Mary Lovely

Mary E. Lovely is Professor of Economics and Melvin A. Eggers Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she combines interests in international economics and China’s development.  She is currently Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC.  From 2011-2015, she served as co-editor of the China Economic Review.  Her current research projects investigate the effect of China’s foreign direct investment policies on trade flows and entry mode, the relationship between proximity to export markets and cross-city wage variation, and the effect of Chinese tariff reductions on labor shares of value in its manufacturing firms. She recently completed studies of American manufacturing employment and outsourcing to low-income countries, the role of intellectual returnees in the success of China’s photovoltaic solar industry, and Chinese reforms of state-owned enterprises.  Dr. Lovely is an active doctoral and master’s student advisor.  She earned her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University. 

Professor Lovely will join the conference in November to discuss her paper on the ways foreign investment can be used as a development tool.  Specifically, Lovely will discuss how India can learn valuable lessons from China to shape its approach to using foreign investment this way.  With her to discuss this paper will be Professor Loren Brandt, Economics, from University of Toronto.