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata/EViews, Second Edition, China Renmin University Press, Beijing, 2016.
Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata/EViews, First Edition, China Renmin University Press, Beijing, 2010.
Working Papers “Government Policies and Housing Prices in China: A DSGE Analysis” “Income Inequality and Human Capital Inequality in China” "Role of Housing Prices in the Business Cycle Model” "Financial Asset Prices and U.S. Monetary Policy"
Presentations and Conferences Nov. 29 , 2018 Presented “Government Policies and Housing Prices in China: A DSGE Analysis” at the Brown Bag Seminar of Gettysburg College
April 10, 2016 Invited to present “The Economy of China” to the participants of “Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad in China”.
March 14, 2015 Presented “The Impact of Income Inequality on Human Capital in China” at the Chinese Economist Society (CES)’s North America Conference.
March 14-15, 2015 Served as a session chair and led group discussions in the Session 3-3: Inequality and Social welfare at the CES conference.
May 20-22, 2010 Attended the Teaching Professor Conference in Boston, which was three intensive days of plenary sessions, workshops, and poster sessions, etc.
April 23, 2010 Presented “History and Development of Economic Development Zones in China” at the Friday Faculty Luncheon of Gettysburg College.
Feb. 26, 2010 Presented “The Impact of Industrial Linkages on Firm Performance in Chinese Development Zones -----The Case of Jiangsu Province” at the 36th Eastern Economic Association Conference in Philadelphia.
July 3, 2007 Presented “Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth---The Case of Yangtze River Delta in China” at the 82nd Western Economic Association International Conference in Seattle.
June 15, 2006 Presented “Role of Housing Prices in the Monetary Business Cycle” at the conference of Methodological Approach to Economics, held by School of Business, Nanjing University, China.
June 5-14, 2006 Invited to give ten days’ lectures on Macroeconomics to graduate students at the School of Economics and Management of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China.
Feb. 24, 2006 Presented “Role of Housing Prices in the Monetary Business Cycle” at the Eastern Economic Association Conference in Philadelphia.
March, 2003 Presented “Financial Asset Prices and U.S. Monetary Policy” at Washington & Lee University.
Nov. 2002 and April Presented at Workshops in Monetary Economics and 2003 Macroeconomics, Boston College
Referees March-Sept, 2017 External reviewer of Grinnell College.
Oct. 2010 Reviewer for Journal of Common Market Studies
April, 2010 Reviewer for the journal of Chinese Economy
Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009 Reviewed three chapters in “Economics: The Basics” by Michael Mandel. The publisher is McGraw Hill.
March, 2008 Reviewer for Journal of Financial Stability
Membership 2005- current Member of American Economic Association
2004- current Member of ASIA NETWORK
2002- current Member of the Chinese Economists Society
Grants and Awards June 2010 Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010.
Dec. 2011, June 2008, Research and Professional Development Grants from the and Dec. 2006 Provost Office
Dec. 2009, June 2007, Provost’s Professional Papers Awards and June 2006
1998 – 2003 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Fellowships, Boston College
1991 – 1994 Nanjing University Excellent Student Scholarship, Nanjing University
Governance Aug. 2017-May, 2019 Global Studies Program Committee
Aug. 2016-May, 2019 Academic Policy and Program Committee
Sept. 2015-Jan. 2016 Internationalization and Inclusion Working Group for Institutional Strategic Plan
Jan. 2015-Current Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Advancement (I.D.E.A) Council
Jan. 2013-May 2013 Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Working Group for Standard 7
Sept. 2010-June 2013 IT Advisory Committee and IT Trustee Committee
Sept. 2007-Dec. 2008 Student Conduct Review Board
Sept. 2005-Current Asian Studies Committee