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Dr. Wenli Cheng

  Organisation:

Department of Economics

Title:

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:

BS in International Economics, People's University of China, MS in Applied Economics, Montana State University, PhD in Economics, Monash University

Wenli is a senior lecturer at Caulfield and teaches at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Wenli has diverse research interests ranging from economic development, competition and regulation, to infra-marginal economics and Austrian economics. She has published in a variety of academic journals, including Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Pacific Economic Review, Review of International Economics, and Australian Economic Papers. She has also given advice to government and private clients on various economic issues, including government regulation on network industries, business strategy, and competition law. Prior to joining Monash, she worked for 7 years for a leading law and economics consulting firm.

Office:

Caulfield Campus
Room H4.43, Building H
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield Vic 3145

Telephone:

+61 3 9903 1566

Fax: +61 3 9903 1128
E-mail

WenLi.Cheng@BusEco.monash.edu.au

Teaching Commitments:

ECF2550/3550 - Business in Asia
ECX5410 - Applied microeconomics
ECF9530 - Economics

Research Interests:

Transaction costs and economic organisation, economics of regulation, law and economics

Selected Publications:

Cheng, W and Zhang, D., Who should be given more foreign aid?, Pacific Economic Review, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, Vol.13, 5, pp641-648, 1361-374X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0106.2008.00423.x, 2008

Cheng, W and Zhang, D.,  Does trade in intermediate goods increase or decrease wage inequality?, Singapore Economic Review, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, Vol.52, 2, pp201-213, 0217-5908, 2007

Cheng, W. And Zhang, X., Inframarginal analysis of division of labor: a survey, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organisation, Elsevier, The Netherlands, Vol.55, 2, pp137-174, 0167-2681, 2004

Cheng, W., Sachs, J and Yang, X V., An extended Heckscher-Ohlin model with transaction costs and technological comparative advantage, Economic Theory, Springer-Verlag GmBH, Germany, Vol.23, 3, pp671-688, 0938-2259, 2004