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Professor WHITTEN Gregory William

BA, MA (Wisconsin-Milwaukee); MSc (Wisconsin-Madison); PhD (Pittsburgh)
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching 
  • Associate Programme Director, Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons)
  • Major Coordinator
  • Department of Economics, Lingnan University
Professor Gregory W. Whitten is an Assisatant Professor at the Department of Economics of Lingnan University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, in August 2013. He had been an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh before he joined the Department of Economics. His research interest includes currency unions, international trade, exchange rate regimes, macroeconomics, and applied econometrics.
Profile

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EDUCATION

  • University of Pittsburgh
    PhD in Economics
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    MSc in Economics
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    MA in Economics
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    BA in Economics, French Literature, International Studies (Summa cum laude)

EMPLOYMENT

  • Assistant Professor of Teaching, Economics Department, Lingnan University, 8/2018 -
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Lingnan University, 8/2013 to 8/2018
  • Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, 1/2013 to 4/2013
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2008 to Spring 2011
  • Graduate Student Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1/2002 to 5/2003

FIELDS OF INTEREST

  • Currency unions, international trade, exchange rate regimes, macroeconomics, applied econometrics

PUBLICATIONS

  • "Shipment by suitcase: tourists in the gravity equation," Tourism Economics (under review - joint with LO Chu-ping).
  • “Do political relations affect international trade? Evidence from China’s twelve trading partners”(joint with DAI Xiaoyi, Simon FAN and PANG Yu), Journal of Shipping and Trade, volume 5, 2020.
  • “The national security argument for protection of domestic industries”(joint with CHENG Kwok Hon Leonard and HUA Jingbo, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, volume 17, 2020.
  • "Price level co-movements within currency unions: an alternative integration metric," The World Economy, volume 41, 2018.
  • "Disaggregated trade and disaggregated currency unions: a ranking of common currency effects," Agricultural Economics, volume 47, 2016.
  • "Supplemental Education Services Under No Child Left Behind: Who Signs Up, and What Do They Gain?" (joint with Carolyn Heinrich and Robert Meyer), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, June 2010.

WORKING PAPERS

  • "Would a currency union by any other name be as integrated?"
  • "Price level co-movements within Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs)"
Publications

Publications

1. WHITTEN,Gregory William, joint with LO Chu-ping,  "Shipment by suitcase: tourists in the gravity equation," under review by Tourism Economics.

2. WHITTEN,Gregory William, joint with DAI Xiaoyi, Simon FAN and PANG Yu, “Do political relations affect international trade? Evidence from China's  twelve trading partners", Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2020, Vol 5.

3. WHITTEN,Gregory William, joint with CHENG Kwok Hon Leonard and HUA Jingbo, “The national security argument for protection of domestic industries”,  Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2020, Vol 17.

4. WHITTEN,Gregory William, "Price level co-movements within currency unions: an alternative integration metric," The World Economy,2018, Vol 41.

5. WHITTEN,Gregory William, "Disaggregated trade and disaggregated currency unions: a ranking of common currency effects," Agricultural Economics, 2016, Vol 47.

6. WHITTEN,Gregory William, joint with Carolyn Heinrich and Robert Meyer, "Supplemental Education Services Under No Child Left Behind: Who Signs Up, and What Do They Gain?", Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, June 2010.

WORKING PAPERS

1. WHITTEN,Gregory William, "Would a currency union by any other name be as integrated?"

2. WHITTEN,Gregory William, "Price level co-movements within Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs)"
https://scholars.ln.edu.hk/en/persons/gregory-william-whitten/publications/
Teaching

Teaching

  1. SSC4207 International Political Economy 
  2. ECO4306 International Finance 
  3. CLC9016 Contemporary Socio-Economic Issues
  4. CLE9015 Rethinking Global Issues
Contact

Contact Information

Email:  [email protected]
Address:  WYL317, 3/F, Dorothy Y. L. Wong Building, Lingnan University
Phone:  (852) 2616 7181
Fax:  (852) 2891 7940