Official Title: Assistant Professor

Faculty: 商學及法律學院

電郵: florence.lei@usj.edu.mo


Short Bio

Dr. Weng Chi (Florence) Lei 李頴芝博士 has joined the USJ faculty since 2013. She served as the Programme Coordinator for Bachelor of Government Studies from 2017 to 2019 and the Programme Coordinator for Master of Government Studies from 2019 to 2023. Dr. Lei teaches various topics of Economics to undergraduate and graduate students. She also supervises master and doctoral dissertations in multiple disciplines, including Business Administration, Community Development, and Government Studies.

Academic Qualifications: Ph.D. in Economics, M.A. in Economics, B.S. (honor and distinction in Economics, minor in Statistics), University of Washington, Seattle

Professional Affiliations: Hong Kong Economic Association | American Economic Association | Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society of Economics | ICEME Technical Committee | MSIE Technical Committee

Fellowships/Awards/Honors: Rector's Prize, Rector's Commendation for Teaching and Service, University of Saint Joseph, Macao, 2021 | James K. Hall Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, 2007 | Outstanding Paper Award, Department of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2006

Research Grant: Economic Integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: An Assessment Study (2021-2023). Higher Education Fund of the Macao SAR Government 澳門特别行政區政府高等教育基金 (Project number 項目編號: HSS-USJ-2021-02).

Research Interests:

  1. International Economics: F1 Trade (F12 Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies • Fragmentation, F15 Economic Integration, F18 Trade and Environment); F2 International Factor Movements and International Business (F23 Multinational Firms • International Business); F3 International Finance (F36 Financial Aspects of Economic Integration); F4 Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance (F47 Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications); F6 Economic Impacts of Globalization (F66 Labor)

  2. Industrial Organization: L1 Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance (L11 Production, Pricing, and Market Structure • Size Distribution of Firms, L13 Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets); L6 Industry Studies: Manufacturing (L62 Automobiles • Other Transportation Equipment • Related Parts and Equipment); L8 Industry Studies: Services (L83 Sports • Gambling • Restaurants • Recreation • Tourism); L9 Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities (L93 Air Transportation)

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Publications

(For the complete list of publications, see:  ORCID, Scopus, RePEc, Google Scholar, RG, USJ.)

Selected Journal Articles

  1. Lei, W. C. & An, B. (forthcoming). Impact of Education on Green Fintech Adoption: Evidence from the New Sub-Center of Beijing. Journal of Global Business Research and Practice.

  2. 王心如 & 李頴芝. (2024). 基于价格检验的粤港澳大湾区经济一体化实验研究 [Empirical Study on the Economic Integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Based on Price Assessment]. 产业创新研究, 2024(19), 16-20.

  3. Toshevska-Trpchevska, K., Lei, W. C. (Florence), & Stojkoski, V. (2024). Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in Western Balkans Countries. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 20(13), 46-60. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2024.v20n13p46

  4. Lei, W. C. & Wang X. (2024). Impacts of Central Bank Digital Currency on Regional Economic Integration: Evidence from the Greater Bay Area of China. The Chinese Economy, 57(5), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2024.2333124

  5. Lei, W. C. & Lampo, A. (2024). Fintech Adoption: A Study of Users in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (China). The INTI Journal, 2024(02), 1-6.

  6. Negreiros, J., & Lei, W. (2019). Web 2.0 Tool Recommendations for TeachersInternational Journal of Innovation and Research in Educational Sciences, 6(4), 513-525.

Selected Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters

  1. Lei, W. C., Toshevska-Trpchevska, K., & Stojkoski, V. (forthcoming). Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in ASEAN Countries. In Economics and Finance Readings: Selected Papers Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, 2024. Springer Nature. (Scopus)

  2. Lei, W. C. (2024). Post-Covid-19 Gender Inequality in Global Employment: a Difference-In-Difference Analysis. In Proceedings of the 2024 SSEME workshop on Social Sciences and Education (SSEME-SSE 2024). (pp. 117-123). Atlantis Press. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-289-7_14 (CNKI, CNKI Scholar, Google Scholar)

  3. Lei, W. C., & Wang, X. (2023, June). Digital Renminbi: Impacts on Economic Integration of the Greater Bay Area. In Economics and Finance Readings: Selected Papers from Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, 2022 (p. 1-14). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1979-6_1 (Scopus)

  4. Lei, W. C., & Wang, X. R. (2022). Economic Integration in the GBA: a Price-Based Assessment of Real and Financial Integration in the Greater Bay Area. In The 2022 13th International Conference on E-business, Management and Economics (ICEME 2022) Proceedings. (pp. 198-203). https://doi.org/10.1145/3556089.3556112 (EI, Scopus)

  5. Lei, W. C. (2020, May). The Road to Service Export Diversification: Gambling and Convention in Macao. In Economics and Finance Readings: Selected Papers from Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, 2019 (p. 51-71). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2906-1_4 (Google Scholar)

  6. Lei, W. C. (2018). Three Essays on Foreign Trade, Offshoring and International Rivalry. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. (Google Scholar)

Dissertation Supervision

  1. Chau, M. (forthcoming). Short-Term Forecasting of Macau’s Gross Gaming Revenue Using Multivariate Econometric and Machine Learning Approaches [DBA dissertation, University of Saint Joseph].

(For master dissertation supervision, see: https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=an:%2282683%22.)


Modules

Year 1 Doctorate
Year 1 Master
MGS105
3 credits
Year 1 Bachelor
LIS204
3 credits
LIS205
3 credits
Year 2 Bachelor
LBA208
3 credits
Year 3 Bachelor
Year 4 Bachelor
Year 1
PGS020
3 credits