Name: Sara Hsu
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Economics
Expertise Keywords: Asian economic development, Chinese economy, Development, Inequality, informal and underground finance
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: PhD in Economics from the University of Utah
Currrent Research: Economics of corruption, Chinese economy, Asian economic development, informal and underground finance
Contact Information
E-mail Address: hsus@newpaltz.edu
Other Information
Positions held at New Paltz prior to current position:
Adjunct Professor at St. Edward's University in Austin, University of Texas at San Antonio
Visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity Unievrsity, San Antonio
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | 2003-2006 | PhD | 2006 | Economics |
| Wellesley College | 1993-1997 | BA | 1997 | Art |
Awards/Grants/Honors
Eccles Fellowship, to fund excellent dissertation research, 2005
Other professional activities
Reviewer for several economics journals, IAFFE Board, Researcher in University of Texas Inequality Project
Publications
Forthcoming 2013 Financial Crises, 1929 to 2009 (book). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Forthcoming 2012 “美国金融体系、大萧条和投机蔓延.” Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics Journal.
Forthcoming 2012 “The Beijing Bust” with James Galbraith and Wenjie Zhang, chapter in China Forum Proceedings, ed. by Joseph Stiglitz and David Kennedy.
September 2012 Development and Legitimacy of Chinese Informal Finance, with Nikos Passas and Jianjun Li. The Pacific Review.
July 2012 “Increasing Damage of Man-Made Crises: Financial Crises and Global Instability” Journal of Economic Issues.
May 2012 “Chinese Shadow Financial System,” (In Chinese) with Jianjun Li, Chinese National Social Science Foundation Report.
March 2012 “Invisible Finance: Black and Gray: Introduction,” chapter contributed and sGuest Editor for Special Issue of Crime, Law and Social Change.
January 2012 “Informal Finance and Economic Deepening in China.” In Special Issue of The Chinese Economy.
August 2011 “A New Framework for Sustainable Development in US Healthcare Section: The Case of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Medicaid Project”, With Pablo Rhi-Perez and Mostafa Malki, in International Journal of Trade and Global Markets.
August 2010 “The Crisis’ Impact on China’s Rural Migrants” with Shiyin Jiang and Halcott Heyward. In Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China Aktuell.
July 2010 “Trade Policy in the Post-Neoliberal Era” with James Galbraith, chapter in UN World Economic and Social Survey 2010.
December 2009 “Political and Policy Regimes: 1963-2000" background paper for “Wealth and Income Inequality,” with James Galbraith, Olivier Giovannoni, and Hyun Kum, chapter in Flagship Report on Poverty, New York: UNRISD.
August 2009 Informal Finance in China: Chinese and American Perspectives, ed. with Jianjun Li, New York: Oxford University Press. Author, Chapter 1, Introduction, and Chapter 7, Is Informal Finance Faster, Cheaper, Better than Formal Finance? A Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Shanghai and Nanjing.
July 2009 “Employment Impacts of a 'Green' Energy Transition in China” with Shelley Nauss, China Economic Journal 2(2).
June 2009 “The Beijing Bust” with James Galbraith and Wenjie Zhang, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China Aktuell, Volume 2.
