Associate Professor
Xinyu HUA
Associate Professor
xyhua@ust.hk
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Xinyu HUA

Research Interests

  • Industrial organization
  • Law and economics
  • Contract theory

Academic Qualification

  • Ph.D.  Northwestern University, Managerical Economics and Strategy
  • B.A.    Peking University, Economics

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, from July 2012
  • Associate Editor, RAND Journal of Economics, Oct 2020 - Sep 2023
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, July 2005 - June 2012
  • Bank of China, P.R. China, 1998 - 1999

Teaching Experience

School of Business and Management, HKUST

  • Managerial Microeconomics (MBA, EMBA)
  • Strategic Decisions with Economic Insight (EMBA)
  • Competitive Strategy (MBA/MSc)
  • Strategy and Organization (MBA/MSc/Executive Programs)
  • Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy (MSc)

 
 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2004, 2005  

  • Statistical Methods for Management Decisions (MBA) 

Publications

  • “Holding Platforms Liable,” Xinyu Hua and Kathryn Spier,  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, accepted.
  • “Multimarket Firms and Product Liability: Uniform versus Variable Rules,” Yongmin Chen and Xinyu Hua, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2024.
  • "Settling Lawsuits with Pirates," Xinyu Hua and Kathryn E. Spier, International Economic Review, 2023
  • "Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts," Di Guo, Xinyu Hua, and Kun Jiang, American Law and Economics Review, 2022, Vol. 24: pp. 203-246.
  • “International Protection of Consumer Data,” Yongmin Chen, Xinyu Hua, and Keith Maskus, Journal of International Economics, 2021, Vol. 132.
  • “Product Safety, Contracts, and Liability,” Xinyu Hua and Kathryn E. Spier, RAND Journal of Economics, 2020, Vol. 51: pp. 233-259.
  • “Agency and Strategic Contracts: Theory and Evidence from R&D Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” Di Guo, Xinyu Hua, and Kun Jiang, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, Vol. 54: pp. 37-64.
  • “Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability,” with Yongmin Chen, Yongmin Chen and Xinyu Hua, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2017, Vol. 33: pp. 237-267.
  • "Ex ante Investment, Ex post Remedies, and Product Liability," with Yongmin Chen, International Economic Review, 2012, Vol.53: pp.845-866.
  • "The Right of First Offer," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2012, Vol.30: pp.389-397.
  • "Product Recall and Liability," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2011, Vol. 27: pp. 113-136 (accepted in 2009 and in print in 2011).
  • "Strategic Ex-ante Contracts: Rent Extraction and Opportunity Costs," Rand Journal of Economics, 2007, Vol. 38: pp. 786-803.
  • "Information and Externalities in Sequential Litigation," with Kathryn E. Spier, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005, 161(2): pp. 215-232.

Consulting

  • Auction and Business Strategy for some company
  • Anti-trust cases for government authorities in China

Honors and Awards

  • HKUST: Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence (2008, 2011, 2016, 2020)
  • Kellogg: Award for Excellent Teaching by PhD Student, 2005