Assistant University

CURRICULUM VITAE

Bill Z. Yang

School of Economic Development

Tel: (912) 478 - 5727 (with voice mail)

P.O. Box 8152 Fax: (912) 478 - 0710

Georgia Southern University E-mail: aboutl@r.postjobfree.com

Statesboro, GA 30460-8152 Web Page http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~billyang

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EDUCATION

Degree Field Institution Year

Ph.D. Economics The University of Iowa 1993

M.A. Economics Queen's University 1987

B.Sc. Math/Stat. The University of Wuhan 1982

AWARDS AND GRANTS College of Business Adminstration Faculty Award for Outstanding

Research, Georgia Southern University, 2011

William A. Freeman Professor of the Year, COBA, Georgia Southern University, 2010

Summer Research Grants, School of Economic Development, COBA, Georgia Southern

University, 2010, 2011

The T.J. Morris Faculty Award for Outstanding Research, COBA, Georgia Southern

University, 2003

Faculty Development & Research Committee's Small Grant, Minot State Univerity, 1999 -

2000

College Research Grant, Arts and Sciences, Minot State University, 1999 - 2000Establishment Research Grant, The Flinders University of South Australia, 1995 - 1996

Certificate for Outstanding Academic Achievement (GPA = 4.0), The University of Iowa,

1993

Paul Olson Award for the best second-year paper, Economics, The University of Iowa, 1990

Ponder Fellowship, Economics, The University of Iowa, 1989

APPOINTMENTS Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2011.8 - present

Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2005.8 - 2011.7

Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2000.8 - 2005.7

Assistant Professor, Minot State University, 1997.8 - 2000.7

Visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa, 1996.8 - 1997.7 (On leave from the

Flinders

)

Assistant Professor, The Flinders University of South Australia, 1993.3 - 1997.6

Instructor, South Central University of Business and Economics, 1982.1 1985.12

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Business Economics

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Intermediate Microeconomics

Advanced Microeconomic Theory (Honors and Graduate levels)

Managerial Economics (MBA and Undergraduate levels)

Industrial Organization (Undergraduate and Graduate levels)

Economics of American Industries

Money and Banking

Advanced Financial Economics (Graduate Level, MSAE program)

International Economics (Trade and Finance)

Public Finance

Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

Business Statistics

Quantitative Methods

Introductary Econometrics

Behavioral Economics/Finance (an one credit seminar course)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Co-Editor (Finance), Journal of Economics and Finance Education (2009 - present)

Member of

Academy of Economics and Finance, Southern Economic Association, Canadian Economic

Assocation, Midwest Economic Association

Referee for

Rand Journal of Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization

Review of International Economics, Journal of International Economics

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management

Strategy, Journal of Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Economics

Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Economic and Finance Education

Australian Economic Papers, Economic Record, Harper Educational Publisher, Oxford

University Press, South-Western Thomas Learnin, Worth Publisher

Papers presented at

International Conference of E-Business, Manaagement and Economics, HongKong

International Atlantic Economic Society Annual Conference, Charleston, SC

Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL

Midwest Economic Association Meeting, St. Louis, MO

Southern Economic Association Meeting, Tampa, FL

North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, San Francisco

Annual Conferences of Teaching Economics, Pittsburgh, PA

Australian Meeting of Econometric Society, Sydney, Australia

Conferences of Industrial Economics, Melbourne and Canberra, Australia

Conference of Economic Theory, Tasmania, Australia

Conference of Economists, Adelaide, Australia

Midwest Mathematical/International Economic Meetings, Northwestern and IUPUI

Seminars at ANU, Melbourne, Auckland, Iowa, and Minnesota

Professional Service

Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, School of Econ Development, 2007-2008

Chair, Personnel Committee, School of Econ Development, 2007-2008

Chair, Search Committee, School of Econ Development, 2006-2007

Graduate Committee, Georgia Southern University (2006 - 2008)

Graduate Committee, COBA, Georgia Southern University (2006 - 2008)

Undergraduate curriculum Committee, COBA, Georgia Southern University (2003 - 2005)

Faculty Senate, Chair of Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University (2004

- 2005)

Faculty Senate, Minot State University, (1999 - 2000)

Judge for NCEE (National Council of Economic Education) Teaching Economics Award -

Midwest Region (1999)

Local Economic/Business Analysis: South Australian Economic Bulletin, Domestic Demand

(1995 - 1996)

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