Yao Liu Gives Talk on Global Imbalance Adjustment

In the latest installment of our GCI Research Colloquium, Yao Liu of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences spoke about global imbalance adjustments. Her talk, entitled “Global Imbalance Adjustment: Stylized Facts, Underlying Causes, and Ideal,” looked at the driving forces and stylized facts behind global imbalance adjustment and makes recommendations for the ideal path for adjustment moving forward.

Yao Liu is a Ph.D candidate at Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She conducts quantitative research based on theoretical models, with research interests spanning global balance of payments, cross-border capital flows and systematic financial risk. She has published in a series of CSSCI journals, such as Studies of International Finance, World Economy Studies, and International Economic Review. Her Ph.D thesis will focus on the sustainability of global imbalance adjustment and its potential impact.

The Global China Research Colloquium takes place at the Global Development Policy Center, located at 53 Bay State Road, from 2:30pm – 4:00pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. You can view our Fall 2019 schedule here. Please rsvp to gdp@bu.edu to attend.