Zhigang Tao

陶志刚

Professor, School of Business

Professor, School of Economics & Finance

University of Hong Kong

Research Interests:

China business and economics

Economics of contracts and organization

Management and strategy

Working Papers:

Intermediaries, Firm Heterogeneity, and Exporting Behavior (with Jiangyong Lu and Yi Lu), January 2011.

Pure Exporter: Theory and Evidence (with Jiangyong Lu and Yi Lu), March 2011.

Property Rights Protection and Enterprise Performance: the Role of the State in Resolving Business Disputes (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), April 2010.

Government Expropriation and Firm Diversification (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), June 2011.

Vertical Integration and Firm Performance (with Yi Lu), July 2008.

Hold Your Enemies Closer: In Search of Positive Impacts of Horizontal Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Firms (with Yi Lu and Juan Ni), February 2010.

Journal Publications: 

Do institutions not matter in China? Evidence from manufacturing enterprises (with Yi Lu and Ivan Png), forthcoming, Journal of Comparative Economics.

Contracting Institutions and Vertical Integration: Evidence from China's Manufacturing Firms (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), forthcoming, Journal of Comparative Economics.

Do Domestic and Foreign Exporters Differ in Learning by Exporting? Evidence from China  (with Julan Du, Yi Lu, and Linhui Yu), forthcoming, China Economic Review.

Outsourcing, Product Quality, and Contract Enforcement (with Travis Ng and Yi LU), forthcoming, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.

Bank Loans versus Trade Credit: Evidence from China (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), forthcoming, the Economics of Transition.

Exporting Behavior of Foreign Affiliates: Theory and Evidence (with Jiangyong Lu and Yi Lu), Journal of International Economics, 81, 2010, 197-205.   

Capital or Knowhow: The Role of Foreign Multinationals in Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures (with Chong-En Bai and Jiangyong Lu), China Economic Review, 21, 2010, 629-638.

Union Effect on Performance and Employment Relation: Evidence from China (with Yi Lu and Yijiang Wang), China Economic Review, 21, 2010, 202-210.

Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities in China (with Jiangyong Lu), Journal of Business Venturing, 25, 2010, 261-273.

The Costs and Benefits of Government Control: Evidence from China's Collectively-Owned Enterprises (Jiangyong Lu and Zhi Yang), China Economic Review, 21, 2010, 282-292.

Bi-Sourcing in the Global Economy (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), Journal of International Economics, 77, 2009, 215--222.

Contract enforcement and family control of business (with Yi LU), Journal of Comparative Economics, 37, 2009, 597-609.

Excludable Public Goods: Pricing and Social Welfare Maximization (with Chongen Bai and Yi Lu), Economics Letters, 103, 2009, 72-74.

Trends and determinants of China's industrial agglomeration (with Jiangyong Lu), Journal of Urban Economics, 65, 2009, 167-180.

How does privatization work in China (with Chongen Bai and Jiangyong Lu), Journal of Comparative Economics, 37, 2009, 453--470.

Performance of Multinational Firms' Subsidiaries: Influences of Cumulative Experience (with Gerald Yong Gao, Yigang Pan, and Jiangyong Lu), Management International Review, 48, 2008, 749-768.

Economic Institutions and FDI Location Choice: Evidence from U.S. Multinationals in China (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), Journal of Comparative Economics, 36, 2008, 412-429.

Bureaucratic Integration and Regional Specialization in China (with Chongen Bai and Sarah Tong), China Economic Review, volume 19, 2008, 308-319.

FDI Location Choice: Agglomeration vs. Institutions (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), International Journal of Finance and Economics, volume 13 (issue 1), 2008, 92-107.   

Property Rights Protection and Access to Bank Loans: Evidence from Private Enterprises in China (with Chongen Bai and Jiangyong Lu), The Economics of Transition, volume 14(4), 2006, 611-628.

Why do firms conduct bi-sourcing? (with Julan Du and Yi Lu), Economics Letters, volume 92 (issue 2), August 2006, 245-249.

The Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform: Empirical Evidence from China (with Chongen Bai and Jiangyong Lu), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, volume 96, No. 2, May 2006, 353-357.

Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures (with Chongen Bai and Changqi Wu), Rand Journal of Economics, volume 35, No. 2, Summer 2004, 277-305.

Protectionism and Regional Specialization: Evidence from China's Industries (with Chongen Bai, Yingjuan Du, and Sarah Tong), Journal of International Economics, volume 63 (July 2004), issue 2, 397-417.

Hong Kong: From An Industrialized City To A Center of Manufacturing-Related Services (with YC Richard Wong), Urban Studies, 39 (2002), 2345-2358.

Export, Foreign Direct Investment, and Local Content Requirement (with Larry D. Qiu), Journal of Development Economics, 66 (2001), 101-125.

An Agency Theory of Transactions without Contract Enforcement: The Case of China, (with Tian Zhu), China Economic Review, 12 (2001), 1-14. 

A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform (with Chongen Bai, David D. Li, and Yijiang Wang), Journal of Comparative Economics, 28 (2000), 716-738.

Bargaining, Bonding, and Partial Ownership (with Sudipto Dasgupta), International Economic Review, 41 (2000), 609-635.

Agency and Self-Enforcing Contracts (with Tian Zhu), Journal of Comparative Economics, 28 (2000), 80-94.

Contract Mixing in Franchising as a Mechanism for Public Good Provision (with Chongen Bai), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 9 (2000), 85-113.

The Impact of Public Policies on Innovation and Imitation: The Role of R&D Technology in Growth Models (with Leonard K. Cheng), International Economic Review, 40 (1999), 187-207.

Foreign Direct Investment and Contract Enforcement (with Susheng Wang), Journal of Comparative Economics, 26 (1998), 761-782.

Contractual Incompleteness and the Optimality of Equity Joint Ventures (with Sudipto Dasgupta), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 37 (1998), 391-413.

Policy on International R&D Cooperation: Subsidy or Tax (with Larry D. Qiu)? European Economic Review, 42 (1998), 1727-1750.

On the Organization of Cooperative Research and Development: Theory and Evidence (with Changqi Wu), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 15 (1997), 573-596.