Thanh Quang LE

Address: College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Bedford

Park, SA 5042, Australia
Telephone: 61 8 8201 2766
Fax: 61 8 8201 2226
Email: thanh.le@flinders.edu.au

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Macroeconomics, Growth and Development Economics, Applied Econometrics.

CURRENT POSITION

2016- Senior Lecturer (~Associate Professor), College of Business, Government and

Law, Flinders University of South Australia

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

2009-2016 Lecturer (~Assistant Professor), School of Economics, University of

Queensland, Australia (tenure granted 07/2013).
2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cournot Centre for Economic Studies, France
and School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.

VISITING POSITIONS

09 - 12/2015 Visiting Scholar, Baylor University, USA.

09 - 12/2014 Visiting Scholar, Toulouse School of Economics, France.

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD in Economics, Australian National University.

Master of Economics, University of Adelaide.
Bachelor of Economics (Honours), Foreign Trade University (Vietnam).

GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

 Global Asia in 21st Century Research Platform Grant, Monash University Malaysia
(with Poon Wai Ching), 2016.
 Faculty Research Grant, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Flinders
University, 2016.
 Faculty Establishment Grant, Flinders Business School at Flinders University, 2016.
 School Research Grants, School of Economics at University of Queensland, 2009-
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 iPOPs Foreign Researcher Grant, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research,
2015.
 UNDP Research Grant, United Nations Development Program (with Thang Nguyen
and Thang Bach), 2015.
 Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government, 2015.
 Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Economics at University of Queensland,
2014.
 Australian Leadership Award, Australian Davos Connection Forum, 2012.
 Early Career Researcher Grant, University of Queensland (with Juyoung Cheong),
2010.
 ResTeach Grant, University of Queensland, 2008.
 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Queensland, 2007-2009.
 Robert Solow Fellowship, Cournot Centre for Economic Studies, 2007.
 ANU Tuition Fee Scholarship, Australian National University, 2003-2006.
 ANU PhD Scholarship, Australian National University, 2003-2006.
 Overseas Studying Scholarship, the Government of Vietnam, 2001-2002.
 Student Excellence Scholarships, Foreign Trade University, 1994-1999.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed journal articles:

 “Research and development and sustainable growth over alternative types of natural
resources”, Economic Modelling, forthcoming (with Cuong Le Van).
 “Local governance, corruption, and public service quality: evidence from a national
survey in Vietnam”, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 30(2),
pp. 137-153, 2017 (with Thang Nguyen, Thang Bach and Canh Le).
 “Transitional dynamics in an R&D-based growth model with natural resources”,
Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol. 82, pp. 1-17, 2016 (with Cuong Le Van) [lead
article].
 “Impacts of academic R&D on high-tech manufacturing products: tentative evidence
from supercomputer data”, Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 40(6), pp. 957-971, 2015
(with Kam Ki Tang).
 “Assessing the roles that absorptive capacity and economic distance play in the foreign
direct investment-productivity growth nexus”, Applied Economics, Vol. 45(8), pp.
1027-1039, 2013 (with Phil Bodman).

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  “Public investment, taxation, and long-run output in economies with multi-level
governments”, Economic Modelling, Vol. 29, pp. 1603-1611, 2012 (with Phil Bodman
and Harry Campbell).
 “R&D spillovers through student flows, institutions, and economic growth: What can
we learn from African countries?”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 59(1),
pp. 115-130, 2012.
 “Remittances for economic development: the investment perspective”, Economic
Modelling, Vol. 28(6), pp. 2409-2415, 2011.
 “Remittances or technological diffusion: which drives domestic gains from brain
drain?”, Applied Economics, Vol. 43(18), pp. 2277-2285, 2011 (with Phil Bodman).
 “Do government policies affect growth? Examining a model with R&D and factor
accumulation”, Research in Economics, Vol. 65(1), pp. 62-70, 2011.
 “Are student flows a significant channel of R&D spillovers from the North to the
South?”, Economics Letters, Vol. 107, pp. 315-317, 2010 [lead article].
 “Trade, remittances, institutions, and economic growth”, International Economic
Journal, Vol. 23(3), pp.391-408, 2009.
 “Brain drain or brain circulation: evidence from OECD’s international migration and
R&D spillovers”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 55(5), pp. 618-636, 2008.
 “A dual economy model of endogenous growth with R&D and market structure”,
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 18(3-4), pp. 349-366, 2008. Reprinted in U.
Cantner, J.L. Gaffard, and L. Nesta (Eds.), Schumpeterian perspectives on innovation,
competition and growth, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 97-114, 2009.
Book chapters:
 “World top university rankings: from distribution to implications on national knowledge
creation and competitiveness” in D. Archibugi and A. Filippetti (Eds.), The Handbook
of Global Science, Technology and Innovation, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pp. 46-68,
2015 (with Kam Ki Tang).
 “The international race of top supercomputers and its implications” in D. Archibugi and
A. Filippetti (Eds.), The Handbook of Global Science, Technology and Innovation,
John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2015, pp. 69-87, 2015 (with Kam Ki Tang).
 “A dual economy model of endogenous growth with R&D and market structure” in U.
Cantner, J.L. Gaffard, and L. Nesta (Eds.), Schumpeterian perspectives on innovation,
competition and growth, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 97-114, 2009.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

 “Trade and optimal R&D policy” (with Cuong Le Van).

 “Entry liberalization, exit and productivity improvement: evidence from Vietnamese
manufacturing firms” (with Thang Bach).

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  “Oil trade balance, income and remittances: an empirical investigation for developing
countries” (with Poon Wai Ching).
 “How does lobbying influence political competition?” (with Richard Damania and
Erkan Yalcin).

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2017: Royal Economic Society Conference, Bristol, The United Kingdom; Flinders
University, Adelaide, Australia.
2016: Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
2015: Baylor University, Waco, Texas, the United States.
2014: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Deakin University, Melbourne,
Australia; Workshop of the Australasian Macroeconomics Society, Melbourne,
Australia; World Trade Institute, Bern, Switzerland; Toulouse School of Economics,
Toulouse, France; University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 2nd Thematic Meeting of
French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Paris, France.
2013: Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; 13th Public Economic Theory Conference,
Lisbon, Portugal; University of Paris 1, Paris, France; IPAG Business School, Paris,
France; Hoasen University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam; Asia-Pacific Conference on
Economic Dynamics, Hochiminh City, Vietnam (keynote speaker).
2012: University of Economics and Law, Hochiminh City, Vietnam; 12th Society for the
Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Brisbane, Australia; 14th International
Joseph A Schumpeter Society Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
2011: 11th Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Faro, Portugal;
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Vietnamese Economists Annual
Meeting, Hochiminh City, Vietnam.
2010: Foreign Trade University Symposium, Hanoi, Vietnam; 10th Society for the Advancement
of Economic Theory Conference, Singapore; 7th Asian General Equilibrium Theory
Workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam; Vietnamese Economists Annual Meeting, Nghe An, Vietnam;
39th Australian Conference of Economists, Sydney, Australia; University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia.
2009: Monash-Deakin Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Melbourne,
Australia; 32nd Conference of African Studies Association of Australasia and the
Pacific, Brisbane, Australia; Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric
Society, Tokyo, Japan.
2008: North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Pittsburgh, the United
States; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
2007: University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; 36th Australian Conference of
Economists, Hobart, Australia.

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2006: 13th International Panel Data Conference, Cambridge, the United Kingdom; 11th
International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, France;
Cournot Centre for Economic Studies Annual Conference, Paris, France;
Macroeconomic Workshop, Canberra, Australia; Monash University, Melbourne,
Australia; Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2005: 34th Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, Australia; Australian National
University, Canberra, Australia.

ACADEMIC JOURNAL REFEREEING

Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Studies, Economic Modelling,

Economic Record, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Studies,
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Journal of Evolutionary
Economics, Applied Economics, Review of Income and Wealth, Bulletin of Economic
Research, Economic Analysis and Policy, Economics Letters, Research in International
Business and Finance.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Econometric Society, Australian Economic Society, Western Economic Association

International, International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society, International Society of
Vietnam Economists (Vice-president).

COURSES TAUGHT

Courses at Flinders University

 Macroeconomics (undergraduate level, 2016-2018)

 Quantitative Methods (undergraduate level, 2016-2018)

 Economics for Business (postgraduate level, 2017-2018)

 Quantitative Methods (postgraduate level, 2017-2018)

Courses at University of Queensland

 Macroeconomic Theory A (PhD and Honours level, 2009-2010)

 Macroeconomic Analysis (postgraduate level, 2009, 2012-2016)
 The Macroeconomy (postgraduate level, 2011-2016)
 Mathematical Economics (undergraduate level, 2009-2010)

Intensive courses at Vietnam Centre for Research in Economics, Management, and the
Environment (invited lecturer)
 Macroeconomics (Pre-masters level, 2011-2012)
 Econometrics (Pre-masters level, 2011, 2013)
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POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

 Principal PhD Advisor for: Thang Bach Ngoc (graduated 2014, placement: National
Economics University, Vietnam).
 Associate PhD Advisor for: Malebogo Bakwena (graduated 2009, placement: National
University of Botswana, Botswana), Hien Pham (graduated 2016, placement: CSIRO,
Australia).
 Masters Supervision: Van Pham (thesis, completed 2015), Thao Nguyen (thesis,
completed 2015), Shah Alam (project and thesis, completed 2013), Siti Ali (project,
completed 2012), Khue Le (project and thesis, completed 2012), Chitra Yuliana
(project, completed 2012), Hoa Phan (project and thesis, completed 2012), Shanuntorn
Khongsereedamrong (thesis, completed 2011), Mengzhou Jing (thesis, completed
2011), Priscilla Kandoole (thesis, completed 2011), Hanka Marx (project and thesis,
completed 2010), Jingjing Zhu (project, completed 2011), Ian Wood (project, completed
2009), Tianhao Zhi (thesis, completed 2009).

INVITED PHD THESIS EXAMINATION

Auckland University of Technology (2012), Deakin University (2016), University of
New England (x2, 2016).