Professor
Department of Economics

Haiwen Zhou

757-683-5785

2031 CONSTANT HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Maryland, (2002)

Expertise

Economics
First, economic development and growth, mainly based on technology choice; Second, international trade, mainly based on increasing returns featuring oligopolistic competition; Third, mathematical models of Chinese history, by applying economics to analyze significant topics in Chinese history, such as Confucianism and Legalism, Qin's unification of China, insitutions to handle internal rebellions and external threats, and imperial examination system

Articles

Barbiero, T. and Zhou, H. (2024). Culture and economic development in late comers: Comparing China and India. The Chinese Economy 57 (5) , pp. 379-394.
Zhou, H. and Zhou, R. (2024). Shirking and capital accumulation under oligopolistic competition. Journal of Economic Studies 51 (2) , pp. 394-407.
Zhou, H. (2024). The reforms of Shang Yang. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 180 (4) , pp. 626-647.
Zhou, H. (2024). National integration and institution building. Pacific Economic Review 29 (1) , pp. 26-43.
Zhou, H. (2023). Impact of international trade under dual labor markets. Bulletin of Economic Research 75 (4) , pp. 917-934.
Gong, B. and Zhou, H. (2023). The choice of technology and international trade. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 32 , pp. 1035-1057.
Wen, L. and Zhou, H. (2023). The choice of technology in economic development. Australian Economic Papers 62 (4) , pp. 747-763.
Zhou, H. (2023). Unification and division: A theory of institutional choices in Imperial China. Annals of Economics and Finance 24 (1) , pp. 13-37.
Zhou, H. (2023). State capacity and leadership: Why did China take off?. The Chinese Economy 56 (1) , pp. 50-68.
Angyridis, C. and Zhou, H. (2022). Search, technology choice, and unemployment. International Studies of Economics 17 (3) , pp. 296-310.
Zhou, H. (2022). The choice of technology and economic geography. International Economic Journal 36 (1) , pp. 1-18.
Colburn, C. B. and Zhou, H. (2022). The partition of production between households and markets. International Studies of Economics 17 (1) , pp. 21-35.
Zhou, H. (2021). Culture, institutions, and long-run performance. Pacific Economic Review 26 (3) , pp. 372-391.
Zhou, H. (2021). Fixed costs and the division of labor. Annals of Economics and Finance 22 (1) , pp. 63-81.
Zhou, H. (2020). Monitoring intensity and technology choice in a model of unemployment. Eastern Economic Journal 46 (3) , pp. 504-520.
List, J., van Soest, D., Stoop, J. and Zhou, H. (2020). On the role of group size in tournaments: theory and evidence from lab and field experiments. Management Science 66 (10) , pp. 4359-4377.
Wen, L. and Zhou, H. (2020). Technology choice, financial sector and economic integration under the presence of efficiency wages. Open Economies Review 31 , pp. 95-112.
Zhou, H. (2019). Coordination costs, market size, and the choice of technology. Frontiers of Economics in China 14 (1) , pp. 131-148.
Zhou, H. (2019). Resource abundance, market size, and the choice of technology. Bulletin of Economic Research 71 , pp. 641-656.
Zhou, H. (2018). A model of institutional complementarities in ancient China. Eastern Economic Journal 44 , pp. 286-304.
Zhou, H. (2018). Impact of international trade on unemployment under oligopoly. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 27 , pp. 365-379.
Zhou, H. (2018). Will China avoid the middle-income trap?. The Chinese Economy 51 , pp. 483-502.
Chen, Y. and Zhou, H. (2017). An overlapping generations model of firm heterogeneity in economic development. Frontiers of Economics in China 12 (4) , pp. 660-676.
Zhou, H. and Zhou, R. (2016). A dynamic model of the choice of technology in economic development. Frontiers of Economics in China 11 (3) , pp. 498-518.
Zhou, H. (2015). The Choice of Technology and Equilibrium Wage Rigidity. Frontiers of Economics in China 10 , pp. 252-271.
Zhou, H. (2015). Unemployment and Economic Integration for Developing Countries. Frontiers of Economics in China 10 , pp. 664-690.
Gong, B. and Zhou, H. (2014). Financial Development, the Choice of Technology, and Comparative Advantage. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 23 , pp. 1238-1261.
Zhou, H. (2014). Intermediate Inputs and External economies. Frontiers of Economics in China 9 , pp. 216-239.
Zhou, H. (2014). International Trade with Increasing Returns in the Transportation Sector. Frontiers of Economics in China 9 , pp. 606-633.
Zhou, H. (2013). Linkage Effects, Oligopolistic Competition, and Core-Periphery. Eastern Economic Journal 39 , pp. 93-110.
Zhou, H. (2013). The choice of technology and rural-urban migration in economic development. Frontiers of Economics in China 8 , pp. 337-361.
Wen, L. and Zhou, H. (2012). Financial and product market integration under increasing returns. Eastern Economic Journal 38 , pp. 18-36.
Zhou, H. (2012). Internal rebellions and external threats: A model of government organizational form in ancient China. Southern Economic Journal 78 , pp. 1120-1141.
Zhou, H. (2011). Confucianism and the Legalism: A model of the national strategy of governance in ancient China. Frontiers of Economics in China 6 , pp. 616-637.
Zhou, H. (2011). Economic systems and economic growth. Atlantic Economic Journal 39 , pp. 217-229.
Zhou, H. (2011). Factor Returns and circular causality. Southern Economic Journal 19 , pp. 795 - 805.
Zhou, H. (2010). A Ricardian model of international trade with oligopolistic competition. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 19 , pp. 499-515.
Zhou, H. (2010). Globalization and the size distribution of firms. Economic Record 86 , pp. 84 - 94.
Colburn, C. B. and Zhou, H. (2010). Land Endowment, intersectoral labor mobility, and economic geography. Atlantic Economic Journal 38 , pp. 429-441.
Zhou, H. (2010). Oligopolistic competition, firm heterogenity, and the impact of international trade. Eastern Economic Journal 36 , pp. 107 - 119.
Wen, L. and Zhou, H. (2009). Ability, openness, and managerial decision making. Atlantic Economic Journal 37 , pp. 197-208.
Zhou, H. (2009). Population Growth and industrialization. Economic Inquiry 47 , pp. 249 - 275.
Zhou, H. (2007). Factor endowment, the choice of technology, and the volume of trade. International Economic Journal 21 , pp. 593-611.
Zhou, H. (2007). Increasing returns, the choice of technology, and the gains from trade. Southern Economic Journal 74 , pp. 581-600.
Zhou, H. (2007). International R&D tournaments and industrial policy. Journal of Economic Integration 22 , pp. 320-338.
Zhou, H. (2007). Oligopolistic competition and economic geography. Journal of Regional Science 47 , pp. 915-933.
Zhou, H. (2006). Intra-firm Specialization, Income Distribution, and International Trade. Journal of Economic Integration 21 , pp. 577-592.
Zhou, H. (2006). R&D tournaments with spillovers. Atlantic Economic Journal 34 , pp. 327-339.
Zhou, H. (2005). Market Structure and Organizational Form. Southern Economic Journal 71 , pp. 705-719.
Zhou, H. (2004). The division of labor and the extent of the market. Economic Theory 24 , pp. 195-209.

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