Hao Guo

Contact
Information

Education

245J Gatton Building,

Department of Economics,
University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY 40506-0034

Mobile: +1 (859) 338-4210

E-mail: hao.guo@uky.edu
http://haoguo.weebly.com/

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Ph.D., Economics, Expected August 2017.
Dissertation: Three Essays on the Heterogeneous Effects of Trade
Committee Members: Jenny Minier (Co-Chair, Economics), Josh Ederington
(Co-Chair, Economics), Felipe Benguira (Economics), Andrew Wood (Geography)
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
M.S., Economics, Jun. 2012.
Thesis: Local Economic Growth and Political Promotion: Evidence from Prefectures of China
B.S., Applied Meteorology, Jul. 2010.

Research
Interests

International trade and economic geography, the political economy of China, the internal
migration in China

Papers

Working Papers
Trade and Its Heterogeneous Effects on Coastal and Inland Regions, Job market
paper
Work in Progress
Trade Liberalization and the Economic Geography in China
The Ending of MFA/ATC and Its Impacts on Textile and Apparel Industry in
China

Research
Experience

Research Assistant
Spring 2014, Professor John Garen (University of Kentucky), the Communist Party
Wage Premium in China .
Summer 2013, Professor Jenny Minier (University of Kentucky), India Trade Liberalization.
Apr.2011-Jun.2012, Professor Xianxiang Xu (Sun Yat-sen University), Local Cadres
Management and Economic Growth in China.
Research Report
Guangzhou and Its Role in International Trade, with Xianxiang Xu, 2011, report
for Guangzhou government.

Teaching
Experience

March 20, 2016

University of Kentucky
Primary Instructor
ECO 391: Business & Economics Statistics, Spring 2015.

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Teaching Assistant
ECO 590: Intro Quantitative Economics, Fall 2014.
ECO 601: Microeconomic Theory I, Fall 2014.
ECO 701: Microeconomic Theory II, Spring 2015.

(Graduate Level)
(Graduate Level)
(Graduate Level)

University of Cincinnati
Primary Instructor
ECON 3083: Economy of China, Summer 2015, 2016.
Presentations

Southern Economic Meeting, New Orleans, 2015.

Awards

China Scholarship Council (CSC)- Kentucky Fellowship, 2012-2016.

Luckett Fellowship, 2015-2016.
Gatton Fellowship, 2013-2015.

Programming
Languages

Proficient:
Stata, LATEX.
Working Knowledge:
Matlab, ArcGIS.

Languages

English (fluent), Chinese Mandarin (native)

Citizenship

P.R.China

References

Jenny Minier, Co-Chair

Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Kentucky.
+1 (859) 257-9681
jminier@uky.edu

Josh Ederington, Co-Chair

Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Kentucky.
+1 (859) 257-1588
ederington@uky.edu

Felipe Benguria
Assisstant Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Kentucky,
+1 (434) 466-2802
fbe225@uky.edu

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