John Ries
John Ries is a Professor at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. He holds the HSBC Professorship in Asian Business. He teaches courses on international business, international trade policy, and government and business. He has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and received a Ph.D. of Economics from the University of Michigan.
Professor Ries' primary research interests are international trade and business. He has published 33 articles in academic journals including the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, and the Canadian Journal of Economics. He served a co-editor at the Canadian Journal of Economics from 2011-2015. Professor Ries has contributed articles to numerous conferences sponsored by the Canadian government. His current research investigates the political and economic motives for retaliatory tariffs.
Selected Publications
- Deng, X., Jing, R, Ries, J. (2026), "Market Expansion and Litigation Deterrence Effects of Patents: Evidence from Chinese Exporters", Canadian Journal of Economics 50(2), 480-509.
- de Bettignies, J-E., Ries, J. (2023), "When Less is More: Information and the Financing of Innovation." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 214, 346-369.
- Aquino, K., Deretic, M., Ries, J. (2022), "Gender effects of project assessment: Evidence from a market simulation," Frontiers in Behavioral Economics Vol. 1, December.
- Head, K., Jing, R., Ries, J. (2017), "Import Sources of Chinese Cities: Order versus Randomness." Journal of International Economics, 105, 119-129.
- Lee, H.H., Ries, J. (2016), "Aid for Trade and Greenfield Investment." (with Hyun-Hoon Lee) World Development 84, 206-218.