Ming He is currently lecturer in economics at the International Business School of Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He earned his Ph.D. from University of Colorado at Boulder and worked at Zhejiang University and Hunan University before joining XJTLU in 2014. His current active fields of research are Geographical Economics and Urban Economics, topics including China’s urban land market, agglomeration economics, and technology spillover. His work has been published in Journal of Regional Science, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society, Urban Studies, Regional Studies, and Economic Modelling.
Qualifications
PhD , University of Colorado, - 2004
M.A. , University of Colorado, - 2001
BA , Wuhan University, - 1997
Experience
Lecturer, International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2014 to Present
Associate Professor, School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University - 2009 to 2014
Lecturer, School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University - 2006 to 2009
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Zhejiang University - 2005 to 2006
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder - 1999 to 2004
Research interests
Regional economics, Development economics, Applied microeconometrics
Articles
Walheer, B., & He, M. (2020). Technical efficiency and technology gap of the manufacturing industry in China: Does firm ownership matter? World Development, 127, 104769.
He, M., & Walheer, B. (2020). Technology intensity and ownership in the Chinese manufacturing industry: A labor productivity decomposition approach. National Accouting Review, 2 (2), 110-137.
He, M., & Walheer, B. (2020). Spillovers and path dependences in the Chinese manufacturing industry: A firm-level analysis. Journal of Development Studies, 56 (4), 817-839.
He, M., Chen, Y., & van Marrewijk, C. (in press, 2020). The effects of urban transformation on productivity spillovers in China. Economic Modelling.
Zhu, X., Liu, Y., He, M., Luo, D., & Wu, Y. (2019). Entrepreneurship and industrial clusters: Evidence from China industrial census. Small Business Economics, 52 (3), 595–616.
He, M., Chen, Y., & Schramm, R. (2018). Technological spillovers in space and firm productivity: Evidence from China's electric apparatus industry. Urban Studies, 55 (11), 2522–2541.
Chen, Y., He, M., & Rudkin, S. (2017). Understanding Chinese provincial real estate investment: A Global VAR perspective. Economic Modelling, 67, 248-260.
Chen, Y., Salike, N., Luan, F., & He, M. (2016). Heterogeneous effects of inter- and intra-city transportation infrastructure on economic growth: Evidence from Chinese cities. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society, 9 (3), 571-587.
Ke, S., He, M., & Yuan, C. (2014). Synergy and co-agglomeration of producer services and manufacturing: A panel data analysis of Chinese cities. Regional Studies, 48 (11), 1829-1841.
He, M., Ke, S., & Yan, S. (2011). A consolidated model of monocentric cities and an empirical analysis of urban scales and land prices in transitional Chinese cities. Journal of Regional Science, 51 (2), 371-398.
He, M., Ke, S., & Wang, H. (2010). The gravity equation and estimates on goods market segregation: A review. Zhejiang Social Sciences, 10, 89-100.
Ke, S., Song, Y., & He, M. (2009). Determinants of urban spatial scale: Chinese cities in transition. Urban Studies, 46 (13), 2795-2813.
He, M., & Ke, S. (2009). The determinants of spatial scales of cities during the transition period in China: A theoretical and empirical study on a consolidated monocentric-city model. Journal of Finance and Economics, 35 (12), 4-15.
He, M., Ke, S., & Wen, H. (2009). Amenities and regional differentials of real estate prices in Chinese cities. The Theory and Practice of Finance and Economics, 30 (158), 97-103.
Ke, S., & He, M. (2008). Urban land prices driven by market forces and government actions: An empirical study of Chinese cities. Modern Economic Science, 30 (2), 25-32.
Ke, S., & He, M. (2008). Planning and market: An empirical analysis of determinants of urban land scale in China. China Land Science, 22 (4), 12-18.
Books, monographs, compilations and manuals
Jin, X., Ye, J., & He, M. (2012). New political economics. Beijing, China: Economics Science Press.
Chapters, cases, readings and supplements
Chen, Y., He, M., & Rudkin, S. (2018). Macroeconomic Policies in the People's Republic of China. In Steven Brakman, Charles van Marrewijk, Peter J. Morgan, Nimesh Salike (Ed.), China in the Local and Global Economy: History, Geography, Politics and Sustainability (pp. 172-205). London and New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
He, M., & Chen, Y. (2018). Chinese Infrastructure. In Steven Brakman, Charles van Marrewijk, Peter J. Morgan, Nimesh Salike (Ed.), China in the Local and Global Economy: History, Geography, Politics and Sustainability (pp. 206-240). London and New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
He, M., Ke, S., & Wang, H. (2013). Gravity Model and Goods Market Segregation. In Shanzi Ke (Ed.), The Internal and External Openness and Regional Development in China (pp. 6-29). Changsha, China: Hunan Normal University Press.
Conference presentations
Chen, Y., He, M., & Rudkin, S. (2018, December). Manufacturing productivity in China: Identifying the true role of state ownership. The Fifth International Conference on The Chinese Economy: Past, Present and Future, Beijing, China-PRC.
He, M., Chen, Y., & van Marrewijk, C. (2017, December). The impacts of urbanization on productivity spillover: Evidence from China's electric apparatus industry. The Fourth International Conference on The Chinese Economy: Past, Present and Future, Beijing, China-PRC.
He, M., Chen, Y., & Schramm, R. (2016, October). Agglomeration and government spending on entrepreneurial performance: Evidence from micro data. International Workshop on Entrepreneurship in China, Beijing, China-PRC.
He, M., Chen, Y., & Schramm, R. (2016, July). Space matters in productivity growth: Micro-level evidence from China. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society (CJRES), Cambridge, United Kingdom.
He, M., Chen, Y., & Schramm, R. (2016, June). Space matters in productivity growth: Micro-level evidence from China. 2016 Regional Urban and Spatial Economics Conference, Chengdu, China-PRC.
Chen, Y., He, M., & Rudkin, S. (2016, March). Chinese provincial real estate investment: Global VAR models, linkages and forecasting improvements. 2nd HenU / INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics, Kaifeng, China-PRC.
He, M., Chen, Y., & Schramm, R. (2016, March). Agglomeration and technological spillovers: Firm-level evidence from China's electric apparatus industry. Invited presentation at CRPE seminar series, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China-PRC.
He, M., Chen, Y., & Schramm, R. (2016, January). Analyzing the impact of Chinese city-level public capital on local industrial productivity using firm level data. 2016 American Economic Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.
Ke, S., He, M., & Yuan, C. (2011, June). Synergy and co-agglomeration of producer services and manufacturing: A panel data analysis of Chinese cities. CES Annual Conference, Beijing, China-PRC.
Ke, S., He, M., & Guo, S. (2010, June). Domestic market integration and regional economic growth--China's recent experience: 1995-2007. CES Annual Conference, Xiamen, China-PRC.
He, M., Ke, S., & Wen, H. (2008, August). Regional differentials of housing and land prices in Chinese cities: How much are amenities worth? AsRES Annual Conference, Shanghai, China-PRC.
He, M. & Ke, S. (2007, December). A consolidated monicentric city model with 'closed' and 'open' features. China Economics Annual Conference, Shenzhen, China-PRC.
Courses taught
ECO104 Economic Principles for Business and Markets
ECO203 Econometric Theory
ECO205 Econometrics I
ECO214 Econometrics II
ECO220 Microeconomics II
ECO601 PhD Supervision
MAN303 Final Year Project
Professional memberships
2017-present The Higher Education Academy
2015-2016 American Economic Association
2010-2012 Chinese Economist Society
2008-2009 Asian Real Estate Society
Awards and honours
2001 Reuben A. Zubrow Fellowship in Economics, University of Colorado
2000 Yordon Prize in Microeconomics, University of Colorado
