Dr Xiaohe Zhang

Biography

Dr Xiaohe Zhang commenced with the University in 2000 with a track record in doing research and publishing academic papers in internally refereed journals or books. In the past two decades he has published more than sixty academic papers and earned more than ten competitive research grants. These publications include fifth papers in internationally refereed journals including Journal of Asia-Pacific Economies, the Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Business and Policy Research, China Economic Review, Industry and Development, Journal of Development Studies, and Agricultural Water Management. In the past fifteen years he has been granted successfully for more than ten research projects (worth a total of $A65,000), independently or as a member of a research team, on a wide range of issues covering economic structural change, foreign direct investment, total factor productivity, income distribution, labour market reform, agricultural resource management, foreign exchange policies and land reforms in China. His success in gaining three competitive research grants since 2001, including two external grants and an internal grant from the University of Newcastle has resulted in at least five academic publications. In additional to this, he also obtained many travel grants both internally and externally which allowed him to attend international conferences and/or visiting overseas research institutions and universities. He has just completed a research projects on the global impacts of the Chinese land reforms, funded by the University of Newcastle and is seeking for more publications in this area, among others.

Research Interest

Applied Economics, Business and Management