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Sara Hsu
Sara Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at New Paltz, specializing in Chinese economic development, informal finance, and shadow banking.
Sara Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at New Paltz and Research Director at the Asia Financial Risk Think Tank in Hong Kong. Dr. Hsu specializes in Chinese economic development, informal finance, and shadow banking. She has published one of the only English-language books on the topic of Chinese informal finance, Informal Finance in China: American and Chinese Perspectives, as well as one of the only Chinese-language books on Chinese shadow banking. She has also published a number of articles and books on the topics of sustainable development, financial crises, and trade.
Prior to working at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Dr. Hsu was a Visiting Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio and St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. She has also worked in the dot-com industry in New York. Sara Hsu earned her PhD from the University of Utah and her BA from Wellesley College.

March 14, 2016
Will China’s State-Owned Enterprise Reform Go Far Enough?
By Sara Hsu

March 06, 2016
China’s Draft Budget
By Sara Hsu

February 27, 2016
China’s Battle to Regain Economic Control
By Sara Hsu

February 19, 2016
A Threat to China’s Debt Ratings?
By Sara Hsu

February 12, 2016
In China, Black Goods Down, White Goods Up
By Sara Hsu

February 03, 2016
Multinationals: Enduring China’s Slowdown?
By Sara Hsu

January 27, 2016
China’s Relations With Iran: A Threat to the West?
By Sara Hsu

January 21, 2016
Interpreting China’s Capital Outflows
By Sara Hsu

January 13, 2016
China’s Multipronged Green Development Target
By Sara Hsu

January 04, 2016
China’s Macro Prudential Assessment System
By Sara Hsu

January 02, 2016
What to Expect for the Chinese Economy in 2016
By Sara Hsu
