HUI TONG

 

 

International Monetary Fund

700 19th St NW

Washington DC, 20431, USA

Tel: 1. 202. 623. 9542

Email: htong@imf.org

Web: http://www.huitong-econ.net

 

EMPOLYMENT

 

Economist, Research Department, IMF, Oct 2006--Oct 2007, Oct 2008--

Economist, North American Division (U.S./Canada), IMF, Oct 2007--Oct 2008

Economist, International Finance Division, Bank of England, Oct 2004--Oct 2006

 

EDUCATION

            Ph.D.   Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 2004

                        (Dissertation Title:  Essays on Financial Instability in Emerging Markets)

                        (Dissertation Committee: Barry Eichengreen (Chair), Richard Lyons,

Daniel  McFadden, and Maurice Obstfeld)

            M.A.    Economics, Renmin University of China, 1997

            B.A.     Economics, Renmin University of China, 1994

 

FIELDS OF INTERESTS

             International Economics, Macroeconomics, Financial Economics

             

PUBLICATIONS:

      “The Composition Matters: Capital Inflows and Liquidity Crunch during a Global Economic Crisis”, Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming

                 IMF WP 09/164, NBER WP  15207, with Shang-Jin Wei, 2009

     

      “Disclosure Standards and Market Efficiency: Evidence from Analysts’ Forecasts”

                Journal of International Economics  (May 2007)

 

       Response to ‘Social Value of Public Information: Morris and Shin (2002) Is Actually Pro Transparency, Not Con’”, with Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin;

               comment by Lars Svensson

               American Economic Review (March 2006)

 

“The Interactions between Debt and Currency Crises-Common Causes or Contagion?”

               Review of International Economics (2008), with Bernhard Herz

 

      Is China’s FDI Coming at the Expense of Other Countries?” with Barry Eichengreen

               Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (July 2007),

               NBER WP 11335, NBER Digest Oct 2005; Updated and Reprinted in

               Foreign Direct Investment in Europe: A Changing Landscape, by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank

 

      “Fear of China”, with Barry Eichengreen,

               Journal of Asian Economics (April 2006)

 

      “The Impact of China on the Exports of Other Asian Countries”

               with Barry Eichengreen, Yeongseop Rhee, NBER WP 10768

               Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 2007 (2))

 

“Bilateral FDI Flows: Threshold Barriers and Productivity Shocks”,

         with Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, 2008, NBER WP11639

         CESifo Economic Studies (August 2008)

 

      How China Is Reorganizing the World Economy” with Barry Eichengreen,

                Asian Economic Policy Review (June 2006, Inaugural Issue)

 

      “Stock Market Volatility and Monetary Policy: What the Historical Record Shows”

                Asset Prices and Monetary Policy, with Barry Eichengreen, in Tony Richards and

                Tim Robinson (eds), Reserve Bank of Australia, 2003

 

WORKING PAPERS

     

 

      China Corporate Savings Puzzle: A Comparative Perspective”,

               With Tam Bayoumi and Shang-Jin Wei, 2009

 

      Real Effects of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Is It a Demand or a Finance Shock?”,

With Shang-Jin Wei, 2008. NBER WP 14205; IMF WP 08/186

 

      “Liquidity, Institutional Quality and the Composition of International Equity Outflows”,

               with Itay Goldstein, Assaf Razin, 2007, NBER WP 13723

                   (Revised for Journal of International Economics)

 

      “Creditor Protection and Stock Price Volatility”, with Galina Hale, Assaf Razin, CEPR DP 6540

 

      “Foreign Trade Liberalization and Corporate Financial Disclosure”, with Shang-Jin Wei

 

MEDIA COVERAGES

 

      Financial Times (August 10, 2009):  Ring-fence cross-border financial institutions”.

      Wall Street Journal (October 22, 2008): “Economists Find Some Sense In A Volatile Market”.

             & Dow Jones Newswires (October 22, 2008) & Dows Jones Tomorrow’s News Today

      Wall Street Journal (August 7, 2008): “Fed Moves Beat Stimulus in Boosting Economy”.

      Dow Jones NewsPlus (August 7, 2008): “Liquidity Measures Best Way To Address Subprime”.

      Econbrowser  (December 18, 2008):Credit Crunch or Not.

      Foreign Policy  (July 28, 2008): “Why Subprime Is Worse Than 9/11”

      Portfolio (July 25, 2008): Chart of the Day: 9/11 Vs. Subprime Shocks”

      21st Century Business Herald (Oct 27, 2008): 破除二分法迷雾 重塑健康的生产结构

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

     

Conferences:

Yale University/Review of Financial Studies conference on financial crisis (09), Conference on “Financial Markets: How Real?” at Univ of Illinois at Chicago (09),  16th Mitsui Finance Symposium at Univ of Michigan (09), Conference on Global Financial Turmoil at Hong Kong Monetary Authorities (09), American Finance Association (09), IMF Annual Research Conference (08), The Fourth NY Fed/NYU Stern Conference on Financial Intermediation (08), American Economic Association (08, 07, 06, 05), Society for Economic Dynamics (07), CESifo Conference on Productivity and Growth (07), Econometric Society (06, 05), Capital Market Integration in Asia (05 Geneva), Royal Economic Society (05), Emerging Markets Finance (05 Virginia)

 

Institutions:     

Cornell University, Bank of Finland, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Norges Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Japan Center for Economic Research, Cambridge University, Oxford University, London School of Economics, UC San Diego