A/Prof Sizhong Sun ~ Associate Dean, Research Education
College of Business, Law & Governance
- About
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- Teaching
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- BX2021: Managerial Economics (Level 2; TSV)
- BX3033: Cost Benefit Analysis (Level 3; TSV)
- EC5202: Cost Benefit Analysis (Level 5; TSV)
- EC5204: Managerial Economics (Level 5; TSV)
- RM8101: Research Planning in Tropical Environments and Societies (Level 8; CNS & TSV)
- RM8102: Research Project in Tropical Environments and Societies (Level 8; CNS & TSV)
- Interests
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- Research
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- International Trade
- Economic Development
- Market Design
- Empirical Industrial Organisation
- Applied Econometrics
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Chinese Economy
- Energy Economics
- Teaching
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- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Managerial Economics
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Experience
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- 2017 to present - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 2008 to present - Research Associate, Australian National University (Canberra)
- 2014 to 2016 - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 2008 to 2013 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
- Research Disciplines
Dr Sizhong Sun is currently an associate professor at College of Business, Law and Governance, Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University. He holds PhD in Economics from the Australian National University, Australia, Master in Economics from Xiamen University, China, and Bachelor of Arts from Jilin University of Technology, China.
Dr Sun joined James Cook University in 2008, and since then he has been actively engaged in teaching a number of economics subjects and researching in the broad areas of empirical international trade, empirical industrial organisation, economic development, and market design, with a focus on foreign direct investment and Chinese economy, where Dr Sun has published extensively.
Dr Sun also served as reviewers for a number of academic journals, and edited special issues for China Agricultrual Economic Review, Sustainability, and Singapore Economic Review. He was the President of Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA), a non-profit and non-partisan organization in Australia that aims at promoting research and exchange activities related to the Chinese economy, in 2014-2016, and has served in the Council of Management of CESA since 2016.
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2012 - Faculty research excellence for early career researcher
- Memberships
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- 2006 - Life-time member of Chinese Economics Society of Australia (CESA)
- 2014 to 2015 - Member of Economic Society of Australia (Queensland)
- Other
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- 2014 to 2016 - President of Chinese Economics Society of Australia
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Hong M, Sun S, Beg R and Zhou Z (2020) Malaysia’s Exports to China: Does Diplomatic Relationship Matter? Economic Papers, 39 (1), pp. 72-88, DOI:10.1111/1759-3441.12270.
- Hong M, Sun S, Beg R and Zhou Z (2020) Chinese Muslim's choice of halal products: evidence from stated preference data. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 25 (4), pp. 696-717, DOI:10.1080/13547860.2019.1701827.
- Phan C, Sun S, Zhou Z and Beg R (2020) Does microcredit improve rural households’ social network? evidence from Vietnam. The Journal of Development Studies, 56 (10), pp. 1947-1963, DOI:10.1080/00220388.2020.1725485.
- Phan C, Sun S, Zhou Z and Beg R (2020) Does microcredit improve rural households' social network? Evidence from Vietnam. The Journal of Development Studies, 56 (10), pp. 1947-1963, DOI:10.1080/00220388.2020.1725485.
- underwood d, Sun S and Welters R (2020) The effectiveness of plain packaging in discouraging tobacco consumption in Australia. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, pp. 1273-1284, DOI:10.1038/s41562-020-00940-6.
- Vo D, Sun S and Phan C (2020) Does export destination affect firm productivity? Evidence from small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Vietnamese manufacturing sector. Global Economic Review, 49 (1), pp. 23-42, DOI:10.1080/1226508X.2020.1726197.
- Anwar S and Sun S (2019) Firm heterogeneity and FDI-related productivity spillovers: a theoretical investigation. Journal Of International Trade & Economic Development, 28 (1), pp. 1-10, DOI:10.1080/09638199.2018.1482947.
- Nguyen D, Sun S and Beg A (2019) How does FDI affect domestic firms’ wages? Theory and evidence from Vietnam. Applied Economics, 51 (49), pp. 5311-5327, DOI:10.1080/00036846.2019.1610717.
- Phan C, Sun S, Zhou Z and Beg R (2019) Does microcredit increase household food consumption? A study of rural Vietnam. Journal of Asian Economics, 62, pp. 39-51, DOI:10.1016/j.asieco.2019.04.003.
- Phan T, Sun S and Vo D (2019) How does financial development interact with economic growth in five ASEAN countries. Singapore Economic Review, 64 (3), pp. 441-460, DOI:10.1142/S0217590816500120.
- Sun S and Anwar S (2019) R&D activities and FDI in China's iron ore mining industry. Economic Analysis and Policy, 62, pp. 47-56, DOI:10.1016/j.eap.2019.01.003.
- Anwar S and Sun S (2018) Foreign direct investment and export quality upgrading in China's manufacturing sector. International Review of Economics & Finance, 54, pp. 289-298, DOI:10.1016/j.iref.2017.09.009.
- More
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 55+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Sizhong Sun from 2003 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) - Australia-China Council
Asian Market Forum - China Update
- Indicative Funding
- $20,000 over 1 year
- Summary
- The AusAsia Business Research Group of JCU will hold a market forum to update the latest economic development in China to interested parties in North Queensland in 2017-2018 in Townsville
- Investigators
- Zhang-Yue Zhou and Sizhong Sun (College of Business and Law & Governance)
- Keywords
- china update; Asian market forum
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia - Microdata Research
Product Innovation, FDI and Export Participation: Micro-evidence from China
- Indicative Funding
- $11,541 over 1 year
- Summary
- This project intends to explore the inter-relationship between the presence of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic firms' product innovation and export participation. Using firm level dataset from China's manufacturing industries, the project seeks to answer the following questions: Does the presence of DI promote domestic firms' product innovation behaviour? If yes, to what extent? (2) Whether/to what extend does the FDI presence affect domestic firms' exporting participation? (3) Is it more likely for a firm with product innovation to participate in exporting? If yes, to what extent?
- Investigators
- Sizhong Sun (College of Business and Law & Governance)
- Keywords
- product innovation; FDI; Export; China; Foreign Direct Investment
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- Labour market friction and firm capital structure: The case of Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- The Impact of FDI Entry on Innovation of Small Medium Sized Enterprises in Emerging Countries: Evidence from Vietnam (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Financial Constraints and Firm Innovations: The Case of Chinese Manufacturing Sector (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Completed
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- The impacts of microcredit on rural Vietnamese households (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Modelling and forecasting financial asset return and volatility spillovers: theory and applications (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- The application of prediction markets to project prioritization in the not-for-profit sector (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- The determinants of Chinese Muslims' consumption of halal products: implictions for Malaysia's halal export to China (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Foreign direct investment and the labour market in Vietnam's services sector (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
Note: Map points are indicative of the countries or states that institutions are associated with.- 5+ collaborations
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- 2 collaborations
- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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- Location
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- 27.219, Law, Business And Creative Arts (Townsville campus)
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