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Zhirong Ou
BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA
Cyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau Israddedig, Darllenydd mewn Economeg
- OuZ@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75190
- Adeilad Aberconwy, Ystafell B14, Rhodfa Colum, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwyg
Fi yw Cyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau Israddedigion yr Ysgol Fusnes ac rwy'n Ddarllenydd mewn Economeg.
Rwy'n macroeconomegydd cymwys. Mae fy ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar gymhwyso modelau ecwilibriwm cyffredinol stocastig deinamig (DSGE) i gwestiynau polisi.
Fi yw'r Arweinydd Modiwl ar gyfer Econometreg Rhagarweiniol blwyddyn 2; ac rwy'n goruchwylio traethodau hir MSc a thraethodau ymchwil PhD.
Yn flaenorol, roeddwn yn dal swydd yr Arweinydd Academaidd ar gyfer Cyfnewid Rhyngwladol (Cyfarwyddwr Rhaglen), ac yn cadeirio Bwrdd Arholi Myfyrwyr y Gyfnewidfa ac yn cyd-gadeirio'r Bwrdd Arholi Blwyddyn Rhyng-golegol rhwng 2019 a 2022.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Liu, C., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2024. Can Modern Monetary Theory fit the post-Crisis US facts? Evidence from a full DSGE model. International Journal of Finance and Economics (10.1002/ijfe.2955)
2022
- Minford, P., Ou, Z., Wickens, M. and Zhu, Z. 2022. The eurozone: what is to be done to maintain macro and financial stability?. Journal of Financial Stability 63, article number: 101064. (10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101064)
- Ou, Z. 2022. China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy. The Conversation 2022, article number: 23 August.
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2022. Revisiting the determinants of house prices in China's megacities: cross-sectional heterogeneity, interdependencies and spillovers. Manchester School 90(3), pp. 255-277. (10.1111/manc.12397)
- Minford, P., Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2022. Is there consumer risk-pooling in the open economy? The evidence reconsidered. Open Economies Review 33, pp. 109-120. (10.1007/s11079-021-09622-w)
2021
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2021. What determines China's housing price dynamics? New evidence from a DSGE-VAR. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26(3), pp. 3269-3305. (10.1002/ijfe.1962)
- Minford, A., Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2021. Can a small New Keynesian model of the world economy with risk-pooling match the facts?. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26(2), pp. 1993-2021. (10.1002/ijfe.1890)
- Cao, Z. and Ou, Z. 2021. On potential debt monetisation for China’s post-Covid recovery: what can we learn from the past?. Economic Issues 26(2), pp. 39-56.
2020
- Gai, Y., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2020. Is housing collateral important to the business cycle? Evidence from China. Journal of International Money and Finance 109, article number: 102216. (10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102216)
- Ou, Z., Zeng, F. and Zhan, X. 2020. Does public spending structure affect the efficiency of spending? Evidence from a panel tobit model for Chinese provinces. International Journal of Management,Economics and Social Scienes 9(3), pp. 206-223. (10.32327/IJMESS/9.3.2020.11)
2019
- Haider, J., Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2019. Predicting corporate failure for listed shipping companies. Maritime Economics & Logistics 21(3), pp. 415-438. (10.1057/s41278-018-0101-4)
2016
- Fan, J., Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2016. The role of fiscal policy in Britain's Great Inflation. Economic Modelling 58, pp. 203-218. (10.1016/j.econmod.2016.05.027)
2015
- Minford, A. P. L., Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2015. Revisiting the Great Moderation: policy or luck?. Open Economies Review 26(2), pp. 197-223. (10.1007/s11079-014-9319-7)
- Haider, J., Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2015. Analysing risk in ship finance. Presented at: International Symposium on Logistics 2015, Bologna, Italy, 7 - 8 July 2015.
- Haider, J., Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. J. 2015. Predicting corporate failure for shipping companies. Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 24 - 26 August 2015.
2013
- Fan, J., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2013. The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level: identification and testing for the UK in the 1970s. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P., Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2013. Revisiting the Great Moderation using the method of Indirect Inference. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Le, V. P. M., Meenagh, D., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2013. What causes banking crises? An empirical investigation for the world economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2013. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed's behavior since 1982. Economic Modelling 32, pp. 113-123. (10.1016/j.econmod.2013.01.029)
- Le, V. P. M., Meenagh, D., Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2013. What causes banking crises? an empirical investigation for the world economy. Open Economies Review 24(4), pp. 581-611. (10.1007/s11079-013-9274-8)
2011
- Ou, Z. 2011. US post-war monetary policy and the Great Moderation: was the Fed doing a good job?. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2010
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. US post-war monetary policy: What caused the Great Moderation?. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed’s behaviour since 1982. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Articles
- Liu, C., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2024. Can Modern Monetary Theory fit the post-Crisis US facts? Evidence from a full DSGE model. International Journal of Finance and Economics (10.1002/ijfe.2955)
- Minford, P., Ou, Z., Wickens, M. and Zhu, Z. 2022. The eurozone: what is to be done to maintain macro and financial stability?. Journal of Financial Stability 63, article number: 101064. (10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101064)
- Ou, Z. 2022. China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy. The Conversation 2022, article number: 23 August.
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2022. Revisiting the determinants of house prices in China's megacities: cross-sectional heterogeneity, interdependencies and spillovers. Manchester School 90(3), pp. 255-277. (10.1111/manc.12397)
- Minford, P., Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2022. Is there consumer risk-pooling in the open economy? The evidence reconsidered. Open Economies Review 33, pp. 109-120. (10.1007/s11079-021-09622-w)
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2021. What determines China's housing price dynamics? New evidence from a DSGE-VAR. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26(3), pp. 3269-3305. (10.1002/ijfe.1962)
- Minford, A., Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2021. Can a small New Keynesian model of the world economy with risk-pooling match the facts?. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26(2), pp. 1993-2021. (10.1002/ijfe.1890)
- Cao, Z. and Ou, Z. 2021. On potential debt monetisation for China’s post-Covid recovery: what can we learn from the past?. Economic Issues 26(2), pp. 39-56.
- Gai, Y., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2020. Is housing collateral important to the business cycle? Evidence from China. Journal of International Money and Finance 109, article number: 102216. (10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102216)
- Ou, Z., Zeng, F. and Zhan, X. 2020. Does public spending structure affect the efficiency of spending? Evidence from a panel tobit model for Chinese provinces. International Journal of Management,Economics and Social Scienes 9(3), pp. 206-223. (10.32327/IJMESS/9.3.2020.11)
- Haider, J., Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2019. Predicting corporate failure for listed shipping companies. Maritime Economics & Logistics 21(3), pp. 415-438. (10.1057/s41278-018-0101-4)
- Fan, J., Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2016. The role of fiscal policy in Britain's Great Inflation. Economic Modelling 58, pp. 203-218. (10.1016/j.econmod.2016.05.027)
- Minford, A. P. L., Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2015. Revisiting the Great Moderation: policy or luck?. Open Economies Review 26(2), pp. 197-223. (10.1007/s11079-014-9319-7)
- Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2013. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed's behavior since 1982. Economic Modelling 32, pp. 113-123. (10.1016/j.econmod.2013.01.029)
- Le, V. P. M., Meenagh, D., Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2013. What causes banking crises? an empirical investigation for the world economy. Open Economies Review 24(4), pp. 581-611. (10.1007/s11079-013-9274-8)
Conferences
- Haider, J., Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2015. Analysing risk in ship finance. Presented at: International Symposium on Logistics 2015, Bologna, Italy, 7 - 8 July 2015.
- Haider, J., Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. J. 2015. Predicting corporate failure for shipping companies. Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 24 - 26 August 2015.
Monographs
- Fan, J., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2013. The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level: identification and testing for the UK in the 1970s. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P., Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2013. Revisiting the Great Moderation using the method of Indirect Inference. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Le, V. P. M., Meenagh, D., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2013. What causes banking crises? An empirical investigation for the world economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. US post-war monetary policy: What caused the Great Moderation?. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed’s behaviour since 1982. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Thesis
- Ou, Z. 2011. US post-war monetary policy and the Great Moderation: was the Fed doing a good job?. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2021. What determines China's housing price dynamics? New evidence from a DSGE-VAR. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26(3), pp. 3269-3305. (10.1002/ijfe.1962)
- Minford, A., Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2021. Can a small New Keynesian model of the world economy with risk-pooling match the facts?. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26(2), pp. 1993-2021. (10.1002/ijfe.1890)
- Gai, Y., Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2020. Is housing collateral important to the business cycle? Evidence from China. Journal of International Money and Finance 109, article number: 102216. (10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102216)
Ymchwil
Research interests
- Monetary Economics
- Estimation and testing of DSGE models
- Other fields in Applied Macroeconomics
PhD supervision research interests
- Estimation and testing of DSGE models
- Monetary economics
- Other fields in applied macroeconomics
Addysgu
Econometreg Rhagarweiniol (Blwyddyn 2, Arweinydd Modiwl)
Bywgraffiad
I have been employed by the University since 2011, after I graduated from Cardiff University (PhD in Applied Macroeconomics, 2011; MSc in International Economics, Banking & Finance (with Distinction), 2006).
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
- DSGE modelling
- Monetary economics and related fields in applied macroeconomics
- The Chinese economy (Business cycle; house prices)
