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Dr. Guohua Feng

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Economics

(940) 565-2220

Email: Guohua.Feng@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Calgary, 2008
    Major: Economics

Professional Positions

    Professional

  • Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2018 - Present).
  • Associate Professor (tenured), University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2012 - 2018).
  • Senior Lecturer (Senior Assistant Professor equivalent; tenured), Monash University, Australia. Monash University, Australia. (2011 - 2011).
  • Lecturer (Assistant Professor equivalent), Monash University, Australia. Monash University, Australia. (2008 - 2010).

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Economic Measurement. (2016 - Present).
  • American Economic Association. (2008 - Present).
  • The Econometric Society. (2008 - Present).
  • Canadian Economic Association. (2005 - 2008).

Development Activities

  • Faculty Development Leave, Visiting Scholar, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Washington, DC,TX,United States of America. (March 2011 - June 2011).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ECON 4630 - Data Analysis in Economics, 7 courses.
  • ECON 4870 - Introduction to Econometrics, 5 courses.
  • ECON 5330 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory, 14 courses.
  • ECON 5400 - Advanced Monetary Theory and Policy, 5 courses.
  • ECON 5630 - Research Methods, 1 course.
  • ECON 5640 - Multivariate Regression Analysis, 4 courses.
  • ECON 5900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 1, 2022).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2018 - May 2021).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2018 - May 2021).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2018 - May 2018).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2018 - May 2018).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2015 - May 2018).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2017 - May 2017).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2017 - May 2017).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2017 - May 2017).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2015 - May 2017).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Economics. (September 2011 - May 2017).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2016 - May 2016).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2014 - May 2014).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Economics. (January 2014 - May 2014).
  • Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Economics. (September 2012 - May 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Economics. (July 2011 - December 2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Economics. (July 2011 - December 2011).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member ((temporary)), Economics. (July 2009 - February 2010).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Economics. (July 2009 - December 2009).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Economics. (July 2009 - December 2009).

Awards and Honors

  • Vice President, The Society for Economic Measurement. (October 3, 2023).
  • Nominated for UNT's Only Nominee for Carnegie Senior Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York. (November 1, 2021).
  • Fellow, Society for Economic Measurement. (2019).
  • Finalist, College Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity, College of Liberal Arts and Social Science, University of North Texas. (2018).
  • Fellow, International Center for Emerging Markets Research at RUDN. (2017).
  • Dean’s Research Excellence Award, College of Arts and Science, the University of North Texas. (2014).
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia. (2010).
  • Monash Outstanding Researcher, Monash University. (2010).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Feng, G., Peng, B., Gao, J. (2022). An Integrated Panel Data Approach to Modelling Economic Growth. Journal of Econometrics. (tier 1) 228 379-397.
  • Feng, G., McLaren, K., Yang, O., Zhang, X., Zhao, X. (2021). The Impact of Environmental Policy Stringency on Industrial Productivity Growth: A Semiparametric Study of OECD Countries. Energy Economics. (tier 1) 100 1-17.
  • Feng, G., Wang, C. (2020). Determinants of Profitability of Community Banks in the U.S.: A Cost Frontier Based Decomposition Approach. Empirical Economics. (tier 2) 60 2969–2992.
  • Feng, G., Su, L., Peng, B. (2019). Semiparametric Single-Index Panel Data Models with Interactive Fixed Effects: Theory and Practice. Journal of Econometrics. (Premier Tier) 212 (2) 607-622.
  • Feng, G., Wang, C., Zhang, X. (2019). Estimation of Inefficiency in Stochastic Frontier Models: A Bayesian Kernel Approach. Journal of Productivity Analysis. (Tier 2) 51 (1) 1-19.
  • Feng, G., Wang, C. (2018). Why European banks are less profitable than U.S. banks: A decomposition approach. Journal of Banking and Finance. 90 (May) 1-16.
  • Feng, G., Gao, J., Peng, B., Zhang, X. (2017). A Varying-Coefficient Panel Data Model with Fixed Effects: Theory and an Application to US Commercial Banks. Journal of Econometrics. 196 68-82.
  • Feng, G., Peng, B., Zhang, X. (2017). Productivity and Efficiency at Bank Holding Companies in the US: A Time-varying Heterogeneity Approach. Journal of Productivity Analysis. 48 (2-3) 179-192.
  • Feng, G., Wang, C., Serletis, A. (2017). Shadow prices of CO2 emissions at US electric utilities: a random-coefficient, random-directional-vector directional output distance function approach. Other. 2018 (1)
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2015). Imposing Theoretical Regularity on Flexible Functional Forms. Econometric Reviews. 34 198-227.
  • Feng, G., Zhang, X. (2014). Returns to scale at large banks in the U.S.: A random coefficient stochastic frontier approach.. Journal of Banking and Finance. 39 135-145.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2013). Public Infrastructure and Externalities in U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Price Augmenting AIM Cost Function. Macroeconomics Dynmaics. 17 1367-1410.
  • Feng, G., Zhang, X. (2012). Productivity and Efficiency at Large and Community Banks in the U.S.: A Bayesian True Random Effects Stochastic Distance Frontier Analysis. Journal of Banking and Finance. 36 1883-1895.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2010). A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function. Journal of Econometrics. 159 320-330.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2010). Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity. Journal of Banking and Finance. 34 127-138.
  • Feng, G., Serltis, A. (2009). Efficiency and Productivity of the US Banking Industry, 1998-2005: Evidence from the Fourier Frontier Function Satisfying Global Regularity Condition. Journal of Applied Econometrics. 24 105-138.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2009). Semi-Nonparametric Estimates of Currency Substitution Between the Canadian Dollar and the U.S. Dollar. Macroeconomics Dynmaics. 14 29-55.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2008). Productivity Trends in U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the NQ and AIM Cost Functions. Journal of Econometrics. 142 281-311.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2007). Productivity and Convergence Trends in the OECD: Evidence from a Normalized Quadratic Variable Profit Function. Other. 18 85-106.
  • Feng, G., Serletis, A. (2006). Productivity Trends in the United States. Journal of Economic Studies. 33 320-335.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Why European Banks Are Less Profitable than U.S. Banks: A Decomposition Approach, Shandong University, China. (2018).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Texas A&M University, Estimation of Inefficiency in Stochastic Frontier Models: A Bayesian Kernel Approach, College Station, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), School of Economics, Returns to Scale at Large Banks in the U.S.: A Random Coefficient Approach, Shandong University, Jinan, China, China. (2016 - 2016).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Undesirable Outputs and a Primal Divisia Productivity Index Based on the Directional Output Distance Function, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, Australia. (2010 - 2010).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Public Infrastructure and Externalities in U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Price Augmenting AIM Cost Function, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Australia. (2009 - 2009).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia, Australia. (2009 - 2009).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Australia. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong, China, China. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, The University of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, The University of Regina, Regina, Canada, Canada. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Australia. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function, University of Monitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Canada. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, University of North Texas, Denton, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, Efficiency, Technical Change, and Returns to Scale in Large U.S. Banks: Panel Data Evidence from an Output Distance Function Satisfying Theoretical Regularity, University of South Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Department of Economics seminar, A Primal Divisia Technical Change Index Based on the Output Distance Function, York University, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2008 - 2008).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), The Sixth Society for Economic Measurement Annual Meeting, An Integrated Panel Data Approach to Modelling Economic Growth, Frankfurt Germany, Germany. (2019 - 2019).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics, Estimation of Inefficiency in Stochastic Frontier Models: A Bayesian Kernel Approach, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (2018 - 2018).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), • The Fifth Society for Economic Measurement Annual Meeting, Why European Banks Are Less Profitable than U.S. Banks: A Decomposition Approach, Xiamen University, China, China. (2018 - 2018).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), 2017 Society for Economic Measurement Annual Meeting, A Varying-Coefficient Panel Data Model with Fixed Effects: Theory and an Application to US Commercial Banks, MIT, Boston, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), 2016 Society for Economic Measurement Annual Meeting, Estimation of Technical Change and Price Elasticities: A Categorical Time-varying Coefficient Approach, Greece, Greece. (2016 - 2016).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), 2015 American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Intangible Capital and Real Business Cycles, American Economic Association, Boston, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), Eastern Economic Association 39th Annual Conference, Productivity and Efficiency at U.S. Banks, Eastern Economic Association, New York, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), 7th International Finance Conference, Returns to Scale at Large Banks in the U.S., Euro-Mediterranean Network for Studies and Research in Economics and Management, Paris, France. (2013 - 2013).
  • Feng, G. (Author & Presenter), The Econometric Society Australasian Annual Meeting, Productivity and efficiency at large and community banks in the U.S.: A Bayesian true random effects stochastic distance frontier analysis, Melbourne, Australia, Australia. (2012 - 2012).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Feng, G. (Principal), "Carbon pricing and its impacts on the productivity growth of Australian industries," sponsored by Australian Research Council, International, $200000 Funded. (2012 - 2015).
  • Feng, G. (Co-Principal), "Financial development, Liberalisation and Productivity Growth," sponsored by Australian Research Council, International, $360000 Funded. (2010 - 2013).
  • Feng, G. (Principal), "Emission Trading and Productivity Growth in Australia," sponsored by Monash University, International, $90000 Funded. (2011 - 2012).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Chair, College Personnel Affairs Committee (College P&T Committee). (September 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, College Personnel Affairs Committee (College P&T Committee). (September 2022 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, UNT Cross-disciplinary Mentoring Program. (2017 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Macroeconomics Exit Exam. (January 2012 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Award Committee. (September 2014 - May 2021).
  • Committee Member, Assistant Professor Search Committee. (September 2019 - February 2020).
  • Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 2015 - August 2019).
  • Committee Chair, Faculty Award Committee. (September 2016 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Search Committee. (September 2016 - February 2017).
  • Committee Chair, Visiting Scholars Program. (January 2015 - December 2015).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Search Committee. (September 2013 - February 2014).

Professional Service

  • Editor, Guest Editor, Macroeconomic Dynamics. (September 7, 2023 - Present).
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Open Economies Review. (October 2022 - Present).
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Empirical Economics. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Finance and Economics. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Econometric Review. (2015 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Empirical Economics. (2012 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Econometrics. (2012 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Econometrics. (2012 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Productivity Analysis. (2012 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Banking and Finance. (2012 - 2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (2019 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (2012 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. (2012 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Corporate Finance. (2012 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Singapore Economic Review. (2012 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Southern Economic Journal. (2012 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Structural Changes and Economic Dynamics. (2012 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Computational Statistics. (2015 - 2016).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Econometric Review. (2014 - 2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, China Economic Review. (2013 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Macroeconomic Dynamics. (2013 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. (2012 - 2013).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, African Journal of Marketing Management. (2011 - 2012).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Business Research. (2009 - 2010).