Prof. Xinyu HUA
Associate Professor xyhua@ust.hk

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Academic qualification
Ph.D. Northwestern University, Managerical Economics and Strategy
B.A. Peking University, Economics

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAssociate Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, from July 2012
Acting Co-head, MBA+Thrust, HKUST (Guangzhou), from 2020
Associate Editor, RAND Journal of Economics, from Oct 2020
Assistant Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, July 2005 - June 2012
Bank of China, P.R. China, 1998 - 1999
Teaching ExperienceSchool of Business and Management, HKUST
Managerial Microeconomics (MBA, EMBA)
Strategic Decisions with Economic Insight (EMBA)
Competitive Strategy (MBA/MSc)
Strategy and Organization (MBA/MSc/Executive Programs)
Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy (MSc)
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2004, 2005
Statistical Methods for Management Decisions (MBA)

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PUBLICATIONS “International Protection of Consumer Data,” with Yongmin Chen and Keith Maskus, accepted by Journal of International Economics
“Product Safety, Contracts, and Liability,” with Kathryn E. Spier,RAND Journal of Economics, 2020, VOl. 51: pp. 233-259.
“Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability,” with Yongmin Chen, Journal of Law, Economics, andOrganization, 2017, Vol. 33: pp. 237-267.
"Agency and Strategic Contracts: Theory and Evidence from R&D Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Industry," with Di Guo and Kun Jiang,International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, Vol.54: pp. 37-64.
"Ex ante Investment, Ex post Remedies, and Product Liability," with Yongmin Chen, International Economic Review, 2012, Vol.53: pp.845-866.
"The Right of First Offer," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2012, Vol.30: pp.389-397.
"Product Recall and Liability," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2011, Vol. 27: pp. 113-136 (accepted in 2009 and in print in 2011).
"Strategic Ex-ante Contracts: Rent Extraction and Opportunity Costs," Rand Journal of Economics, 2007, Vol. 38: pp. 786-803.
"Information and Externalities in Sequential Litigation," with Kathryn E. Spier, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005, 161(2): pp. 215-232.

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ConsultingAuction and Business Strategy for some company
Anti-trust cases for government authorities in China

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Industrial organization
Law and economics
Contract theory

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Honors And AwardsHKUST: Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence (2008, 2011, 2016, 2020)
Kellogg: Award for Excellent Teaching by PhD Student, 2005