Dr. ZHANG Weikang (張偉康)

Education Background:

PhD in Economics, City University of Hong Kong, Jun. 2022

(Supervisors: Prof. Isabel Yan and Prof. Yin-Wong Cheung)

Master of Finance, The University of Hong Kong, Jul. 2018

B.S. in Applied Economics (High Distinction), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, May 2017

Working Papers:

Input Tariff Liberalization and Workers' Health: Exploring the Hidden Impact of Trade Shock (R&R at SSCI journal, with Increase Onwachukwu)

The COVID-19 Pandemics and Import Demand Elasticities: Evidence from China's Product-level Customs Data (R&R at SSCI journal, with Yin-Wong Cheung and Isabel Yan)

Third Country Effects on Exchange Rate Elasticity of Exports: New Insights from 2017-2020 Chinese Customs Data (with Yin-Wong Cheung and Isabel Yan)

Asian Economies’ Foreign Financial Involvement for Manufacturing: New Index and New Linkages (with Yin-Wong Cheung and Isabel Yan)

Export Technological Sophistication and Imported Services Inputs: A Global Value Chain Perspective (with Yin-Wong Cheung and Isabel Yan)

Work in Progress:

Diversification as Buffers in Trade and Investment (with Eric Strobl, Kate Hynes, and Isabel Yan)

Global Value Chains, Exchange Rate, and Corporate Investment (with Wendi Huang)

Teaching Experience:

TA of Econometrics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Professional Seminars, City University of Hong Kong, Sep. 2018 - now

 TA of Introductory Microeconomics and Financial Modeling, The University of Hong Kong, Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2018

Others:

CFA Level III Candidate

Research Tuition Scholarship at CityU, 2019-2021

Outstanding Academic Performance Award at CityU, 2019-2021

Email: [email protected]