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Alan K.F. Siu

Associate Professor

Office:	KK 1022
Tel:	2548-9300
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BIOGRAPHY

Alan K.F. Siu is currently Associate Professor of the School of Economics and Finance, and an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics. He is Executive Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy (HIEBS) and Executive Director of the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research (HKCER). He did his undergraduate work in economics at Brandeis University, and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in 1984. His research interests are the economics of research and development, productivity growth, technical change and statistical computation. He is in charge of the "Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast" project which aims to provide the community with timely information useful for gauging the short-term fluctuations of the economy. The macro forecasts for the current quarter have been released on a quarterly basis since 1999.

PUBLICATIONS bullet

"2006 Hong Kong Economic Outlook,"
in Mitsuru Toida and Chinami Yamaji, (eds.), 2006 Economic Forecasts for Asian Industrializing Region, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, March 2006, pp.115-121.
"Bilateral Import Demand Functions: The Case for Hong Kong SAR,"
(with K.C. Fung and Hitomi Iizaka), in Mitsuru Toida and Jinichi Uemura, (eds.), FTA in East Asia: Trade Link Model (II), Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, March 2006, pp.69-94.
"FTA in Asia: Impacts of CEPA and China-ASEAN FTA on Hong Kong’s Economy,"
(with K.C. Fung and Hitomi Iizaka), in Mitsuru Toida and Jinichi Uemura, (eds.), FTA in East Asia: Trade Link Model (II), Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, March 2006, pp.95-106.
"The Giant Sucking Sound: Is China Diverting Foreign Direct Investment from Other Asian Countries?,"
(with Busakorn Chantasasawat, K.C. Fung and Hitomi Iizaka), Asian Economic Papers, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Fall, 2005, pp.122-140.
"Hard or Soft? Institutions Reforms and Infrastructure Spending as Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in China,"
(with K.C. Fung, Alicia Garcia-Herrero, and Hitomi Iizaka), Japanese Economic Review, v. 56, Issue 4, 2005.
"Counting the Cost: The Economic and Social Cost of SARS,"
(with Y.C. Richard Wong), in Malik Peiris, (eds), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, A Clinical Guide, Blackwell, October 2005.
"Hong Kong’s Import Demand Functions,"
(with Yu Chen and K.C. Fung), in Mitsuru Toida and Jinichi Uemura, (eds), FTA in East Asia: Trade Link Model (I), Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, March 2005, pp.123-152.
"Hong Kong: Economic Outlook: 2005-2006,"
Pacific Economic Outlook 2005-2006, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, 2005, pp.24-25.
"Bottlenecks in Logistics — Cross-Boundary Road-Freight Industry,"
(with Y.C. Richard Wong and Ginnie Choi), HKCER Letters, No. 83, Febuary 2005.
"The Giant Sucking Sound: Is China Diverting Foreign Direct Investment from East Asia and Latin America?,"
(with K.C. Fung and Hitomi Iizaka), HKCER Letters, No. 81, Febuary 2005.
"An Econometric Estimation of Locational Choices of Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of Hong Kong and U.S. Firms in China,"
(with K.C. Fung, Hitomi Iizaka and Chelesa Lin), in Kwan Y.K. and Yu E.S.H., (eds.), Critical Issues in Chinese Growth and Development, Conference Volume in Honor of Gregory Chow, A, 2005.
"Foreign Direct Investment to East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People’s of Republic of China Effect?,"
(with Busakorn Chantasasawat, K.C. Fung and Hitomi Iizaka), ADB Institute Research Paper, 66, June 2005.
"Integrating the Two Asian Economic Giants: Japanese Multinational Corporations in China,"
(with K.C. Fung and Hitomi Iizaka), Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 15, 2004, pp.957-975.
"Foreign Direct Investment in a Dynamic Emerging Market: The Case of China,"
(with K.C. Fung), Emerging Capital Markets on Joint Ventures, Vol. 6, No. 4, FSR Forum, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, June 2004, pp.22-27.
"Economic Impact of SARS: The Case of Hong Kong,"
(with Y.C. Richard Wong), Asian Economic Papers, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Winter 2004, pp.62-83.
"Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese Direct Investment in China,"
(with K.C. Fung, Hitomi Iizaka, and H.K. Kim), Proceedings of the International Conference on Rising China and the East Asian Economy, Korean Institute of International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2004.