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Department of Economics, Gardner Hall 300B, CB#3305 

Phone:	(919) 966 5373
Fax:	(919) 966 4986
E-mail:	wux@email.unc.edu

My Research on Outsourcing and Direct Foreign Investment

I joined the Department of Economics at UNC-CH in fall 1999. I received my Ph.D. from Princeton University in May 2000. My areas of interest are international economics, development and political economy, especially in areas of intellectual property rights and direct foreign investment.  I have worked on issues related to free trade areas and trade liberalization policies. My current research focuses on the behavior and regulation of multinationals as well as the related political and institutional issues. Please use the following links for more information on my teaching and research.

Course Link:
Economics 161
Economics 101
Curriculum vitae
Papers on Outsourcing and Direct Foreign Investment: (Full text and abstract before the published version)
Outsourcing and Corruption:
"Impacts of Endogenous Bribes on Direct Foreign Investment" (with A. Field and L. A. Sosa)
"Does Corruption Discourage Outsourcing and Innovation?" (with A. J. Glass)
"Corruption and Outsourcing"
"Product Standards, Corruption and Direct Foreign Investment"
Outsourcing and Product Cycle:
"Intellectual Property Rights and Quality Improvement" (with A. J. Glass)
"Micro Impediments and Macro Impacts on Outsourcing and Innovation/Imitation," (with A. J. Glass)
Outsourcing and Environment:
"Pollution Havens and the Regulation of Multinationals with Asymmetric Information"
Outsourcing and Direct Foreign Investment:
"FDI, Intellectual Property Rights, and China’s Wage Inequality"
"The Impact of Direct Foreign Investment on the Relative Return to Skill''
Outsourcing and the Labor Market:
"The Impact of Direct Foreign Investment on State-Owned Enterprises Reform"
"Outsourcing and Labor Migration in China"
"Direct Foreign Investment and Dissemination of Job Opening Information in China"
Urbanization and Health:
"Urbanization and the Impact on Health and the Environment: A Tale of Two Cities" (with C. Peng and G. Liu)
"Urbanization and Health Care in Rural China" (with G. Liu et al.)
"Urban Air Quality and Human Health in China" (with C. Peng et al.)
Other useful economic links