معرفی
Runjuan Liu is the Eric Geddes Professor of Business at the Alberta School of Business (University of Alberta), specializing in Marketing, Business Economics, and Law. She concurrently holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Economics. Her research examines how international trade, economic development, and globalization impact firms and labor markets. She has been funded by organizations like the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Chinese Ministry of Education Project of Social Science.
Education:
- PhD in Economics, University of Toronto
- MA in Economics, Peking University
- BA, Nankai University
Research Focus: Her work addresses globalization’s effects on innovation, wage inequality, and service offshoring. She explores how firms adapt to import competition and the role of trade policies in shaping productivity and welfare. Recent studies analyze export diversification, CSR adoption by returnee entrepreneurs, and trade policy uncertainty’s labor market consequences.
Publications: Her articles in journals like Journal of International Economics and Journal of Economic Geography highlight themes such as trade shocks, service outsourcing complexity, and China’s economic integration. Key topics include firm innovation under low-wage import competition, skill-biased globalization effects, and tariff pass-through mechanisms.
Funding & Grants: Her research has been supported by major grants from Canadian and Chinese government bodies, reflecting its interdisciplinary and policy-relevant nature.
Teaching: She instructs advanced courses like Business Economics for the MBA China Program, focusing on macroeconomic policy impacts and competitive market structures.
