Zheng Chris Cao

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Zheng Chris Cao

Dr, FHEA, CMBE

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3545-7313

    • United Kingdom

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    Biography

    Chris is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Aston Business School. He joined the school in September 2018. Prior to that, he held research positions at the University of Surrey and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

    Chris is an applied economist. A core thread of his research is to investigate how the interconnectedness between countries evolves amid geopolitical shifts in the global business environment and how tourism market cycles are transmitted across countries, using macroeconometric and spatial methods. In addition, his research also involves the study of tourist behaviour to model and forecast tourism demand and the assessment of tourism-led economic growth and destination competitiveness. Chris has published nine articles in top-tier journals and two invited book chapters. He is also an experienced reviewer, serving more than 20 leading journals in tourism, economics and management.

    Apart from academic research, Chris has undertaken a number of externally funded, interdisciplinary collaborative projects for policymakers at, for example, the European Commission, such as assessing the economic impact of accessible tourism in Europe and investigating the regional resilience of Europe’s tourism sector against terrorism.

    On the education side, Chris is regularly invited to review economics, finance, and statistics textbooks for Pearson Education and Cengage Learning and has contributed case studies.

    Research Interests

    Tourism economics
    Tourism demand modelling and forecasting
    Globalisation
    Economic development
    Applied Macroeconometrics
    Social network analysis

    Teaching Activity

    Current
    BS3326 Further Topics in Macroeconomics
    BSK497 The Global Economic Environment
    BSM947 Macroeconomics

    Past
    Intermediate Macroeconomics
    Principles of Macroeconomics
    Business Economics

    Qualifications

    PhD (Applied Economics), University of Surrey
    MSc (Economics), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    BEcon (Finance), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Employment

    09/2018 - present: Lecturer, Aston Business School, Aston University
    11/2015 - 09/2018: Research Fellow, University of Surrey
    09/2009 - 11/2011: Research Assistant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Membership of Professional Bodies

    Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
    CMBE, Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS)
    Member, International Association of Tourism Economics (IATE)
    Member, American Economic Association (AEA)
    Member, Royal Economic Society (RES)
    Member, Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS)

    Professional/editorial offices

    Member of Editorial Board

     

    Keywords

    • H Social Sciences (General)
    • GV Recreation Leisure

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