Department of Economics
    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Clear Water Bay
    Hong Kong

Email: xyhua@ust.hk

Phone: (852)2358-7609   Fax: (852)2358-2084

Education

    Ph.D., Managerial Economics and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management,
    Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, completed in June 2005.

Fields of Research Interests

   Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, Contract Theory, Strategy

Publications and Working Papers

• "Ex ante Investment, Ex post Remedies, and Product Liability," with Yongmin Chen, forthcoming in International Economic Review.
• "The Right of First Offer," forthcoming in International Journal of Industrial Organization.
• "Product Recall and Liability," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2011, Vol. 27: pp. 113-136 (accepted in 2009 and in print in 2011).
• "Strategic Ex-ante Contracts: Rent Extraction and Opportunity Costs," Rand Journal of Economics, 2007, Vol. 38: pp. 786-803.
• "Information and Externalities in Sequential Litigation," with Kathryn E. Spier, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005, 161(2): pp. 215-232.
• "Advocates, Information Transmission, and Sequential Search," Under review in Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
• "The Effects of Strategic Break-up Fees on Cooperative Investments," Working paper

Work in Progress

• "Competition, Product Safety, and Liability," with Yongmin Chen, HKUST and University of Colorado.
• "An Empirical Analysis of Strategic Contracts," with Di Guo and Kun Jiang, HKUST and University of Hong Kong.

Teaching Experience    

      School of Business and Management, HKUST, 2005--

• Managerial Economics (EMBA)
• Strategic Decisions with Economic Insight (EMBA)
• Competitive Strategy (MBA)
• Strategy and Organization (MBA)
• Managerial Microeconomics (MBA)

     Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Spring 2004 and 2005

• Statistical Methods for Management Decisions (MBA)

Teaching Award

• Franklin Prize for Excellence in Teaching (MBA Required Course), School of Business and Management, HKUST, for year 2011
• Franklin Prize for Excellence in Teaching (MBA/MSc Elective Course), School of Business and Management, HKUST, for year 2008
• Doctoral Teaching Award for Distinction in Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, for year 2005

Research Grants

• PI, Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund # 642211, 2011-2013
• PI, Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund #642008, Jan 2009 -- Jun 2011
• PI, HKUST, SBI Grant # 06/07.BM03, Jan 2007 -- Dec 2009
• PI, HKUST, DAG Grant # 05/06.BM18, Dec 2005 -- Nov 2008

Professional Activities

• Treasurer, the Asian Law and Economics Association, 2011
• Member, Program Committee, the Asian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, 2011
• Organizer, the Summer Conference on Industrial Organization, Hong Kong, 2008
• Referee for various economics journals

Departmental and School Service

• Director, the MSc program in Economics, Jan 2008 -- Dec 2010
• Member, the Executive, PG, UG, Brownbag Seminar committees in different years