M.C. Sunny Wong

Professor Sunny Wong received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Oregon (1996-2002). Professor Wong joined the Department of Economics at USF in 2006. Prior to his current position at USF, he was an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi (2002-2006). He is also an honorary instructor at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection at the University of Essex in England and currently serving as a research associate in the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston.
His teaching and research interests include monetary policy, learning dynamics, business-cycle theory, and foreign direct investment. Professor Wong has published research articles in academic journals including Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Macroeconomic Dynamics, American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, World Development, and other journals. He published a book, The Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations (Cambridge University Press) in April 2006.
He is currently working on another book, The Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models: Unifying Formal and Empirical Analysis in the Political, Social, and Economic Science (Cambridge University Press).