Sizhong Sun
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Biography
Dr Sizhong Sun is currently a professor of economics at College of Business, Law and Governance, Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University. He holds PhD in Economics from the Australian National University, Australia, Master in Economics from Xiamen University, China, and Bachelor of Arts from Jilin University of Technology, China.
Dr Sun joined James Cook University in 2008, and since then he has been actively engaged in teaching a number of economics subjects and researching in the broad areas of empirical international trade, empirical industrial organisation, economic development, and market design, with a focus on foreign direct investment and Chinese economy, where Dr Sun has published extensively.
Dr Sun also served as reviewers for a number of academic journals, and edited special issues for China Agricultrual Economic Review, Sustainability, and Singapore Economic Review. He was the President of Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA), a non-profit and non-partisan organization in Australia that aims at promoting research and exchange activities related to the Chinese economy, in 2014-2016, and has served in the Council of Management of CESA since 2016.
Research
Projects
Economic impact of various non-tariff measures (NTMs) on Australian grains industry
20 Nov 2024 - 31 Oct 2025
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
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Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Chair; Independent Academic
Taught Modules
[BU4054] Research Methods and StatisticsLecturer, Coordinator
2025
[EC5202] Cost Benefit AnalysisCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[BU1003] Principles of EconomicsLecturer
2025
[BX2021] Managerial EconomicsCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[BX2122] Econometrics and Big Data AnalysisCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[BX3033] Cost Benefit AnalysisLecturer, Coordinator
2025
[EC5204] Managerial EconomicsCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[EC5216] Econometrics and Big Data AnalysisLecturer, Coordinator
2025
2025
Completed JCU Research Students
Foreign Direct Investment and Innovations of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Vietnam: The Role of Institutions
Doctor of Philosophy (Management and Commerce)- 2025
Activities
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Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2025) 'Outward FDI and income inequality in the home country: The role of wage bargaining'. International Review of Economics & Finance, 101 . [DOI]
Minh Nguyen, Ngoc; Sun, Sizhong; Welters, Riccardo (2025) 'FDI and Product and Process Innovation of SMEs in Vietnam: The Role of Institutions'. World Economy, 48 (1):153-187. [DOI]
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Kelly, Sean; Grainger, Daniel; Sun, Sizhong; Welters, Riccardo (2025) 'The Labour Market Matching Efficiency in Australian Regions'. Economica, 93 (369):52-85. [DOI]
Bai, Lu; Sun, Sizhong (2024) 'The existence, uniqueness and stability of steady state for a class of first-order difference equations with application to the housing market dynamic'. Results in Applied Mathematics, 21 . [DOI]
Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2024) 'Can We Reliably Identify the CES Preference Parameter from Firm Revenue and Cost Data? Evidence from Monte Carlo Experiments'. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 22 :791-805. [DOI]
Nguyen, Ngoc Minh; Sun, Sizhong; Welters, Riccardo (2024) 'The impact of FDI on R&D investment of small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam: The role of institutions'. International Review of Economics & Finance, 95 . [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2024) 'R&D, Product and Process Innovation, and Firm Performance: A Case Study of the Chinese Firms'. Arthaniti, . [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2023) 'Foreign direct investment and product quality in host economies'. The World Economy, 46 (5):1290-1318. [DOI]
Firm Heterogeneity, Worker Training and Labor Productivity: The Role of Endogenous Self-selection
2023
Sun, Sizhong (2023) 'Firm Heterogeneity, Worker Training and Labor Productivity: The Role of Endogenous Self-selection'. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 59 :121-133. [DOI]
Phan, Chung Phan; Sun, Sizhong; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Beg, Rabiul; Ramsawak, Richard (2023) 'Does productive microcredit improve rural children's education? Evidence from rural Vietnam'. Journal of Asian Economics, 84 . [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2022) 'Estimations of product quality in China's food processing and manufacturing industries'. Economic Modelling, 107 . [DOI]
Rezk, Hebatalla; Amer, Goma; Fathi, Nahla; Sun, Sizhong (2022) 'The impact of FDI on income inequality in Egypt'. Economic Change and Restructuring, 55 (3):2011-2030. [DOI]
Sun, Sizhong (2022) 'The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine'. Economics and Human Biology, 46 . [DOI]
Roche, Siddarth; Sun, Sizhong; Welters, Riccardo (2022) 'Do Financial Constraints Reduce Process Innovation? Evidence from Australian Firms'. Economic Record, 98 (323):335-353. [DOI]
Phan, Chung Thanh; Sun, Sizhong; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Beg, Rabiul (2020) 'Does microcredit improve rural households’ social network? evidence from Vietnam'. The Journal of Development Studies, 56 (10):1947-1963. [DOI]
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Hong, Meenchee; Sun, Sizhong; Beg, Rabiul; Zhou, Zhang-Yue (2020) 'Malaysia’s exports to China: does diplomatic relationship matter?'. Economic Papers, 39 (1):72-88. [DOI]
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Hong, Meenchee; Sun, Sizhong; Beg, Rabiul; Zhou, Zhang-Yue (2020) 'Chinese Muslim's choice of halal products: evidence from stated preference data'. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 25 (4):696-717. [DOI]
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Underwood, David; Sun, Sizhong; Welters, Riccardo A.M.H.M. (2020) 'The effectiveness of plain packaging in discouraging tobacco consumption in Australia'. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 :1273-1284. [DOI]
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Vo, Diem Thi Hong; Sun, Sizhong; Phan, Chung Thanh (2020) 'Does export destination affect firm productivity? Evidence from small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Vietnamese manufacturing sector'. Global Economic Review, 49 (1):23-42. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2019) 'R&D activities and FDI in China's iron ore mining industry'. Economic Analysis and Policy, 62 :47-56. [DOI]
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Hong, Meenchee; Sun, Sizhong; Beg, Rabiul A.B.M.; Zhou, Zhangyue (2019) 'Determinants of halal purchasing behaviour: evidences from China'. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 10 (2):410-425. [DOI]
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Nguyen, Dao Thi Hong; Sun, Sizhong; Beg, Rabiul A.B.M. (2019) 'How does FDI affect domestic firms' wages? theory and evidence from Vietnam'. Applied Economics, 51 (49):5311-5327. [DOI]
Phan, Thanh Chung; Sun, Sizhong; Vo, Diem Thi Hong (2019) 'How does financial development interact with economic growth in five ASEAN countries'. Singapore Economic Review, 64 (3):441-460. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2019) 'Firm heterogeneity and FDI-related productivity spillovers: a theoretical investigation'. Journal Of International Trade & Economic Development, 28 (1):1-10. [DOI]
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Phan, Chung Thanh; Sun, Sizhong; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Beg, Rabiul (2019) 'Does microcredit increase household food consumption? A study of rural Vietnam'. Journal of Asian Economics, 62 :39-51. [DOI]
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Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2018) 'Foreign direct investment and export quality upgrading in China's manufacturing sector'. International Review of Economics & Finance, 54 :289-298. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2018) 'Product innovation in China’s food processing industries'. Journal of Economics and Finance, 42 (3):492-507. [DOI]
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Shi, Xunpeng; Sun, Sizhong (2017) 'Energy price, regulatory price distortion and economic growth: a case study of China'. Energy Economics, 63 :261-271. [DOI]
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Lesbirel, S. Hayden; Sun, Sizhong (2017) 'Oil import diversification in the Asia-Pacific (1976–2014)'. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 22 (4):621-625. [DOI]
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Kheng, Veasna; Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2017) 'Foreign direct investment and human capital in developing countries: a panel data approach'. Economic Change and Restructuring, 50 (4):341-365. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2017) 'Foreign direct investment and the performance of indigenous firms in China’s textile industry'. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 65 :107-113. [DOI]
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Nguyen, Dao Thi Hong; Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2017) 'A long-run and short-run analysis of the macroeconomic interrelationships in Vietnam'. Economic Analysis and Policy, 54 :15-25. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2016) 'Interrelationship among foreign presence, domestic sales and export intensity in Chinese manufacturing industries'. Applied Economics, 48 (26):2443-2453. [DOI]
Wang, Zhiyang; Sun, Sizhong (2016) 'Transportation infrastructure and rural development in China'. China Agricultural Economic Review, 8 (3):516-525. [DOI]
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Turnbull, Christopher; Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2016) 'Trade liberalisation, inward FDI and productivity within Australia's manufacturing sector'. Economic Analysis and Policy, 50 :41-51. [DOI]
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Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2016) 'Foreign direct investment, domestic sales and exports of local firms: a regional perspective from China'. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 21 (3):325-338. [DOI]
Grainger, Daniel; Sun, Sizhong; Watkin-Lui, Felecia; Case, Peter (2015) 'A simple decision market model'. Journal of Prediction Markets, 9 (3):41-63.
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Foreign direct investment in R&D and domestic entrepreneurship in China's manufacturing industries
2015
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2015) 'Foreign direct investment in R&D and domestic entrepreneurship in China's manufacturing industries'. Applied Economics, 47 (16):1633-1651. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2015) 'Unionisation and firm performance in China's manufacturing industries'. Journal of Labor Research, 36 (1):78-102. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2015) 'Taxation of labour income and the skilled-unskilled wage inequality'. Economic Modelling, 47 :18-22. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2015) 'R&D status and the performance of domestic firms in China's coal mining industry'. Energy Policy, 79 :99-103. [DOI]
Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2015) 'Electricity consumption, industrial production, and entrepreneurship in Singapore'. Energy Policy, 77 :70-78. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2015) 'Taxation of labour, product varieties and skilled-unskilled wage inequality: short run versus long run'. International Review of Economics & Finance, 38 :250-257. [DOI]
Anwara, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2015) 'Can the presence of foreign investment affect the capital structure of domestic firms?'. Journal of Corporate Finance, 30 :32-43. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2014) 'Heterogeneity and curvilinearity of FDI-related productivity spillovers in China's manufacturing sector'. Economic Modelling, 41 :23-32. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong (2014) 'Foreign entry and firm advertising intensity: evidence from China'. Review of Industrial Organization, 45 :79-97. [DOI]
Entry of foreign firms and R&D behaviour: a panel data study of domestic and foreign firms in China
2014
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2014) 'Entry of foreign firms and R&D behaviour: a panel data study of domestic and foreign firms in China'. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 23 :1-19. [DOI]
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Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong; Valadkhani, Abbas (2013) 'International outsourcing of skill intensive tasks and wage inequality'. Economic Modelling, 31 :590-597. [DOI]
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Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2013) 'Foreign entry and firm R&D: evidence from Chinese manufacturing industries'. R&D Management, 43 (4):303-317. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2012) 'Trade liberalisation, market competition and wage inequality in China's manufacturing sector'. Economic Modelling, 29 (4):1268-1277. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2012) 'FDI and market entry/exit: evidence from China'. Journal of Asian Economics, 23 (5):487-498. [DOI]
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Nguyen, Dao Thi Hong; Sun, Sizhong (2012) 'FDI and domestic firms' export behaviour in Vietnam: heterogeneity and policy implications'. Economic Papers, 31 (3):380-390. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong (2012) 'The role of FDI in domestic exporting: Evidence from China'. Journal of Asian Economics, 23 (4):434-441. [DOI]
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2011) 'Financial development, foreign investment and economic growth in Malaysia'. Journal of Asian Economics, 22 (4):335-342. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong (2011) 'Foreign direct investment and technology spillovers in China's manufacturing sector'. Chinese Economy, 44 (2):25-42.
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Fu, Wen-Ge; Sun, Sizhong; Zhou, Zhang-Yue (2011) 'Technical efficiency of food processing in China: the case of flour and rice processing'. China Agricultural Economic Review, 3 (3):321-334. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong (2010) 'Heterogeneity of FDI export spillovers and its policy implications: the experience of China'. Asian Economic Journal, 24 (4):289-303. [DOI]
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Sizhong, Sun (2009) 'How does FDI affect domestic firms' exports? Industrial evidence'. The World Economy, 32 (8):1203-1222. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong (2009) 'Testing technology spillovers of FDI: a stochastic frontier approach'. The Empirical Economics Letters, 8 (9).
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Sun, Sizhong (2006) 'Technical efficiency and its determinants in Gansu, West China'. Asia Pacific Economic Papers, 355 :1-25.
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Sun, Sizhong (2019) 'Book review of Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy: A Critical Assessment by Chunlai Chen. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2017. ISBN: 9781785369735' The China Journal, 82 :167-168. [DOI]
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Introduction and editorial overview — In search of new sources of growth: what China should do next?
2019
Sun, Sizhong; Wu, Yanrui; Wu, Guiying Laura (2019) 'Introduction and editorial overview — In search of new sources of growth: what China should do next?' Singapore Economic Review, 64 (4) :813-814. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Zhou, Zhangyue; Du, Zhixiong (2016) 'Deepening reform for China's long-term growth and development: the role of rural development' China Agricultural Economic Review, 8 (3) :366-367. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong (2007) 'Book review of Demand and Supply of Aggregate Exports of Goods and Services: Multivariate Cointegration Analyses for the United States, Canada, and Germany by Hubert Straub, Economic Society of Australia' Economic Record, 83 (260) :107-109. [DOI]
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Presence of foreign firms and the firm capital structure: evidence from China's manufacturing sector
2013
Anwar, Sajid; Sun, Sizhong (2013) The 42nd Australian Conference of Economists: beyond the frontiers: new directions in economics . In: Butler, David;Mangano, Maria eds. Presence of foreign firms and the firm capital structure: evidence from China's manufacturing sector Perth, WA, Australia,
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Multivariate BEKK-TGARCH approach to testing and predicting volatility spillovers & leverage effects
2018
Aftab, Hira; Beg, A.B.M. Rabiul Alam; Sun, Sizhong; Zhou, Zhang-Yue (2018) Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance 2018 Multivariate BEKK-TGARCH approach to testing and predicting volatility spillovers & leverage effects Singapore, .
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Sun, Sizhong; Anwar, Sajid (2014) Deepening Reform for China's Long-Term Growth and Development: the role of rural development Do food processing firms in China innovate? Beijing, China, .
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Sun, Sizhong (2008) 20th Annual Conference of the Association for Chinese Economic Studies Australia (ACESA) Technology spillovers of FDI and their determinants: evidence from China Townsville, QLD, Australia, .
Sun, Sizhong (2021) 'Innovation and its growth effects in China' In: Sun, Sizhong (2021) Innovation and its growth effects in China. In: Song, Ligang, and Zhou, Yixiao, (eds.) China's Challenges in Moving towards a High-Income Economy. China Update Series . ANU Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 134-155(Eds.). China's Challenges in Moving towards a High-Income Economy. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press. [DOI]
Sun, Sizhong (2013) 'Patterns of industrial dynamics in the manufacturing sector' In: Sun, Sizhong (2013) Patterns of industrial dynamics in the manufacturing sector. In: Wu, Yanrui, (ed.) Regional Development and Economic Growth in China. Series on Economic Development and Growth, 7 . World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp. 161-187(Eds.). Regional Development and Economic Growth in China. Singapore : World Scientific Publishing. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Li, Siqiwen (2013) 'Manufacturing sector FDI and performance of domestic banks' In: Sun, Sizhong, and Li, Siqiwen (2013) Manufacturing sector FDI and performance of domestic banks. In: Wu, Yanrui, (ed.) Regional Development and Economic Growth in China. Series on Economic Development and Growth, 7 . World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp. 141-160(Eds.). Regional Development and Economic Growth in China. Singapore : World Scientific Publishing. [DOI]
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Sun, Sizhong; Song, Ligang; Drysdale, Peter (2011) 'The role of geographical proximity in FDI productivity spillovers in China' In: Sun, Sizhong, Song, Ligang, and Drysdale, Peter (2011) The role of geographical proximity in FDI productivity spillovers in China. In: Xu, Lilai, (ed.) China’s Economy in the Post-WTO Environment: stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability. Edwar Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 142-156(Eds.). China’s Economy in the Post-WTO Environment: stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability. Cheltenham, UK : Edwar Elgar Publishing.
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Sun, Sizhong; Song, Ligang (2003) 'China’s changing role in world trade' In: Sun, Sizhong, and Song, Ligang (2003) China’s changing role in world trade. In: Garnaut , Ross, and Song, Ligang, (eds.) China: new engine of world growth. Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 151-175(Eds.). China: new engine of world growth. Canberra, ACT, Australia : Asia Pacific Press.
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