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Zhirong Ou
BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA
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Timau a rolau for Zhirong Ou
Cyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau Israddedig, Darllenydd mewn Economeg
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Rwy'n Gyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau Israddedig yr Ysgol Fusnes ac yn Ddarllenydd mewn Economeg.
Rwy'n macroeconomegydd cymhwysol. Mae fy ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar gymhwyso modelau cydbwysedd cyffredinol stocastig deinamig (DSGE) i gwestiynau polisi.
Rwy'n addysgu Econometreg Rhagarweiniol Blwyddyn 2, ac yn goruchwylio traethawd ymchwil MSc a thraethodau ymchwil PhD.
Yn flaenorol, roeddwn i'n dal swydd yr Arweinydd Academaidd ar gyfer Cyfnewid Rhyngwladol (Cyfarwyddwr Rhaglen), a chadeiriais y Bwrdd Arholi Myfyrwyr Cyfnewid a chyd-gadeirio'r Bwrdd Arholi Blwyddyn Rhyng-gadeiriol rhwng 2019 a 2022.
Rwyf hefyd yn gwasanaethu fel Arholwr Allanol ar gyfer y Coleg Imperial a Phrifysgol Efrog.
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Minford, P. , Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2025. Testing for consumer risk-pooling in the open economy - further results. Open Economies Review 36 , pp.901-920. (10.1007/s11079-024-09782-5)
- Liu, C. , Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2025. Can Modern Monetary Theory fit the post-Crisis US facts? Evidence from a full DSGE model. International Journal of Finance and Economics 30 (1), pp.983-1006. (10.1002/ijfe.2955)
2024
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2024. Has fiscal expansion inflated house prices in China? Evidence from an estimated DSGE model. International Review of Economics and Finance 96 (Part A) 103541. (10.1016/j.iref.2024.103541)
2022
- Minford, P. et al. 2022. The eurozone: what is to be done to maintain macro and financial stability?. Journal of Financial Stability 63 101064. (10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101064)
- Ou, Z. 2022. China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy. [Online].The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/china-property-crisis-why-the-housing-market-is-collapsing-and-the-risks-to-the-wider-economy-189082.
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2022. Revisiting the determinants of house prices in China's megacities: cross-sectional heterogeneity, interdependencies and spillovers. Manchester School 90 (3), pp.255-277. (10.1111/manc.12397)
- Minford, P. , Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2022. Is there consumer risk-pooling in the open economy? The evidence reconsidered. Open Economies Review 33 , pp.109-120. (10.1007/s11079-021-09622-w)
2021
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2021. What determines China's housing price dynamics? New evidence from a DSGE-VAR. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26 (3), pp.3269-3305. (10.1002/ijfe.1962)
- Minford, A. , Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2021. Can a small New Keynesian model of the world economy with risk-pooling match the facts?. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26 (2), pp.1993-2021. (10.1002/ijfe.1890)
- Cao, Z. and Ou, Z. 2021. On potential debt monetisation for China’s post-Covid recovery: what can we learn from the past?. Economic Issues 26 (2), pp.39-56.
2020
- Gai, Y. , Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2020. Is housing collateral important to the business cycle? Evidence from China. Journal of International Money and Finance 109 102216. (10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102216)
- Ou, Z. , Zeng, F. and Zhan, X. 2020. Does public spending structure affect the efficiency of spending? Evidence from a panel tobit model for Chinese provinces. International Journal of Management,Economics and Social Scienes 9 (3), pp.206-223. (10.32327/IJMESS/9.3.2020.11)
2019
- Haider, J. , Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2019. Predicting corporate failure for listed shipping companies. Maritime Economics & Logistics 21 (3), pp.415-438. (10.1057/s41278-018-0101-4)
2016
- Fan, J. , Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2016. The role of fiscal policy in Britain's Great Inflation. Economic Modelling 58 , pp.203-218. (10.1016/j.econmod.2016.05.027)
2015
- Minford, A. P. L. , Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2015. Revisiting the Great Moderation: policy or luck?. Open Economies Review 26 (2), pp.197-223. (10.1007/s11079-014-9319-7)
- Haider, J. , Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2015. Analysing risk in ship finance. Presented at: International Symposium on Logistics 2015 Bologna, Italy 7 - 8 July 2015.
- Haider, J. , Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. J. 2015. Predicting corporate failure for shipping companies. Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists Conference Kuala Lumpur 24 - 26 August 2015.
2013
- Fan, J. , Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2013. The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level: identification and testing for the UK in the 1970s. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Le, V. P. M. et al. 2013. What causes banking crises? an empirical investigation for the world economy. Open Economies Review 24 (4), pp.581-611. (10.1007/s11079-013-9274-8)
- Le, V. P. M. et al., 2013. What causes banking crises? An empirical investigation for the world economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2013. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed's behavior since 1982. Economic Modelling 32 , pp.113-123. (10.1016/j.econmod.2013.01.029)
- Minford, P. , Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2013. Revisiting the Great Moderation using the method of Indirect Inference. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
2011
- Ou, Z. 2011. US post-war monetary policy and the Great Moderation: was the Fed doing a good job?. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2010
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed’s behaviour since 1982. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. US post-war monetary policy: What caused the Great Moderation?. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Cynadleddau
- Haider, J. , Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2015. Analysing risk in ship finance. Presented at: International Symposium on Logistics 2015 Bologna, Italy 7 - 8 July 2015.
- Haider, J. , Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. J. 2015. Predicting corporate failure for shipping companies. Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists Conference Kuala Lumpur 24 - 26 August 2015.
Erthyglau
- Minford, P. , Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2025. Testing for consumer risk-pooling in the open economy - further results. Open Economies Review 36 , pp.901-920. (10.1007/s11079-024-09782-5)
- Liu, C. , Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2025. Can Modern Monetary Theory fit the post-Crisis US facts? Evidence from a full DSGE model. International Journal of Finance and Economics 30 (1), pp.983-1006. (10.1002/ijfe.2955)
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2024. Has fiscal expansion inflated house prices in China? Evidence from an estimated DSGE model. International Review of Economics and Finance 96 (Part A) 103541. (10.1016/j.iref.2024.103541)
- Minford, P. et al. 2022. The eurozone: what is to be done to maintain macro and financial stability?. Journal of Financial Stability 63 101064. (10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101064)
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2022. Revisiting the determinants of house prices in China's megacities: cross-sectional heterogeneity, interdependencies and spillovers. Manchester School 90 (3), pp.255-277. (10.1111/manc.12397)
- Minford, P. , Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2022. Is there consumer risk-pooling in the open economy? The evidence reconsidered. Open Economies Review 33 , pp.109-120. (10.1007/s11079-021-09622-w)
- Liu, C. and Ou, Z. 2021. What determines China's housing price dynamics? New evidence from a DSGE-VAR. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26 (3), pp.3269-3305. (10.1002/ijfe.1962)
- Minford, A. , Ou, Z. and Zhu, Z. 2021. Can a small New Keynesian model of the world economy with risk-pooling match the facts?. International Journal of Finance and Economics 26 (2), pp.1993-2021. (10.1002/ijfe.1890)
- Cao, Z. and Ou, Z. 2021. On potential debt monetisation for China’s post-Covid recovery: what can we learn from the past?. Economic Issues 26 (2), pp.39-56.
- Gai, Y. , Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2020. Is housing collateral important to the business cycle? Evidence from China. Journal of International Money and Finance 109 102216. (10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102216)
- Ou, Z. , Zeng, F. and Zhan, X. 2020. Does public spending structure affect the efficiency of spending? Evidence from a panel tobit model for Chinese provinces. International Journal of Management,Economics and Social Scienes 9 (3), pp.206-223. (10.32327/IJMESS/9.3.2020.11)
- Haider, J. , Ou, Z. and Pettit, S. 2019. Predicting corporate failure for listed shipping companies. Maritime Economics & Logistics 21 (3), pp.415-438. (10.1057/s41278-018-0101-4)
- Fan, J. , Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2016. The role of fiscal policy in Britain's Great Inflation. Economic Modelling 58 , pp.203-218. (10.1016/j.econmod.2016.05.027)
- Minford, A. P. L. , Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2015. Revisiting the Great Moderation: policy or luck?. Open Economies Review 26 (2), pp.197-223. (10.1007/s11079-014-9319-7)
- Le, V. P. M. et al. 2013. What causes banking crises? an empirical investigation for the world economy. Open Economies Review 24 (4), pp.581-611. (10.1007/s11079-013-9274-8)
- Minford, A. P. L. and Ou, Z. 2013. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed's behavior since 1982. Economic Modelling 32 , pp.113-123. (10.1016/j.econmod.2013.01.029)
Gosodiad
- Ou, Z. 2011. US post-war monetary policy and the Great Moderation: was the Fed doing a good job?. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Gwefannau
- Ou, Z. 2022. China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy. [Online].The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/china-property-crisis-why-the-housing-market-is-collapsing-and-the-risks-to-the-wider-economy-189082.
Monograffau
- Fan, J. , Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2013. The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level: identification and testing for the UK in the 1970s. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Le, V. P. M. et al., 2013. What causes banking crises? An empirical investigation for the world economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. , Ou, Z. and Wickens, M. 2013. Revisiting the Great Moderation using the method of Indirect Inference. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. Taylor rule or optimal timeless policy? Reconsidering the Fed’s behaviour since 1982. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Minford, P. and Ou, Z. 2010. US post-war monetary policy: What caused the Great Moderation?. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Research interests
- Monetary Economics
- Estimation and testing of DSGE models
- Other fields in Applied Macroeconomics
PhD supervision research interests
- Estimation and testing of DSGE models
- Monetary economics
- Other fields in applied macroeconomics
Addysgu
Econometreg Rhagarweiniol (Blwyddyn 2)
Bywgraffiad
I have been employed by the University since 2011, after I graduated from Cardiff University (PhD in Applied Macroeconomics, 2011; MSc in International Economics, Banking & Finance (with Distinction), 2006).
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
- DSGE modelling
- Monetary economics and related fields in applied macroeconomics
- The Chinese economy (Business cycle; house prices)
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Contact Details
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+44 29208 75190
Adeilad Aberconwy, Ystafell B14, Rhodfa Colum, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
+44 29208 75190
Adeilad Aberconwy, Ystafell B14, Rhodfa Colum, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU