Benhua Yang
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Benhua YangVisiting Assistant Professor 603.862.0818 benhua.yang@unh.edu |
Fields of Specialization:
Economic Growth and Development, Political Economy and Macroeconomics, International Economics, Applied Econometrics and Applied Time Series Economics
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Texas Tech University, May 2007.
Recent Research:
"Does democracy lower growth volatility? A Dynamic Analysis," Journal of Macroeconomics, forthcoming.
"An empirical refinement of the relationship between growth and volatility," Applied Economics, (with J. Edwards) forthcoming.
"Resource booms and economic development: the time series dynamics for 17 oil-rich countries," Applied Economics Letters, (with Y. Lam) forthcoming.
"FDI and growth: a varing relationship across regions and over time," Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
"Resource curse: the role of institutions versus policies," Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
"Autocracy, democracy, and FDI inflows to the developing countries," International Economic Journal, 20(3), 419-439, 2007.
"A refinement in the specification of empirical macroeconomic models as an extension to the EBA procedure," B.E. Journals in Macroeconomics: Topics in Macroeconomics, (with J. Edwards and A. Sams) 6(2), Article 13, 2006.
"The impact of ethnic diversity on growth: the regional differences," International Journal of Development Issues, 5(1), 11-33, 2006.
"Water availability and economic development... signs of the invisible hand? an empirical look at the Falkenmark index and macroeconomic development," Natural Resources Journal, (with J. Edwards and R. Al-Hmoud) 45(4), 953-978, 2005.
"Forecasting mortgage spread volatility," Global Review of Business and Economic Research, 1(1), 41-50, 2005.