Research

Published Papers

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. Mentioned in Globe and Mail Blog

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.

Selected Working Papers

Fung, Loretta, Douwere Grekou and Huju Liu (2019). “The Impact of Immigrant Business Ownership on International Trade” Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, no. 426. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11F0019M. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Fung, Loretta, Yao Amber Li and Jin-Tan Liu (2017). "Multinational R&D, Import Intensity, and Price"

Fung, Loretta, Runjuan Liu, and Qiling Mao (2016). “Exchange Rate, Product Ladder, and Export Activity of Chinese Multi-Product Firms”

Selected Research in Progress

Fung, Loretta and Nicolas Schmitt. “Intermediation and Imports in Canada”

Baggs, Jen, Loretta Fung, and Beverly Lapham. “A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Travel between Canada and the United States”