Faculty Profiles - KELLER Wolfgang | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Wolfgang KELLER

PhD in Economics
Yale University, 1995

Visiting Professor
Department of Economics

wolfgangk@ust.hk
Room LSK6079

Google Scholar

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ResearcherID

AAI-9160-2020

Scopus ID

57203077367

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment

Research Interest

International trade
Innovation and growth
Economic history
Economics of gender

Publications

All Years 35 2026 0 2025 0 2024 2 2023 2 2022 3 2021 3 2020 25

2024 2

Endogenous formation of free trade agreements: Evidence from the Zollverein's impact on market integration

Journal of Economic History, v. 74, (4), p. 1168-1204
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

International joint ventures and internal technology transfer vs. external technology spillovers: Evidence from China

Journal of International Economics, v. 150, article number 103939
Jiang, Kun; Keller, Wolfgang; Qiu, Larry D.; Ridley, William
Article

2023 2

International trade and job polarization: Evidence at the worker level

Journal of International Economics, v. 145, article number 103810
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hale
Article

The gender gap among top business executives

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 211, p. 270-286
Keller, Wolfgang; Molina, Teresa; Olney, William W.
Article

2022 3

Globalization, Gender, and the Family

Review of Economic Studies, v. 89, (6), p. 3381-3409
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hale
Article

Knowledge Spillovers, Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
KELLER, Wolfgang
Article

Foreign Trade and Investment

1800 to the Present / Cambridge University Press, 2022, p. 414-456
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Book chapter

2021 3

Capital Markets in China and Britain, 1770–1860: Evidence from Grain Prices†

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, v. 13, (3), p. 31-64
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.; Wang, Xin
Article

Globalization and executive compensation

Journal of International Economics, v. 129, article number 103408
Keller, Wolfgang; Olney, William W.
Article

International Transactions: Real Trade and Factor Flows

The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World / Cambridge University Press, 2021, p. 412-437
Keller, Wolfgang; Lampe, Markus; Shiue, Carol
Book chapter

2020 2

Capital markets and grain prices: assessing the storage cost approach

Cliometrica, v. 14, (2), p. 367-396
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.; Wang, Xin
Article

Market integration and institutional change

Review of World Economics, v. 156, (2), p. 251-285
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

2015 1

Supplier responses to Walmart's invasion in Mexico

Journal of International Economics, v. 95, (1), p. 1-15
Iacovone, Leonardo; Javorcik, Beata; KELLER, Wolfgang; Tybout, James
Article

2014 1

International business travel: an engine of innovation?

Journal of Economic Growth, v. 20, p. 75-104
Hovhannisyan, Nune; KELLER, Wolfgang
Article

2013 2

Shanghai’s trade, China’s growth: Continuity, recovery, and change since the opium wars

IMF Economic Review, v. 61, (2), p. 336-378
KELLER, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; SHIUE, Carol Hua
Article

The gravity of knowledge

American Economic Review, v. 103, (4), p. 1414-1444
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen Ross
Article

2011 2

China’s Foreign Trade: Perspectives From the Past 150 Years

World Economy, v. 34, (6), p. 853-1065
KELLER, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; SHIUE, Carol Hua
Article

International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Spillovers

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation / Elsevier B.V., 2011, p. 793-829
Keller, Wolfgang
Book chapter

2009 2

Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from the United States

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 91, (4), p. 821-831
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R.
Article

Technology transfer through imports

Canadian Journal of Economics, v. 42, (4), p. 1411-1448
Acharya, Ram C.; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

2008 1

Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

World Economy, v. 31, (12), p. 1558-1580
Javorcik, Beata; Keller, Wolfgang; Tybout, James
Article

2007 3

Market integration and economic development: A long-run comparison

Review of Development Economics, v. 11, (1), p. 107-123
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

Markets in China and Europe on the eve of the industrial revolution

American Economic Review, v. 97, (4), p. 1189-1216
Shiue, Carol H.; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

The origin of spatial interaction

Journal of Econometrics, v. 140, (1), p. 304-332
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

2006 1

Technology Flows Between Industries: Identification and Productivity Effects

Economic Systems Research, v. 9, (2), p. 213-219
KELLER, Wolfgang
Article

2004 1

Managing Application Portfolios in Merger Situations

34. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik verbindet, INFORMATIK 2004 - Band 2 / edited by Dadam Peter; Reichert Manfred. Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), 2004, p. 91-95
Keller, Wolfgang
Conference paper

2003 1

Convergence and polarization in global income levels: A review of recent results on the role of international technology diffusion

Research Policy, v. 32, (6), p. 1055-1079
Gong, Guan; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

2002 4

Geographic localization of international technology diffusion

American Economic Review, v. 92, (1), p. 120-142
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

On Theories Explaining the Success of the Gravity Equation

Journal of Political Economy, v. 110, (2), p. 281-316
Evenett, Simon J.; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

Pollution abatement costs and foreign direct investment inflows to U.S. states

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 84, (4), p. 691-703
Keller, Wolfgang; Levinson, Arik
Article

Trade and the transmission of technology

Journal of Economic Growth, v. 7, (1), p. 5-24
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

2000 2

Do Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect Productivity Growth?

World Bank Economic Review, v. 14, (1), p. 17-47
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

From socialist showcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons on the role of technical change from East Germany's post-World War II growth performance

Journal of Development Economics, v. 63, (2), p. 485-514
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

1998 1

Are international R&D spillovers trade-related?: Analyzing spillovers among randomly matched trade partners

European Economic Review, v. 42, (8), p. 1469-1481
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

1996 1

Absorptive capacity: On the creation and acquisition of technology in development

Journal of Development Economics, v. 49, (1), p. 199-227
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

Article 2

Endogenous formation of free trade agreements: Evidence from the Zollverein's impact on market integration

Journal of Economic History, v. 74, (4), p. 1168-1204
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.

International joint ventures and internal technology transfer vs. external technology spillovers: Evidence from China

Journal of International Economics, v. 150, article number 103939
Jiang, Kun; Keller, Wolfgang; Qiu, Larry D.; Ridley, William

Article 2

International trade and job polarization: Evidence at the worker level

Journal of International Economics, v. 145, article number 103810
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hale

The gender gap among top business executives

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 211, p. 270-286
Keller, Wolfgang; Molina, Teresa; Olney, William W.

Article 2

Globalization, Gender, and the Family

Review of Economic Studies, v. 89, (6), p. 3381-3409
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hale

Knowledge Spillovers, Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
KELLER, Wolfgang

Book chapter 1

Foreign Trade and Investment

1800 to the Present / Cambridge University Press, 2022, p. 414-456
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.

Article 2

Capital Markets in China and Britain, 1770–1860: Evidence from Grain Prices†

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, v. 13, (3), p. 31-64
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.; Wang, Xin

Globalization and executive compensation

Journal of International Economics, v. 129, article number 103408
Keller, Wolfgang; Olney, William W.

Book chapter 1

International Transactions: Real Trade and Factor Flows

The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World / Cambridge University Press, 2021, p. 412-437
Keller, Wolfgang; Lampe, Markus; Shiue, Carol

Article 2

Capital markets and grain prices: assessing the storage cost approach

Cliometrica, v. 14, (2), p. 367-396
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.; Wang, Xin

Market integration and institutional change

Review of World Economics, v. 156, (2), p. 251-285
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.

Article 1

Supplier responses to Walmart's invasion in Mexico

Journal of International Economics, v. 95, (1), p. 1-15
Iacovone, Leonardo; Javorcik, Beata; KELLER, Wolfgang; Tybout, James

Article 1

International business travel: an engine of innovation?

Journal of Economic Growth, v. 20, p. 75-104
Hovhannisyan, Nune; KELLER, Wolfgang

Article 2

Shanghai’s trade, China’s growth: Continuity, recovery, and change since the opium wars

IMF Economic Review, v. 61, (2), p. 336-378
KELLER, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; SHIUE, Carol Hua

The gravity of knowledge

American Economic Review, v. 103, (4), p. 1414-1444
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen Ross

Article 1

China’s Foreign Trade: Perspectives From the Past 150 Years

World Economy, v. 34, (6), p. 853-1065
KELLER, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; SHIUE, Carol Hua

Book chapter 1

International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Spillovers

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation / Elsevier B.V., 2011, p. 793-829
Keller, Wolfgang

Article 2

Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from the United States

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 91, (4), p. 821-831
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R.

Technology transfer through imports

Canadian Journal of Economics, v. 42, (4), p. 1411-1448
Acharya, Ram C.; Keller, Wolfgang

Article 1

Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

World Economy, v. 31, (12), p. 1558-1580
Javorcik, Beata; Keller, Wolfgang; Tybout, James

Article 3

Market integration and economic development: A long-run comparison

Review of Development Economics, v. 11, (1), p. 107-123
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.

Markets in China and Europe on the eve of the industrial revolution

American Economic Review, v. 97, (4), p. 1189-1216
Shiue, Carol H.; Keller, Wolfgang

The origin of spatial interaction

Journal of Econometrics, v. 140, (1), p. 304-332
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.

Article 1

Technology Flows Between Industries: Identification and Productivity Effects

Economic Systems Research, v. 9, (2), p. 213-219
KELLER, Wolfgang

Conference paper 1

Managing Application Portfolios in Merger Situations

34. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik verbindet, INFORMATIK 2004 - Band 2 / edited by Dadam Peter; Reichert Manfred. Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), 2004, p. 91-95
Keller, Wolfgang

Article 1

Convergence and polarization in global income levels: A review of recent results on the role of international technology diffusion

Research Policy, v. 32, (6), p. 1055-1079
Gong, Guan; Keller, Wolfgang

Article 4

Geographic localization of international technology diffusion

American Economic Review, v. 92, (1), p. 120-142
Keller, Wolfgang

On Theories Explaining the Success of the Gravity Equation

Journal of Political Economy, v. 110, (2), p. 281-316
Evenett, Simon J.; Keller, Wolfgang

Pollution abatement costs and foreign direct investment inflows to U.S. states

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 84, (4), p. 691-703
Keller, Wolfgang; Levinson, Arik

Trade and the transmission of technology

Journal of Economic Growth, v. 7, (1), p. 5-24
Keller, Wolfgang

Article 2

Do Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect Productivity Growth?

World Bank Economic Review, v. 14, (1), p. 17-47
Keller, Wolfgang

From socialist showcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons on the role of technical change from East Germany's post-World War II growth performance

Journal of Development Economics, v. 63, (2), p. 485-514
Keller, Wolfgang

Article 1

Are international R&D spillovers trade-related?: Analyzing spillovers among randomly matched trade partners

European Economic Review, v. 42, (8), p. 1469-1481
Keller, Wolfgang

Article 1

Absorptive capacity: On the creation and acquisition of technology in development

Journal of Development Economics, v. 49, (1), p. 199-227
Keller, Wolfgang

2020 2

Capital markets and grain prices: assessing the storage cost approach

Cliometrica, v. 14, (2), p. 367-396
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.; Wang, Xin
Article

Market integration and institutional change

Review of World Economics, v. 156, (2), p. 251-285
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

2015 1

Supplier responses to Walmart's invasion in Mexico

Journal of International Economics, v. 95, (1), p. 1-15
Iacovone, Leonardo; Javorcik, Beata; KELLER, Wolfgang; Tybout, James
Article

2014 1

International business travel: an engine of innovation?

Journal of Economic Growth, v. 20, p. 75-104
Hovhannisyan, Nune; KELLER, Wolfgang
Article

2013 2

Shanghai’s trade, China’s growth: Continuity, recovery, and change since the opium wars

IMF Economic Review, v. 61, (2), p. 336-378
KELLER, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; SHIUE, Carol Hua
Article

The gravity of knowledge

American Economic Review, v. 103, (4), p. 1414-1444
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen Ross
Article

2011 2

China’s Foreign Trade: Perspectives From the Past 150 Years

World Economy, v. 34, (6), p. 853-1065
KELLER, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; SHIUE, Carol Hua
Article

International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Spillovers

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation / Elsevier B.V., 2011, p. 793-829
Keller, Wolfgang
Book chapter

2009 2

Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from the United States

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 91, (4), p. 821-831
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R.
Article

Technology transfer through imports

Canadian Journal of Economics, v. 42, (4), p. 1411-1448
Acharya, Ram C.; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

2008 1

Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

World Economy, v. 31, (12), p. 1558-1580
Javorcik, Beata; Keller, Wolfgang; Tybout, James
Article

2007 3

Market integration and economic development: A long-run comparison

Review of Development Economics, v. 11, (1), p. 107-123
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

Markets in China and Europe on the eve of the industrial revolution

American Economic Review, v. 97, (4), p. 1189-1216
Shiue, Carol H.; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

The origin of spatial interaction

Journal of Econometrics, v. 140, (1), p. 304-332
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H.
Article

2006 1

Technology Flows Between Industries: Identification and Productivity Effects

Economic Systems Research, v. 9, (2), p. 213-219
KELLER, Wolfgang
Article

2004 1

Managing Application Portfolios in Merger Situations

34. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik verbindet, INFORMATIK 2004 - Band 2 / edited by Dadam Peter; Reichert Manfred. Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), 2004, p. 91-95
Keller, Wolfgang
Conference paper

2003 1

Convergence and polarization in global income levels: A review of recent results on the role of international technology diffusion

Research Policy, v. 32, (6), p. 1055-1079
Gong, Guan; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

2002 4

Geographic localization of international technology diffusion

American Economic Review, v. 92, (1), p. 120-142
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

On Theories Explaining the Success of the Gravity Equation

Journal of Political Economy, v. 110, (2), p. 281-316
Evenett, Simon J.; Keller, Wolfgang
Article

Pollution abatement costs and foreign direct investment inflows to U.S. states

Review of Economics and Statistics, v. 84, (4), p. 691-703
Keller, Wolfgang; Levinson, Arik
Article

Trade and the transmission of technology

Journal of Economic Growth, v. 7, (1), p. 5-24
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

2000 2

Do Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect Productivity Growth?

World Bank Economic Review, v. 14, (1), p. 17-47
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

From socialist showcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons on the role of technical change from East Germany's post-World War II growth performance

Journal of Development Economics, v. 63, (2), p. 485-514
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

1998 1

Are international R&D spillovers trade-related?: Analyzing spillovers among randomly matched trade partners

European Economic Review, v. 42, (8), p. 1469-1481
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

1996 1

Absorptive capacity: On the creation and acquisition of technology in development

Journal of Development Economics, v. 49, (1), p. 199-227
Keller, Wolfgang
Article

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Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Spring 2 2025-26 Winter 0 2025-26 Fall 0 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 0 2024-25 Winter 0

ECON2103	Principles of Microeconomics
ECON6121F	Advances in International Trade

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From January 2024 to December 2026

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