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Mailing
Address:
Department of Economics
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA
PH: 1.269.387.5545
FAX:1.269.387.5637
EMAIL:michael.ryan@wmich.edu
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EDUCATION |
- Indiana University Ph.D, (2001), (1995) M.A. (1995)
- St. Norbert College
B.A.,1994
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FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION |
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Foreign Direct Investment,
International Trade, Industrial Organization |
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
- Associate
Professor, Western
Michigan
University. 2006-present.
- Assistant
Professor, Western
Michigan
University. 2000-2006
- Visiting
Lecturer, Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis. 1999-2000
- Associate
Instructor, Indiana University, 1994-1999
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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS |
- “FDI
Location and Size. Does Employment Protection
Legislation Matter?” (w/ Dominique
M. Gross) Forthcoming, Regional
Science and Urban Economics.
- “The Choice of Market Entry
Mode: Greenfield Investment, M&A
and Joint Ventures”. (w. Horst
Raff and Frank Stähler). Forthcoming,
Int. Rev. of Econ and Finance.
- “Firm-specific Characteristics
and the Timing of Foreign Direct Investment
Projects” (w/ Horst Raff).
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv/Review of
World Economics 144 (2008):1-31.
- “European Integration and Japanese
direct investment in the CEE countries.”
(with Andrzej Cieslik).
in Entrepreneurship,
Investment And Spatial Dynamics: Lessons and Implications for an Enlarged EU
(P. Nijkamp,
R. Moomaw,
and I.
Traistaru,
eds.) Cheltenham,
UK:
Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2006.
- “’Following’
or ‘Attracting’ the Customer?
Japanese Banking FDI in Europe.”
(with Marc von der
Ruhr). Atlantic Economic Journal
33(2005): 405-422.
- “Export
Platforms and the Industry-Specific
FDI-Trade Relationship.” (with
Badessa Tadesse) Journal of Economic Integration
20 (2005): 644-673
- “Location
determinants of Japanese multinationals
within Poland:
Do special economic zones really matter
for investment decisions?” (with
Andrzej Cieslik).
Journal of Economic Integration
20 (2005): 475-496.
- “Intra-
and Inter-industry Linkages in Foreign
Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese
Investment in Europe”
(with Dominique M. Gross and Horst Raff
). Journal of the Japanese
and International Economies
19 (2005): 110-134.
- “Host
Market Characteristics, FDI, and the
FDI-Trade Relationship” (with
Bedassa Tadesse). Journal of International
Trade and Economic Development
13(2004):199-229.
- “Explaining
Japanese direct investment flows into
an enlarged Europe: A comparison of gravity and economic
potential approaches.” (with
Andrzej Cieslik).
Journal of the Japanese and International
Economies 18(2004): 12-37.
- “Characterizing
Japanese Direct Investment in Central
and Eastern Europe:
A firm-level investigation of stylized
facts and investment characteristics”
(with Andrzej Cieslik).
Post-Communist Economies 14(2002),
509-527
- “Agglomeration
Spillovers and Sequential Investment:
The Case of Japanese FDI into Europe.”
2001 Association
of Japanese Business Studies Best Papers
Proceedings, 122-146.
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WORKING PAPERS AND RESEARCH IN
PROGRESS |
- “Exchange
Rate Effects on Multinational Activity:
Theory and Evidence” (w/ Hartmut
Egger & Peter Egger). Under
review.
- “Firm
Productivity and the Foreign-Market
Entry Decision” (w/ Horst Raff
& Frank Stähler).
Under Review; also CESifo
Working paper #1676 and University
of Otago
Economics Discussion Paper
0521
- “Investment
History and Market Orientation Effects
in the TFP-FDI Relationship” (w/
J. Kukulski). Under Review.
- “Firm
Heterogeneity, Foreign Market Entry
Mode and Ownership Choice: The Case
of Japanese Direct Investment”
(with A. Cieslik). Under Review.
- “Manufacturing
MNEs and Foreign Direct Investment in
Services.” In progress.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
& INVITED SEMINARS (Since
member of WMU Faculty) |
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Otago
Workshop in International Trade, Midwest
International Economics Group Meetings,
International Atlantic Economic Society
@ ASSA, European Trade Study Group, Université
de Genève, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
Econometric Society North American Summer
Meetings, International Economics and
Finance Society Workshop, European Association
for Research in Industrial Economics,
Purdue University, South-East Economic
Theory & International Economics Conference,
Assoc. of Japanese Business Studies Annual
Conference, Midwest Economic Association;
Hope College, St. Norbert College International
Business and Economics Conference, Christian-Albrechts-Universität
zu Kiel (University
of Kiel) |
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GRANTS |
- 2005.
WMU, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching
and Research Award
- 2003.
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research Mini-Grant 03-83-08. “Labor
Market Institutions and The Location Decision of Foreign Direct Investment”
(with D.M. Gross).
- 2003.
WMU, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching
and Research Award. “U.S.
Industry-Level Foreign Direct Investment
into Europe.”
- 2001.
WMU, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching
and Research Award, “Japanese
Foreign Direct Investment in Eastern
Europe and Service Joint
Ventures.”
- 2001.
WMU, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching
and Research Award. “Japanese
Foreign Direct Investment and Regional
Economic Integration.”
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REFEREE |
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Review of International
Economics, Review of Development Economics,
The North American Journal of Economics
and Finance, International Economic Journal,
Weltwirtschaftliches
Archiv, Small
Business Economics, Association of Japanese
Business Studies, McGraw-Hill, Addison-Wesley,
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
Prentice Hall |
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SERVICE ON DISSERTATION
COMMITTEES
Adugna Lemi
(Member, WMU, Ph.D., 2002, University
of Massachusetts-Boston)
Bedassa Tadesse
(Chair, WMU, Ph.D., 2003, University
of Minnesota
Duluth) |
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