Runjuan Liu, PhD

About

Runjuan Liu is Professor of Business Economics in the Alberta School of Business and Adjunct Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta, Canada. Professor Liu studies the interaction between international trade, economic development, and labor market outcomes, with a focus on understanding the critical impacts of globalization on firms and workers. Her research has been funded by Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Chinese Ministry of Education Project of Social Science, and Worldwide Universities Network. Her research has been published in top-tier journals such as Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Economic Geography, and Canadian Journal of Economics, among others. Professor Liu received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Toronto, her M.A. in Economics from Peking University, and her B.A. from Nankai University.

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Research

Research Interests

International Economics; Economic Development; Labor Economics; International Business

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Teaching

Teaching Interests

International Business; Business Economics

BUEC 342 - Introduction to International Business

Provides students with an introduction to the tools they will require to succeed in the increasingly international business world. Serves as a basis for other more advanced courses in International Business. Topics covered could include Country Differences, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Regional Economic Integration, The Foreign Exchange Market and International Business Strategy and Operations. Prerequisites: ECON 101 and ECON 102. Students may receive credit for only one of BUEC 342 or ADMI 342.

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BUEC 820 - Business Economics

Outlining the main schools of economic theory, macroeconomic tools and the effects of macroeconomic policy on business performance; reviewing decision-making processes of individual firms, as well as consumer behavior, price theory, marginal analysis, and forms of competition. Restricted to Executive MBA students only.

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Browse more courses taught by Runjuan Liu

Ujjayant Chakravorty, Runjuan Liu, Ruotao Tang, and Long Zhao

World Economy. 2023 November; forthcoming

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Runjuan Liu and Daniel Trefler

Journal of International Economics, 118: 105-122. 2019 January;

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Qin Han, Jennifer Jennings, Runjuan Liu, and Dev Jennings

Journal of International Business Studies, 50: 857–872. 2019 January;

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Rasmus Fatum, Runjuan Liu, Jiadong Tong, and Jiayun Xu

Journal of International Economics, 115: 16-29. 2018 January;

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Runjuan Liu, Barry Scholnick, and Adam Finn

Journal of Economic Geography, 17(3): 661-684. 2017 January;

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Jun Han, Runjuan Liu, Beyza Ural Marchand, and Junsen Zhang

Journal of International Economics, 100: 220-232.. 2016 January;

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Runjuan Liu and Carlos Rosell

Journal of International Economics, 91(2): 220-234.. 2013 January;

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Gordon Houlden, Ron Maclntosh, Jia Wang, Runjuan Liu, and Yu Bao

China Institute Policy Paper, University of Alberta. 2012 January;

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Jun Han, Runjuan Liu, and Junsen Zhang

Journal of International Economics, 87(2): 288-297.. 2012 January;

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Runjuan Liu, Dorothee Feils, and Barry Scholnick

Journal of International Business Studies, 42(4): 558-571.. 2011 January;

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Runjuan Liu

Canadian Journal of Economics, 43(2): 440-466.. 2010 January;