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Brief Bio James Ang is Senior Lecturer of the Department of Economics at Monash University. He joined the department in 2007 after completing his PhD from the Australian National University. He is also Research Associate of Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the ANU and Member of Development Research Unit (DRU) at Monash University. His main areas of research interest are growth and development, with a focus on the roles of R&D and financial liberalization. His teaching interests include macroeconomics and international economics. He has recently received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher and an ARC-DP grant to study macroeconomic volatility and financial openness.
Contact Details Department of Economics, Monash University, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, Vic 3145, Australia.

  James.Ang@buseco.monash.edu.au

Recent Research Papers
  • "Second Generation Innovation-based Growth Models and the British Industrial Revolution", with J Madsen & R Banerjee.
  • "Endogenous Growth Accounting", with J Madsen.
  • "Growth Volatility and Financial Liberalization" Invited to revise and resubmit at Journal of International Money and Finance.
  • "Technology Transfer, Research Intensity and Human Capital", with J Madsen & R Islam. Invited to revise and resubmit at Canadian Journal of Economics.
  • "Do Financial Sector Policies Help Generate Innovative Activity in Developing Countries?" Invited to revise and resubmit at Journal of Productivity Analysis.
  • "The Indian Growth Miracle and Endogenous Growth", with J Madsen & S Saxena. Forthcoming in Journal of Development Economics. [download]
  • "Research, Technological Change and Financial Liberalization in South Korea" Forthcoming in Journal of Macroeconomics.
  • "Determinants of Private Investment in Malaysia: What Causes the Post-Crisis Slumps?" Forthcoming in Contemporary Economic Policy. [download]
  • "Household Saving Behaviour in An Extended Life Cycle Model: A Comparative Study of China and India." Forthcoming in Journal of Development Studies. [download]
  • "Finance and Inequality: The Case of India." Forthcoming in Southern Economic Journal. [download]
  • "CO2 Emissions, Research and Technology Transfer in China" Ecological Economics. 68(10), pp. 2658-2665, 2009. [download]
  • "Private Investment and Financial Sector Policies in India and Malaysia." World Development. 37(7), pp. 1261-1273, 2009. [download]
  • "Financial Liberalization, Financial Sector Development and Growth: Evidence from Malaysia." Journal of Development Economics 84(1), pp. 215-233, 2007, with W McKibbin. [download]

    For more details of his publications, see James Ang at IDEAS.

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