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Dr Shane Zhang

Name :	Dr Shane Zhang
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Economics)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	L322
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2640
Extension :	2640
E-mail :
Qualifications :	PhD UniSA

Professional Memberships

Shane Yahua Zhang is a member of the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS).

Research Interests

The economics of transport, tourism and aviation, the economics of regulation, competition and market structures, and the behaviour of markets and the participants.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Zhang, Yahua (2013), "Low cost carrier in China and its contribution to traffic flow", Journal of China Tourism Research, forthcoming.

Zhang, Yahua (2012), "Are Chinese passengers willing to pay more for better air services?" Journal of Air Transport Management, 25, 5-7.

Zhang, Yahua (2012) “A retrospective analysis of the effects airline mergers on China Eastern’s ‘lifeline’ routes: a difference-in-differences approach”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 17(3), 464-475.

Zhang, Yahua and David K. Round (2012),"Competition policy and its relevance to SMEs", Frontiers of Law in China, 7(1), 21-38.

Zhang, Yahua (2011),"The Shanghai–Beijing 'Air Express' Service Model and its Impact on the Pricing Behaviour of Airlines", Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research,16(4), 433-443.

Zhang, Yahua and David K. Round (2011), "Price wars and price collusion in China's airline markets", International Journal of Industrial Organisation, 29(4), 361-372.

Zhang, Yahua and Findlay, Christopher (2011) Quantifying the impacts of structural reforms on air traffic flows in APEC economies. In: Findlay, Christopher, (ed.) The impacts and benefits of structural reforms in transport, energy and telecommunications sectors. APEC Policy Support Unit.

Zhang, Yahua and Christopher Findlay (2010), "Air transport liberalisation', in E. Ghani(ed), The service revolution in South Asia, Oxford University Press.

Zhang, Yahua and David. K. Round (2009), "Policy Implications of the Effects of Concentration and Multimarket Contact in China's Airline Market", Review of Industrial Organisation,34(4), 307-326.

Zhang, Yahua and David.K. Round (2009),"The Effects of China's Airline Mergers on Prices", Journal of Air Transport Management, 15(6),315-323.

Zhang, Yahua and David.K. Round (2008), "China's Airline Deregulation since 1997 and the Driving Forces behind the 2002 Airline Consolidations". Journal of Air Transport Management, 14(3), 130-142.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ECO 1000 Economics
ECO 2001 Microeconomics for Business and Government
ECO 2000 Macroeconomics for Business and Government

Previously taught
Personnel Economics
Statistics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 5 years
Other : 8 years