JOSEPH MAI
Assistant Professor
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