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Heiwai Tang School of Advanced International Studies 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW Johns Hopkins University Washington, DC 20036, USA BOB 709 (202) 663-5679 http://www.sais-jhu.edu/heiwai-tang hwtang@jhu.edu Current Positions Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies 2013 - Visiting Scholar, IMF, Research Department 2015 - Research Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Globalization and Monetary Institute 2014 - Research Affiliate, Center of Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESIfo), Germany 2013 - Project Member, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Japan 2015 - External Fellow, Globalization and Economic Policy Center (GEP), United Kingdom 2013 - Past Positions Assistant Professor, Tufts University, Department of Economics 2009 - 2013 Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School, Global Economics and Management Group 2011 - 2012 Assistant Professor, HKUST Business School, Department of Economics 2008 - 2009 Instructor, MIT, Department of Economics 2005 - 2008 Consultancies World Bank 2013 - 2014 Asian Development Bank 2015 - Education Ph.D. Economics, 2008, MIT B.S., Mathematics/ Economics (summa cum laude), 2001, UCLA Research Main Publications

1. “Learning to Export from Neighbors”

Journal of International Economics, 94(1), Sep 2014, pp. 87-94. (with A. Fernandes)

2. “Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters”

Journal of International Economics, 92(2), Mar 2014, pp. 349-362. (with Y. Ma and Y. Zhang)

3. “International Politics and Import Diversification”

Journal of Law and Economics, 56(4), Nov 2013, pp. 1091-1121. (with S. Mityakov and K. Tsui)

4. “Determinants of Vertical Integration in Export Processing: Theory and Evidence from China”

Journal of Development Economics, 99(2), Nov 2012, pp. 396–414. (with A. Fernandes)

5. “Labor Market Institutions, Firm-specific Skills, and Trade Patterns”

Journal of International Economics, 87(2), Jul 2012, pp. 337–351.

6. “Exchange Rates and the Margins of Exports: Evidence from Chinese Exporters”

CESIfo Economic Studies, 58(4), Dec 2012, pp. 671-702. (with Y. Zhang)

7. “Scale, Scope, and Trade Dynamics of Export Processing Plants”

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Economics Letters, forthcoming (with Ana Fernandes)

Working Papers:

8. “Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China” with Hiau Looi Kee, April 2015.

American Economic Review, Resubmitted.

9. “Quality Differentiation and Trade Intermediation” with Yifan Zhang, April 2015.

Journal of International Economics, R&R.

10. “Political Cycles of Trade Policy”, Sep 2012.

Economics and Politics, R&R.

11. “Do Multinational Firms Transfer Culture? Evidence on Female Employment in China” with Yifan Zhang, Jan 2015.

12. “Offshoring, Relationship Specificity, and Domestic Production Networks” with Taiji Furusawa, Tomohiko Inui, and Keiko Ito, Jan 2015

13. “Trade-induced Quality Upgrading: Transaction-level Evidence from Portugal” with Ana Fernandes, April 2015.

14. “The Domestic Segment of Global Supply Chains in China” with Fei Wang and Zhi Wang, Mar 2014.

15. “Export-promoting FDI from Emerging Markets: Transaction-level Evidence from China” with Wenjie Chen, Jul 2014.

Work in Progress (in descending order of completeness):

16. “Relational Contracts in Global Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Firms” with Fariha Kamal

17. “Splitting the Input-Output Table” with Fei Wang and Zhi Wang

18. “Trust, Organizational Structure, and Performance of Multinationals” with Jiahua Che and Giovanni Facchini

19. “Learning from Neighbors about Export Opportunities” with Hiro Kasahara

Other Publications (Special Issues, Book Chapters, or Reviews):

20. “The Dragon is Flying West: Micro-level Evidence of Chinese Outward Direct Investment”

Asian Development Review, 31(2), Sep 2014, pp. 109-140. (with Wenjie Chen)

21. Review of the WTO’s World Trade Report 2013

World Trade Review, 13, Oct 2014, pp. 733-735

22. “FDI Policies in China and India: Evidence from Firm Surveys”

World Economy, 35(1), Jan 2012, pp. 91-105. (with Yasheng Huang)

Grants and Fellowships Tufts University Faculty Research Awards Grant (x2) (~US$9,000), 2010-2011 Nuffield Social Science Program Grant, SGS/36581 (with A. Fernandes) Determinants of Intra-firm Trade; An Empirical Analysis On China (~£12,000), 2009-2011 Graduate Fellowship, MIT, 2003-2004 Presidential Fellowship, MIT, 2002-2003

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Invited Seminar and Conference Presentations (Since 2011; including scheduled) Seminars: 2015: US Census Bureau (Jul); University of Copenhagen (Jun); SHUFE (Jun) National Taiwan University (Jun) | 2014: Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (Dec); Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (May); US Census Bureau (Apr); CUHK (March), George Washington (Feb) | 2013: US International Trade Commission (Sep); HKUST (Aug); Dartmouth (May); Nottingham (May); Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (May); Geneva Trade and Development Workshop (May); CESIfo (May); Graduate Institute, Geneva (May); UMass (Apr); Brandeis (Feb) | 2012: National Taiwan University (Dec); University of Colorado, Boulder (Nov); London School of Economics (Oct); World Bank (Apr); Clemson (Apr); World Bank (Feb); Johns Hopkins SAIS (Feb) | 2011: World Bank (Nov); IFPRI (Nov); UIUC (Oct); HKIMR (Aug) Conferences: 2015: DEGIT, Geneva (Sep); ILO Globalization Symposium on Labor Market Outcomes in Developing Countries, Geneva (Sep); CESIfo Summer Institute, Venice (Jul); KU Leuven Conf. on Chinese Economy, Leuven (Jul); UIBE Global Value Chain Workshop, Beijing (Jul); Barcelona GSE Summer Forum, Barcelona (Jun); Shanghai Jiaotong Conf of China Development Studies, Shanghai (Jun); WAITS Conf., Washington DC; AEA, Boston (Jan) | 2014: Tsinghua Conf. on the Chinese Economy, Beijing (Dec); NEUDC, Boston (Nov); UIBE Global Value Chain Workshop, Beijing (Jul); APTS, Seoul (Jul); Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conf, Banff (May); Dallas Fed-SHUFE Conf, Shanghai (Mar) | 2013: ADB Annual Research Conf., Manila (Aug); Shanghai Jiaotong Conf. of China Development Studies, Shanghai (Jun); Columbia-Tsinghua Conf. on International Economics, Beijing (Jun); APTS Seminars, Nanjing (Jun); ASSA, San Diego (Jan); AEA, San Diego x 2 (Jan); CUHK China Conf, Hong Kong (Jan) | 2012: Hitotsubashi-COE Conf., Tokyo (Dec); YNU Conf., Yokohama (Dec); EIIT, UC Santa Cruz (Nov); APTS Seminars, Singapore (Jul); Penn State China and Trade Conf. (May); West Coast Trade Conf., UC Santa Cruz (Mar) | 2011: NBER ITI Winter Meeting, Stanford (Dec); Tsinghua-HKU Intl. Econ. Conf., Beijing (Dec); Berkeley-Booth-IGC China Summer Institute, Beijing (Jul); CESifo Venice Summer Institute, Venice (Jul); North American Econometric Society Meeting, Washington University (Jun); SAET, Faro (Jun); Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conf., Banff (May); Midwest Trade Meetings, Notre Dame (Apr) Professional Activities Short Research Visits: Gakushuin University, Tokyo (1 week – Mar 2015; Aug 2014); RIETI, Tokyo (1 week - Jan 2014); CESIfo, Munich (1 month - May 2013); Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University (1 year - 2011-2012); World Bank, Trade and International Integration Group (1 year - 2011-2012); HKIMR, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (various times) (1 month each time - 2009-2014) Referee Services (60+ original papers): Journal of International Economics (16) AEJ-Macro; Rand Journal of Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics (2); Journal of Development Economics (7); Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; European Economic Review (2); Canadian Journal of Economics (3); Journal of Comparative Economics (4); International Organization; Economics of Transition; Economic Inquiry; Economics and Politics (2); Journal of Asian Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Review of International Economic (2); SSHRC-Canada; World Development; World Economy; China Economic Review (2); etc. Book Review: WTO World Trade Review 2013 Discussant Duties: IMF's Conference on Regional Economic Outlook for Africa (2015); NEUDC, Boston (2014); SAIS-SIPA Conference on World Trade Systems, New York (2014); NBER China Meeting, Cambridge (2014, 2011, 2010, 2009); Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conf, Banff (May 2014, May 2011); Columbia-Tsinghua Conf (June 2013); ASSA, San Diego (x2, Jan 2013); Econometric Society Winter Meetings, Denver

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(Jan 2011); EIIT, Chicago (Oct 2010); EITI, Tokyo (Mar 2009); Asian Development Bank Conference, Hong Kong (Jan 2009); and others. Teaching Lecturers Johns Hopkins University: (Masters) Microeconomics, Advanced Topics in International Trade Tufts University: (Undergraduates) International Finance; International Economics MIT: (Undergraduates) Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Teaching Assistant: MIT: Macroeconomics (Executive MBA); International Finance (Ph.D.) Media mentions BuzzFeed News, Marketplace, NPR, and Phoenix TV.