Yin Zhang

Contact:
y.x.zhang@dundee.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0)1382 3884373
Fax:+44 (0)1382 384691
Postal Address:
Economic Studies
University of Dundee
Perth Rd
Dundee
DD1 4HN

Yin Zhang graduated with a BA and an MA in Economics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 1995 and 1999. She went to Unvisersity of Sydney where she gained her PhD in Economics in 2004. She worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Helsinki, Finland before becoming a Lecturer at Dundee in August 2006.

External Affiliations

Member of Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia)

Research

Yin's research interests are applied macroeconomics, economic development, Asian economies.

Teaching

Financial Economic Analysis
Global Financial Market
Methods and Strategies for Global Business

Recent publications

Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2006, “The impacts of growth and inequality on rural poverty in China”, Journal of Comparative Economics 34, pp. 694–712.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2006, “What accounts for China’s trade balance dynamics?”, Journal of Policy Modelling, forthcoming.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2005, “Why do poverty rates differ from region to region: the case of urban China”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 10, pp. 446–462.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2005, “China’s business cycles: perspectives from an AD-AS model”, Asian Economic Journal 19, pp. 445–469.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2004, “Output and price fluctuations in China’s reform years: what role did money play?”, Research Papers No. 2004/56, World Institute of Development Economics, United Nations University, Helsinki.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2004, “Liquidity constraint, uncertainty and household consumption in China”, Applied Economics 36, pp. 2221–2229.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan, 2002, “Household consumption and monetary policy in China”, China Economic Review 13, pp. 27–52.
Zhang, Yin and Guanghua Wan 2006, "Globalization and the Urban Poor in China" University of Dundee Discussion Paper in Economics no. 196