An economist who is originally from China, Ding’'s research focuses on
international finance and financial economics.
One of his dissertation projects applied market microstructure approach to study the
operation of the foreign exchange market, and explained exchange rate dynamics that
traditional macro models leave unexplained.
He has extensive research experience on Asian financial markets, especially Chinese bond
and stock markets and has published two papers in leading Chinese journals.
EDUCATION: B.A., Nanjing University, P.R.China Ph.D., University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Ding has been teaching at Macalester since 2006.
