Dr Lei YANG
Associate Professor
BA, MA, PhD
PhD, Economics
University of Colorado at Boulder, US

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aflei.yang@polyu.edu.hk
3400 3457
2330 9845
M755
Research Area:
Economics

Consulting, Research and Teaching Interests:
International economics and development economics





Biography
Selected Works

Dr. Yang obtained her PhD in University of Colorado at Boulder and Master in Renmin University of China.? ?Her current research interests focus on International Trade, Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development. She has published papers in international refereed journals such as?Journal of Development Economics,?Canadian Journal of Economics,?Economic Inquiry, The World Economy, Review of International Economics?and?Review of Development Economics. Her research has been supported by Hong Kong Government General Research Funding (GRF), and university and departmental research funding.

9. "Domestic patent rights, access to technologies, and the structure of exports", Maskus, K. E. and Lei Yang,?Canadian Journal of Economics, Forthcoming.
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8. “Trademark Protection, Quality Improvement and Exports in Developing Countries”, Lei Yang, X. Yin and He, Y.?The World Economy, Forthcoming.
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7. “Strategic Enforcement, Intellectual Property Rights, And Contractual R&D”, H. Beladi, S. Marjit, X. Xu and Lei Yang,?Economic Inquiry?54 (4), 1904-1917, 2016.
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6. “Intellectual Property Rights and the Quality of Technology Transfer in Developing Countries”, Lei Yang, Y. Tsai and Mukherjee, A.?Review of Development Economics?20(1), 239-249, 2016.
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5. “Intellectual Property Right and R&D when Pirates are Innovators”, Sugata Marjit and Lei Yang,?International Review of Economics and Finance?37, 203-207, 2015.
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4. “International Oligopoly, Barriers to Outsourcing, and Domestic Employment”, S. Bandyopadhyay,?S. Marjit, and Lei Yang,?Canadian Journal of Economics?47(4), 1372–1386, 2014.
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3. “Credit Constraints, Fragmentation and Inter-Firm Transactions”, S. Marjit, Lei Yang and Ray, M.?Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics?21 (1), 94-103, 2014.
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2.?“Outsourcing: Volume and Composition of R&D”, H. Beladi, S. Marjit, and Lei Yang,?Review of International Economics?20(4), 828–840, 2012.
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1. “Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and Exports in Developing Countries”, Lei Yang and Maskus, K. E.?Journal of Development Economics?90(2), 231–236, 2009.