Shang-Jin Wei is the N. T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of Finance and Economics at

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and one of ...

. At

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, Wei is also affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. His research covers international finance, trade, macroeconomics, and

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, and he writes and speaks frequently in the area of U.S.-China economic integration and other international finance and trade issues.

Education

Wei received his bachelor's degree from

Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...

and master's from the

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in 1986 and 1988 respectively. He received an M.S. in business administration (finance) and his Ph.D. in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from

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in 1991 and 1992, respectively.

Career as an economist

Wei was an associate professor of public policy at

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, the New Century Chair in Trade and International Economics at the

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global econo ...

. He was the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

's Chief of Mission to Myanmar in 2004, and later the assistant director of the Research Department and chief of the Trade and Investment Division, and adviser at the

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. In 2007 Wei joined the faculty of

, where he is the director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business and the director of the Working Group on the Chinese Economy. He is also Research Associate at the

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and Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research in Europe.Weatherhead East Asian Institut
Shang-Jin Wei
Columbia University Retrieved June 11, 2019. Wei has been a consultant to the U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,

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Economic Commission on Europe, United Nations Development Program, the Asian Development Bank, and private companies such as

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. In 2014, Wei became Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank.

Publications

He has published in the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Economic Journal ''The Economic Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society by Oxford University Press. The journal was established in 1891 and publishes papers from all areas of economics.The edito ...

'', ''

American Economic Review The ''American Economic Review'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal first published by the American Economic Association in 1911. The current editor-in-chief is Erzo FP Luttmer, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College. The journal is ...

'', ''

The Journal of Finance ''The Journal of Finance'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946. The editor-in-chief is Antoinette Schoar. According to the ''Journal Citation R ...

'', Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, ''

Review of Economics and Statistics ''The Review of Economics and Statistics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers applied economics, with specific relevance to the scope of econometrics. The editors-in-chief are Will Dobbie (Harvard University) and Raymond Fisman (Bost ...

'', ''

Journal of International Economics The ''Journal of International Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of economics. The journal publishes articles on both theoretical and empirical aspects of international economics. Various topics covered include trade pa ...

'', ''

European Economic Review The ''European Economic Review'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in economics. The journal was established in 1969 and the editors-in-chief are Evi Pappa (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), David K. Levine (Royal Holloway U ...

'', ''

Canadian Journal of Economics The ''Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Canadian Economics Association. In 1967 the journal was established from ...

'', and ''

Journal of Development Economics The ''Journal of Development Economics'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1974 and is considered the top field journal in development economics. Its editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC ...

''. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of ''China's Evolving Role in the World Trade'', with R. Feenstra (

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, 2010); ''The Globalization of the Chinese Economy'', with J. Wen and H. Zhou (Edward Elgar, 2002); ''Economic Globalization: Finance, Trade and Policy Reforms'' (Beijing University Press, 2000); and ''Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System'', with J. A. Frankel and E. Stein (Peterson Institute for International Economics, 1997). He has been quoted in

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and

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Selected publications

*Wei, Shang-Jin, and Robert Feenstra (2010). ''China's Growing Role in World Trade''. Chicago:

. *Wei, Shang-Jin, Guanzhong James Wen, and Huizhong Zhou, eds. (2002). ''The Globalization of the Chinese Economy''. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

References

External links

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Shang-Jin Wei's Weatherhead East Asian Institute profileShang-Jin Wei's NBER homepageShang-Jin Wei's Columbia Business School profileWei profile at VOX
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Shang-Jin 1964 births Living people Economists from Shanghai Fudan University alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Columbia Business School faculty Harvard University faculty Weatherhead East Asian Institute faculty Writers from Shanghai Educators from Shanghai