AUT - Ying Zhou

Dr Ying Zhou

Lecturer in Economics, Lecturer, Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 5812

Email: ying.zhou@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

•     Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics
•     Postgraduate Diploma in Economics (First Class Honours)
•     Bachelor of Economics
•     Certificate in Tertiary Teaching

Teaching Areas:

    Principles of Economics
    Microeconomic Theory
    Managerial Economics
    Research Topics in Microeconomics

Research areas:

•     Microeconomic Theory and Policy
•     Integration of Macroeconomics with Microeconomic Foundations Based  on Imperfect Competition
•     Industrial Organisation

Research Summary:

Ying’s research interest started with the importance of microeconomic foundations in analysing macroeconomic issues. She completed her PhD thesis on the long-run implications of imperfect competition in 2008 from Monash University. By providing a micro-macroeconomic analysis with elements of general equilibrium, she investigated the long-run fluctuations of aggregate output and general price level in response to exogenous disturbance, in the presence of market imperfections.
Since then her main areas of research interest have been microeconomic theory and policy. She has recently undertaken research to study the behaviour of the firm, with a focus on the firm’s entry/exit decision and R&D strategy.

Current Research Projects:

•     Cross-sectoral Effects of Entry and Exit of Firms
•     Determinants and Patterns of Entry and Exit
•     Absorptive Capacity and R&D Cooperation

Publications:

Zhou, Y. (2008). A Simple Macroeconomic Model with Non-Perfect Competition: Policy Implications In The Long Run. In G.T. Papanikos (ed.), Applied Economic Research (pp.357-377). Greece: ATINER.
Zhou, Y. (2007). A Simple Macroeconomic Model with Non-perfect Competition In The Long Run. CD-Rom proceedings of the 36th Australian Conference of Economists, Hobart.