Bin Zhou (Ph. D. Georgia, 1994)
Associate Professor - Financial and banking geography, monetary policies and exchange rates, trade, finance and world economy, productivity and efficiency in manufacturing and school, China.
(618) 650-5763
Selected Publications: "Financial Transformation and Portfolio Reallocation: Impacts on House Mortgage Finance in the USA, Housing Studies (2004); "Is the Geography of Banking Services Converging toward Markets? A Case of Illinois" Industrial Geographer 2004; "ACT Scores in Illinois: Relationships to High School Grade Point Average and Gender" Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society ( 2003); "Trade Theory and Location Theory" Geography Online (2002); "A Note on Comparative Advantage and Money" Geography Online (2001); "An Empirical Study of Institutional Characteristics of the Regional Financial Markets: Evidence from Kentucky" Southeastern Geographer (2000); "Geographical Patterns of Interstate Banking: A Snapshot of the U.S. Metropolitan System in the Early 1990s." Urban Geography (1998); Banking Geography of the United States: Structure, Conduct, and Performance of Commercial Banks in the U.S. Metropolitan System. Garland Publishing Inc. (1997); "Economies of Scale and Cost Efficiency of School District Operation: Evidence from Georgia." Southeastern Geographer (1996); "Spatial Variation in Manufacturing Technology and Efficiency: Georgia, 1987" Southeastern Geographer (1992)