JIANG Mingming is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics, Shandong University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside. His research areas include macroeconomics, macro-finance, and applied econometrics. His research has been published in journals such as Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Economica, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, among others. His research achievements have been recognized with awards such as the Shandong Province Higher Education Institution Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, the Shandong Province Human Resources and Social Security Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award, and the Shandong Province Statistical Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award. He has also led research projects granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, the Ministry of Education, among others.
Experience
· Assistant Dean, School of Economics, Shandong University, October 2023 – Present
· Professor, School of Economics, Shandong University, September 2023 – Present
· Associate Professor, School of Economics, Shandong University, September 2018 – August 2023
· Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Shandong University, September 2014 – August 2018
Education
· Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Riverside, September 2009 – May 2014
· M.Phil. in Economics, City University of Hong Kong, September 2007 – June 2009
· MA cousework in Finance, Shandong University, September 2006 – June 2007
· B.Sc. in Financial Engineering, Shandong University, September 2002 – June 2006
Teaching
· Undergraduate
Monetary Theory and Policy, spring semester from 2015 to present
Introduction to Macroeconomics, spring 2015
Intermediate Macroeconomics, summer 2016
· Graduate
Macroeconomics, spring semester from 2016 to2019; fall semester from 2020 to present
Macro Finance, spring semester from 2016 to present
Research Interests
· International Business Cycles
· Factors Mobility and Regional Development
· Macroeconomic Policy Shocks and Impacts
· Technical Progress and Factor Substitution Elasticity
· Financial Development and Income Inequality
· Household Consumption and Finance
· Corporate Governance and Digitalization
Publications
1. “Poverty or Pollution: The Environmental Cost of E-Commerce for Poverty Reduction in China”, with Wenqi Duan and Jianhong Qi, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 127, 2024, 103029.
2. “Beyond Cultural Norms: How Does Historical Rice Farming Affect Modern Firms’ Family Control?”, with Chenchen Fan and Bo Zhang, Economica, Vol. 91, 2024, 770-808.
3. “Agricultural Certification, Market Access and Rural Economic Growth: Evidence from Poverty-stricken Counties in China”, with Wenqi Duan and Jianhong Qi, Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 81, 2024, 99-114.
4. “Homophilous Intensity in the Online Lending Market: Bidding Behavior and Economic Effects”, with Jianwen Li, Bo Zhang, and Jinyan Hu, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 152, 2023, 106876.
5. “Under the Same Roof? The Green Belt and Road Initiative and Firms’ Heterogeneous Responses”, with Jianhong Qi and Zhitong Zhang, Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 25:1, 2022, 315-337.
6. “Social Networks and Financial Decisions: Evidence from Chinese Households”, with Rongrong Sun and Bo Zhang, Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 25:1, 2022, 58-92.
7. “Financial Depth, Income Inequality, and Economic Transition”, with Chi-Yang Chu, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 88, 2021, 199-244.
8. “Factor Substitution and Labor Market Friction in the United States: 1948-2010”, with John Shideler and Yun Wang, Applied Economics, Vol. 51, 2019, 1828-1840.
9. “On Demand Shocks and International Business Cycle Puzzles”, Economics Letters, Vol. 160, 2017, 29-32.
10. “Monetary Shocks and Stock Market Fluctuations: with an Application to the Chinese Stock Market”, with Bo Zhang, Feng Guo, and Jinyan Hu, Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 62, 2017, 875-904.
11. “By Force of Demand: Explaining Cyclical Fluctuations of International Trade and Government Spending”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 69, 2016, 249-267.
12. “Trade Openness, Government Size and Factor Intensities”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 20, 2016, 1581-1599.
13. “Saving-Investment Association and Regional Capital Mobility in China: A Nonparametric Panel Approach”, Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 19, 2014, 184-200.
14. “Monetary Shocks and Asymmetric Effects in an Emerging Stock Market: The Case of China”, with Feng Guo and Jinyan Hu, Economic Modelling, Vol. 32, 2013, 532–538.
15. “On the Performance of Foreign Direct Investment in China: 1981-2004”, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 32, 2012, 3320-3332.
16. “On China’s Domestic Capital Mobility and the Role of the Government: Empirical Evidence Over 1970-2006”, with Kenneth Chan, Vinh Dang, and Isabel Yan, World Economy, Vol. 34, 2011, 1216-1236.
Grants, Honors, and Awards
· Research Grants, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, 2021-2024
· Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Economics, Shandong University, 2021
· Research Grants, National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2021-2024.
· Young Scholar Program of Shandong University, 2018-2023.
· Fundamental Research Funds, Shandong University, China, 2019-2021
· Social Science Research Project from Shandong Province, 2019-2020.
· Research Grants, National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 71503147, 2016-2018
· Fundamental Research Funds, Shandong University, China, 2014-2016
· Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education, China, 2015
· Dissertation Year Program Fellowship, University of California, Riverside, 2013-2014
· Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship, University of California, Riverside, 2009-2014
· Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Riverside, 2013
· Postgraduate Research Fellowship, City University of Hong Kong, 2007-2009
· Outstanding Graduate of Shandong University, 2006
Invited Seminars and Presentations
· Beihang University, November 2024
· Central University of Finance and Economics, October 2024
· Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, November 2023
· Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China, November 2023
· Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, May 2023
· University of California, Riverside, Virtual Seminar, December 2020
· Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Virtual Seminar, November 2020
· University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom, June 2017
· Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, November 2016
· GEP seminar, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, May 2016
· Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China, June 2015
· 2nd City University Alumni and Student Workshop, City University of Hong Kong, June 2015
· Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, June 2015
· Advanced Economics Seminars, Shandong University, Jinan, China, December 2014
· Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, December 2013
· Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China, December 2013
· Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China, December 2013
· Economics Theory Colloquium, University of California, Riverside, October 2013
Conferences and Meetings
· 2024 EF&G Summer Meeting, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, China, August 2024 (discussant)
· 2023 SDU Macroeconomics and Finance Workshop, Qingdao, China, July 2023 (presenter and session chair)
· 2023 EFG Summer Meeting, Shanghai, China, July 2023 (discussant)
· 2023 China International Conference in Macroeconomics, SWUFE, Chengdu, China, June 2023 (discussant)
· CityU Alumni workshop, City University of Hong Kong, June 2023
· “Hupan Forum”, Shandong University, Jinan, China May 2023 (session chair)
· 2021 HenU / INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Virtual Meeting, November 2021
· 2021 Fall Economic Fluctuations and Growth Conference, Virtual Meeting, Discussant, October 2021
· The 33rd Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, Discussant, July 2021
· The 17th Chinese Finance Annual Meeting, Beijing, China, October 2020
· 2019 Jingling Luojia Finance Seminar: Spring Macro Workshop, Wuhan, China, December 2019
· 2019 WEAI Annual Conference, San Francisco, June 2019
· 5th HenU/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Kaifeng, China, March 2019
· The 10th Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association, Xiamen, China, December 2018
· The 4th International Conference On China’s Rise and Internationalization, Ningbo, China, December 2018.
· The 11th International Workshop of Methods in International Finance Network (MIFN), Jinan, November 2017
· 2017 CES North America Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 2017
· Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA) Meetings, Chicago, January 2017
· Ninth Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association, Hong Kong, December 2016
· The 9th GEP Annual China Conference, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, November, 2016
· 2016 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Annual Meeting, Xi’an, September 2016 (presenter and session chair)
· 2016 China Meeting of Econometrics Society, Chengdu, China, June 2016
· 2016 China Conference of the Chinese Economists Society, Peking University HSBC Business School, Shenzhen, China, June 2016
· Workshop on Informal Finance: Transition, Regional Disparity, and Governance, Shandong University, Jinan, China, April, 2016
· 2nd HenU/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Kaifeng, China, March 2016 (presenter and session chair)
· Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA) Meetings, San Francisco, January 2016
· 2nd Henan Symposium on Development and Institutional Economics, Henan University, June 2015
· 3rd International Seminar on Asia and Pacific Economies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, May 2015
· The 8th Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association, Jinan, China, December 2014
· 9th Shandong Economic Annual Conference, Qingdao, China, November 2014
· CES 2014 North America Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, March 2014
· 40th Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Boston, March 2014
· Fall 2013 Midwest Macroeconomic Conference, Minneapolis, November 2013
· 39th Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, New York, May 2013
· 12th China Economic Annual Conference, Jinan, China, December 2012
Referee For
European Economic Review, Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Borsa Istanbul Review, China: An International Journal, Economic Modelling, Economic Analysis and Policy, Empirical Economics, Finance Research Letters, Financial Innovation, Global Economics Review, Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy, Heliyon, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Asian Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Pacific Economic Review, PLOS ONE, Review of Development Economics, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, World Economy, Economics Bulletin, Economic Theory Bulletin, Eurasian Economic Review, Frontiers of Economics in China, Journal of China Tourism Research, Journal of Quantitative Economics
Other Professional Activities
· Co-Organizer, The 5th SDU Macroeconomics Workshop, Shandong University, September 2024
· Co-Organizer, Shandong University Economics Summer Series Seminar, Jinan, China, July 2024
· Co-Organizer, SDU-WHU Workshop on Economics and Finance, Jinan, China, April 2024
· Co-Organizer, SDU-CUHKSZ Workshop on Economics and Finance, Jinan, China, April 2024
· Co-Organizer, The 4th SDU Macroeconomics Workshop, Shandong University, September 2023
· Co-Organizer, Shandong University Economics Summer Series Seminar, Qingdao, China, July 2023
· Co-Organizer, 2023 SDU Macroeconomics and Finance Workshop, Qingdao, China, July 2023
· Co-Organizer, The 3rd SDU Macroeconomics Workshop, Shandong University, September 2022
· Guest Editor of Special Issue on “Social Exclusion, Migration, and Income Inequality”, Frontiers in Human Dynamics, June 2021-June 2023
· Co-Organizer, The 2nd SDU Macroeconomics Workshop, Shandong University, September 2021
· Co-Organizer, The 1st SDU Macroeconomics Workshop, Shandong University, April 2019
· Member of American Economic Association, Chinese Economists Society, Econometric Society, Hong Kong Economic Association, Midwest Economic Association, and Southern Economic Association.
