Alyson Ma

Associate Professor of Economics

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, International Trade and Industrial Organization
M.S. Oregon State University, Agricultural Resource Economics
B.A. Boston University, Economics and International Relations

Alyson Ma is an Associate Professor of Economics in the School of Business Administration. She joined the USD faculty in 2004 after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. Her research interests include international trade, applied microeconomics, and industrial organization. She teaches undergraduate courses in microeconomics, industrial organization, and business statistics.

Selected Current Research

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Lin, S., Ma, A. (2011). Outsourcing and Productivity: Evidence from Korean Data. Journal of Asian Economics

Ma, A., Bouvet, F. (2011). Wage Disparities in China: an Analysis by Firm Types. Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies

Ma, A., Ganges, B., Van Assche, A. (2011). China’s Exports in a World of Increasing Oil Prices. Multinational Business Review

Deng, H., Ma, A. (2010). Market Structure and Pricing Strategy of China’s Automobile Industry. Journal of Industrial Economics, 58

Ma, A., Van Assche, A., Hon, C. (2009). Global Production Networks and China’s Processing Trade”. Journal of Asian Economics, 20

Ma, A., Wooster, R. (2009). The Effects of U.S.-China Trade on Employment and Wages in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region. Contemporary Economic Policy, 27 (3), 335–348.

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Ma, A., Van Assche, A. (2011). China’s Role in Global Production Networks. Global Value Chains: Impacts and Implications

Ma, A., Van Assche, A. (2011). Global Production Networks in the Post-Crisis Era. Managing Openness: Outward-Oriented Growth Strategies after the Crisis

Blonigen, B., Ma, A. (2010). Please Pass the Catch-up: The Relative Performance of Chinese and Foreign Firms in Chinese Exports, 1997-2005 . China's Growing Role in World Trade

Cited Research

Ma, A., Van Assche, A. (2011). Geography and Offshoring to China. Voxeu.org

Research Report

Ma, A., Van Assche, A. (2009). China’s Trade in Crisis”. AIB Insights

Ma, A., Van Assche, A. (2009). When China Sneezes, Asia Catches a Cold: Effects of China’s Export Decline in the Realm of the. Bureau of European Policy Advisers Monthly Brief

Working Paper

Ma, A., Van Assche, A. The Role of Trade Costs in Global Production Networks: Evidence from China’s Processing Trade . World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS 5490