Meet Our Lecturers
Economics, Business Administration
Ming-Jin Jiang, PhD
PhD in Economics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Dr Ming-Jin Jiang began her career with a BSc in Business Administration, majoring in finance, at Taiwan University. She later pursued an MA in Economics at Boston University and an MSc in Economics at Universidad Carlos III. Subsequently, she earned her PhD in Economics from Universidad Carlos III, where she served as a professor and also worked at the University of Vienna.
Her primary research interests lie in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and their applications in banking and finance. Her current research focuses on Venture Capital Finance and its relationship with labour market regulations.
Dr Ming-Jin Jiang has held visiting professor roles at universities such as the University of Lugano in Switzerland and Academia Sinica in Taiwan, her home country. She is fluent in Taiwanese, Mandarin Chinese, English, and German, and is currently learning Spanish. She has actively participated in various research projects and has received numerous awards for her publications and academic achievements.
Research and Professional Activities
1. Publications
– García-Morán, E., Jiang, M. and Rachinger, H. (2023) ‘Minimum Wage Effects on
Job Attachment: A Gender Perspective’. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und
Statistik. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2022-0012
– Kozubovska, M., Froehlich B. and Jiang, M-J. (2017) ‘Post-Brexit prospects for
Britain’, Periodical Scientific Journal New Vistas of the University of West London,
No 3.
– Jiang, M-J. (2015) ‘Banks in the Venture Capital Market’, SSRN Working Paper
Series. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2621226
– Jiang, M-J (2014) ‘Bankruptcy Exemptions and Non-linear Pricing and Rationing
in Small Firm Finance’, Heinrich Graf Hardeggsche Stiftung Research Papers.
– Rachinger, H. J. and Jiang, M-J (2014) ‘Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and
Labor Market Adjustments’, Heinrich Graf Hardeggsche Stiftung Research
Papers.
2. Conferences
– 07/2016 Entrepreneurial Finance (ENTFIN) Association Annual Meeting, Lyon,
France (Oral Presentation).
– 05/2016 Joint Annual Meeting of the Slovak Economic Association and the
Austrian Economic Association (NOeG-SEA 2016), Bratislava, Slovakia (Oral
Presentation).
– 03/2016 21st Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Lisbon, Portugal (Oral
Presentation). 01/2012 Royal Economic Society (RES) PhD Meeting, London, UK
(Oral Presentation).
– 12/2011 XXXVI Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía-Spanish
Economic Association (SAEe), Malaga, Spain (Oral Presentation).
3. Projects and Research Topics
– 2014-2015 ‘Bankruptcy Exemptions and Non-linear Pricing and Rationing in
Small Firm Finance’, Heinrich Graf Hardeggsche Stiftung.
– 2014-2015 ‘Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and Labor Market Adjustments’,
Heinrich Graf Hardeggsche Stiftung (with Dr. Heiko Rachinger).
– 2012 “Market Frictions, Household Saving and Labor Supply Decisions and
Public”, Proyecto ECO2010-20614, DGICYT”, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
e Innovación de España, Investigador Principal: Antonia Díaz.
– 2007-2009 “Mercados, Organizaciones e Instituciones: Nuevos Enfoques”,
SEJ2006-11665-C02-01, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España,
Investigador Principal: Antonio Cabrales, 2007 – 2009.
4. Achievements
– 2013-2015 Bachelor’s thesis supervisor, University of Vienna, Austria. Number of
Bachelor’s theses supervised: 45. 2015-present Member of the European
Finance Association. Brussels, Belgium.
– 2014-2015 Graf Hardegg Research Grant. Graf Hardegg Foundation, Vienna.
– 2010 FPI Scholarship for a Short Stay. Ministry of Science and Technology of
Spain, Madrid 2007-2011 FPI Scholarship. Ministry of Science and Technology of
Spain, Madrid.
– 2006-2007 UC3M Pre-doctoral Scholarship. Carlos III University of Madrid,
Madrid.
