JOSEPH MAI

JOSEPH MAI

Assistant Professor of Economics

Assistant Professor

  • Research

    International Economics, Political Economy of Trade Policy, Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Innovation


EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economics 2008 – 2015

York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M.A. in Economics 2007 - 2008

York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bachelor of Science 2003 - 2007

University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Areas of Concentration: Economics and Mathematics 


 

PUBLISHED PAPER

[1]``Tariff Cooperation in Free Trade Area.’’ (Joint with Andrey Stoyanov)

[2]``A Quiet Revolution: International Trade and Women Empowerment”  (joint with Xiaoming Cai and Yun Dai) 

[3]``Trade Creation Less Than Meets the Eye: Evidence on Circumvention and Violation in Rules of Origin” (with Andrey Stoyanov)


 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

[1]``The Effect of Demographic Composition on Minority Incomes: Empirical Study’’

[2]``Import Competition, Product Innovations among Intermediate and Final Goods Producers: Evidence from Canadian Industries’’


 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

[1]2018 Fudan University, China

[2]2016 Kyoto University, Japan

[3]2016 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China

[4]2016 University of Shanghai, Shanghai, China

[5]2016 National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan


 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

[1]2019 Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, (Banff, Canada)

[2]2018 Econometrics Society, (Seoul, Shanghai)

[3]2017 Econometrics Society, (St. Louis, USA; Hong Kong)

[4]2016 Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Meetings (spring), NY, USA

[5]2016 Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, Taiwan

[6]2015 Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada

[7]2013 Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada

[8]2013 Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada


 

ATTENDED CONFERENCES

[1]2017 American Economic Association ASSA Annual Meeting, Chicago

[2]2016 American Economic Association ASSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco

[3]2015 American Economic Association ASSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

[4]2015 Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Meetings (spring), Columbus, OH

[5]2014 American Economic Association ASSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

[6]2014 Midwest Economic Theory and Trade Conference, Indianapolis, IN


 

GRANTS

[1]National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71950410630, 2019

[2]Junior Faculty Startup Grant (internal) 2017

[3]Graduate Grant, York University, 2009-2014

[4]Graduate Entrance Scholarship, York University, 2008


 

COURSES TAUGHT AT TONGJI UNIVERSITY

Graduate:

Macroeconomics (2015,2016)

Empirical Trade (2019)

Econometrics (2016, 2017,2018)

International Trade Theory (2017,2018)

International Business (2016)


 

COURSES TAUGHT AT YORK UNIVERSITY

[1]Mathematics for Economists (Graduate Level) (2012, 2013)

[2] Introductory Statistics for Economists I (2012)


 

PROGRAMMING

STATA, MapleSoft, Python

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Economic Association, Canadian Economic Association, Econometric Society

 

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent), Mandarin (Fluent), Cantonese (Fluent) 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Economics, Political Economy of Trade Policy, Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Innovation


 

Employment

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 

Shanghai, China         2019.09 – present

Associate Professor of Economics 


Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 

Shanghai, China         2018.09 – 2019.08

Assistant Professor of Economics 


Tongji University, Shanghai, China         2015.09 – 2018.08

Assistant Professor of Economics