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Mai Le

Professor Mai Le

Teams and roles for Mai Le

Overview

Before joining Cardiff Economics Department in August 2014, Mai held lectureship positions in Economics at the University of Sheffield and Swansea University.

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Articles

Book sections

  • Le, V. P. M., Minford, A. P. L. and Nowell, E. 2011. Measuring the extent and costs of EU protectionism. In: Jovanovic, M. N. ed. International handbook on the economics of integration: factor mobility, agriculture, environment and quantitative studies., Vol. 3. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 316-342.
  • Vo Phuong, M. L., Minford, A. P. L. and Nowell, E. 2009. European economic policy: protectionism as an elite strategy. In: Gamble, A. and Lane, D. eds. The European Union and World Politics: Consensus and Division. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 217-234.

Books

Monographs

Research

Primary research interests

  • Applied Macroeconomics
  • Modelling and Testing Macroeconomic Models
  • Monetary Policy and Financial Frictions
  • International Trade

Funded Research

  • Sumitomo Foundation 2023-2024: $3000 (with David Meenagh) : Could an economy get stuck on a rational pessimism sunspot path? The case of Japan.
  • ESRC and NSFC 2017-2020: £265,000 and 2 million RMB (with Kent Matthews, David Meenagh, Kul Luintel, Patrick Minford, Tianshu Zhao, Akos Valentinyi, Lucy Barros): Shadow Banking and the Chinese Economy - A Micro to Macro Modelling Framework.
  • The British Academy's Newton Mobility Grant 2016-2017: £6700 (with Ruthira Naraidoo) NG160048

External Engagements:

  • Associate Editor of Open Economies Review
  • Member of the Executive Board of the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland
  • Associate Researcher at Liverpool Macroeconomics Group
  • Associate Researcher at Julian Hodge Institute of Applied Macroeconomics
  • Member of CReMMF Research Group 

 

Teaching

Teaching commitments

  • Macroeconomic Analysis (Year 3)
  • Advanced Macroeconomics (PhD)
  • Macroeconomics (Year 1)

Biography

Qualifications

  • Phd Economics (Cardiff University) 2008
  • MSc Economics (Cardiff University) with distinction 2004
  • BSc Economics (Cardiff University) with 1st Class honours 2003

Honours and awards

  • Full Julian Hodge PhD Scholarship 2003-2005
  • Cardiff Business School Scholarship 2005-2008
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Post Doctoral Research Fellowship 2008-2010
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Summer Visiting Research Fellowship 2010

Supervisions

Current supervision

Wenjing Wang

Wenjing Wang

Contact Details

Email LeVP@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 76566
Campuses Aberconway Building, Room B22, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU