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Dr Shane Zhang

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

Research Interests

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

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Zhang, Yahua (2009),"Airline consolidation and its market power implication on China Eastern's business routes: a simple difference-in-differences analysis", in S. Sun, H. Liu and Z.Zhou (Eds), 30 Years of Economic Reforms in China:Retrospect and Outlook, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of The Association for Chinese Economic Studies Australia (ACESA), available at http://www.jcu.edu.au/business/idc/groups/public/documents/conference_paper/jcuprd_048370.pdf

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, forthcoming, DOI 10.1007/s11151-009-9215-2.

Zhang, Yahua and David.K. Round (2009),"The Effects of China's Airline Mergers on Prices", Journal of Air Transport Management, forthcoming, DOI:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2009.04.005

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, DOI:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.03.001.

Conference paper
Findlay, Christopher and Yahua Zhang (2008), "Service sector reform: the case of air transport", The Future of Economic Integration in Asia Conference, co-organized by Thammasat University and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), 20-21 November, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand. Available at http://www.jbic.go.jp/en/about/topics/2009/0421-01/3-1-0%20Service_Findlay.pdf

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ECO 1000

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 4 years
Other : 8 years