Loretta Fung
Professor Department of Economics National Tsing Hua University
Address: 101, Sec 2, Kuang Fu Rd., Hsinchu Taiwan 30013
Tel: +886-3-516-2165
Fax: +886-3-562-9805
E-mail: phfung@mx.nthu.edu.tw or lorettafung17@gmail.com
Education:
B.A. (National Taiwan University, 1995)
Ph.D (University of California, Davis, 2002)
Experience:
Professor of Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, August 2019 to Present
Associate Professor of Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, August 2012-July 2019
Assistant Professor of Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, August 2009-July 2012
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Alberta, Canada, July 2002-June 2009
Journal Editorship:
Associate Editor, Economic Modelling, August 2019-Present
Associate Editor, Bulletin of Economic Research, August 2015 - Present.
Editorial Board, Academia Economic Papers, September 2021 - Present
Editorial Board, Taiwan Economic Forecast and Policy, September 2019-August 2021.
Research Interests:
Micro Responses to Exchange Rate Movements
International Trade and Investment
Productivity Analysis
Economic Development
Selected Publications:
Baggs, Jen, Loretta Fung and Beverly Lapham (2022). “An Empirical Exploration of the Effect of Covid-19 Travel Restrictions on Cross Border Travel and Canadian Retailers.” Canadian Public Policy, 48(1): 162-185.
Baggs, Jen, Loretta Fung and Beverly Lapham (2018). “Exchange Rates, Cross-Border Travel, and Retailers: Theory and Empirics.” Journal of International Economics 115: 59-79.
Baggs, Jen, Eugene Beaulieu, Loretta Fung and Beverly Lapham (2016). "Firm Dynamics in Retail Trade: The Response of Canadian Retailers to Exchange Rate Shocks," Review of International Economics, 24(3): 635–666.
Tomlin, Ben and Loretta Fung (2015). "Exchange Rate Movements and Productivity Distribution" Review of International Economics, 23(4): 782-809.
Fung, Loretta, Jin-Tan Liu and Deborah Swenson (2014). “Multinational Location Decision and Imported Inputs.” Japanese Economic Review, 65(2): 218-237.
Baggs, Jen, Eugene Beaulieu and Loretta Fung (2014). “Persistent Effects of Transitory Exchange Rate Shocks on Firm Dynamics.” Contemporary Economic Policy, 32(2): 334-350.
Fung, Loretta, Jin-Tan Liu and Fa-Min Wang (2013). “Are FDI in China and Parent Firm Exports Substitutes or Complements? An Empirical Study of Taiwanese Manufacturing Firms.” Taiwan Economic Review, 41(2): 167–194.
Fung, Loretta, Jen Baggs and Eugene Beaulieu (2011). “Plant Scale and Exchange-Rate-Induced Productivity Growth.” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 20(4): 1197-1230.
Baggs, Jen, Eugene Beaulieu and Loretta Fung (2010). “Are Service Firms Affected by Exchange Rate Movements?” Review of Income and Wealth 56 (Special Issue 1), S156–76.
Baggs, Jen, Eugene Beaulieu and Loretta Fung (2009). “Firm Survival, Performance, and the Exchange Rate,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(2): 393-421.
Fung, Loretta and Jin-Tan Liu (2009). “The Impact of Real Exchange Rate Movements on Firm Performance: A Case Study of Taiwanese Manufacturing Firms,” Japan and the World Economy 21(1): 85-96.
Fung, Loretta (2008). “Large Real Exchange Rate Movements, Firm Dynamics, and Productivity Growth,” Canadian Journal of Economics 41(2): 391-424.
