Atkinson 314 
Phone: (478) 445-4210 
Email: zhenhui.xu@gcsu.edu
Fax: (478) 445-1535
 

Dr. Zhenhui Xu is a professor of economics. He received his undergraduate degree from Shanghai Normal University in China and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia in 1993. Before he joined the School of Business at Georgia College & State University in 1998, he taught International Economics, International Finance /Open Economy Macroeconomics, and Case Studies in International Economics, among others, at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.  At Georgia College & State University, he has been teaching International Economics for MBA and undergraduates. He has also taught Mathematical Economics, Principles of Econometrics, Seminar on the Chinese Economy, and Principles of Economics.  Dr. Xu frequently visits universities and government agencies in China to give lectures and seminars. His current research includes issues concerning China's foreign trade and exchange rate policy.

The Bund, Shanghai China

• China's foreign trade and regional trade 
• China's economic growth and its housing market   

• Econ 2100
• Econ 3220

• "China’s Regional Trade and Domestic Market Integrations," (with Jianyong Fan) Review of International Economics, 20, 2012, 1052 – 1069.
• "China 2030: An Analysis of the World Bank's Reform Strategy," China Currents, 11, 2012.
• "China's Exchange Rate Policy and Its Trade Balance with the US," Review of Development Economics, 12, 2008, 714–727. 
• "Political Freedom, Economic Freedom, and Income Convergence: Do Stages of   Economic Development Matter?" (with Haizheng Li), Public Choice, 135, 2008, 183 - 205.  
• "Economic Convergence in Seven Asian Economies" (with Haizheng Li), Review of Development Economics, 11, 2007, 531 - 49. 
• "Provincial/Regional Disparities in Foreign Trade in China,” The World Bank, 2006.
• "Purchasing  Power Parity, Price Indices, and Exchange Rate Forecasts," Journal of International Money and Finance, 22, 2003, 105-35. 
• "The Efficiency of Sharecropping: Evidence from the Postbellum South," (with Martin Garrett), Southern Economic Journal, 69, 2003, 578-95.
• "Financial Development, Investment, and Economic Growth,"  Economic Inquiry, 38, 2000, 331-44. 
• "Export Growth and Domestic Performance" (with Alfredo Pereira), Review of International Economics, 8, 2000, 60-73. 
• "The Effects of Primary Exports on Industrial Exports and GDP Growth: An Empirical Evidence," Review of Development Economic, 4, 2000, 307-25. 
• "The Exchange Rate and Long-run Price Movements in the U.S. and Japan," Applied Economics Letters, 6, 1999, 227-30. 
• "The Economic Performance of State-owned Enterprises in Argentina: An Empirical Investigation" (with Melissa Birch), Review of Industrial Organization, 14, 1999, 355-75. 
• "Financial Development and Real Price Level Differences" (with David Feldman), Review of Development Economics, 3, 1999, 27-43. 
• "Export and Income Growth in Japan and Taiwan," Review of International Economics, 6, 1998, 220-33. 
• "On the Causality between Exports and GDP Growth: An Empirical Re-investigation," Review of International Economics, 4, 1996, 172-84. 

• Stats from US Federal Agencies 
• The Economic Briefing Room 
• US Foreign Trade Highlights (after 2004)
• World Development Indicators (World Bank)
• Data and Statistics at the IMF
• Data at the US Census Bureau
• Foreign Exchange Rates Today
• The Big Mac Parity 
• Index of Economic Freedom
• Index of Political Freedom
• US News & World Report - EDU Home Page 
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