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 James Laurenceson


Room: 517 Colin Clark Building, St Lucia
Phone: +61 7 3365 6085
Email: j.laurenceson@uq.edu.au
   
   
Qualifications

BEcon (Hons) UQ; PhD (UQ); GC Ed (UQ)

Profile

James Laurenceson has been at The University of Queensland since 2002. He has also been a Lecturer at Shimonoseki City University in Japan (2001) and a Visiting Professor at Shandong University in China (2006).

Teaching
Semester 1: ECON1010 - Introductory Microeconomics
ECON2500 - China's Economy: Emergence, Implications & Challenges
   
Semester 2: ECON1020 - Introductory Microeconomics
Research Areas Economic Development and Growth
International Economics and International Finance
Selected Publications
  • Laurenceson, J. and Zhao, Y. 2008. Efficiency amongst China's banks: a DEA analysis five years after WTO entry. China Economic Journal, 1(3), 275-285.

  • Laurenceson, J. and Tang, K.K. forthcoming. Measuring long run equilibrium exchange rates using standardized products with different specifications. Applied Economics Papers.
     
  • Laurenceson, J., Qin, F.M. 2008. Has minority foreign investment in China’s banks improved their cost efficiency? China & World Economy, 16(3), 57-74.
     
  • Laurenceson, J. 2008. Chinese investment in Australia, Economics Papers, 27(1), 87-94.
     
  • Jiang, B.B., Laurenceson, J. and Tang, K.K. 2008. Share reform and the performance of China’s listed companies. China Economic Review. 19, 489-501.
     
     
  • Laurenceson, J. 2007. Financial sector regulation, bank franchise values and savings mobilisation. Applied Economics, 39(4), 519-525.
     
  • Laurenceson, J. and Tang, K.K. 2007, Opening China’s capital account: modelling the capital flow response. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 5(1), 1-18.
     
  • Laurenceson, J and F.Qin. 2006. The exchange rate debate. In Y. Wu (ed.) Economic growth, transition and globalization in China, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 199-213.
     
  • Laurenceson, J. and K.K.Tang, 2005, Shanghai’s Development as an International Financial Center, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 8 (1), 147-167.
     
  • Laurenceson, J. and Chai, J.C.H, 2003, Financial Reform and Economic Development in China, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
     
  • Laurenceson, J., 2003, Economic Integration between China and the ASEAN-5, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 20 (5), 103-111.
     
  • Laurenceson, J. and Chai, J.C.H., 2001, State banks and economic development in China, Journal of International Development, 13, 211-225
     
  • Laurenceson, J. and Chai, J.C.H., 2000, The economic performance of China’s state-owned industrial enterprises, Journal of Contemporary China, 9, 21-39