Ruixue jia, wolfgang keller, yimin lin, debin ma, tuanhwee sng, and participants at the econom ic history associations 2010 annual meeting, the 2012 asian historical economics conference, and various other seminars for helpful comments and suggestions. Using original surveys of voters in the united states, canada and the united kingdom, as well as data on incentive use by politicians in the us, vietnam and russia, this book provides compelling evidence for the use of fiscal incentives for political gain and shows how such pandering appears to be associated with growing economic inequality. Clan, entrepreneurship, and development of the private sector in china. Finally, as development of the private sector has been contributing to most of chinas economic growth and is closely related to local economic performance li et al. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th international conference on blended learning, icbl 2016, held in beijing, china, in july 2016.
The long economic and political shadow of history, volume 2. Covering methods and practices of futures studies, the journal publishes new contributions to knowledge. Decentralization, collusion, and coal mine deaths the. Download the china dream and the china path series on. Modern economics has largely ignored the issue of outright conflict as an alternative way of allocating goods, assuming instead the existence of welldefined property rights enforced by an. Browse through our ebooks while discovering great authors and exciting books in chinese.
Economic development and reform deepening in china ebook by. We thank philippe aghion, bjorn brugemann, allan drazen, ruixue jia, matija lozej, torsten persson, dani rodrik, and gorard roland for useful comments. Jia uses organization theory to closely examine the incentives. All new research is first presented in a working paper wp where the target audience is primarily other researchers. In 2016, sales of industrial robots in china reached 87,000 units, accounting for around 30 percent of the global market. The detailed records on the place and time of each peasant rebellion were meticulously compiled by the qing court in the qing shilu veritable records of the qing emperors. Fisman would like to thank national science foundation grant number. This paper explores the impact of autocratic rule on social capitaldefined as the beliefs, attitudes, norms and perceptions that support cooperation. Institutional quality and ownerships of foreign direct investment in china, renmin university of china, working paper, 2011. If youre looking for a free download links of the china dream and the china path series on chinese economics research pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you.
The books in this series are the products of the papers and intensive debates that took place during the seminars hosted by. This paper investigates the longrun development of chinas treaty ports from the mideighteenth century until today. Power and publications in chinese academia, journal of comparative economics. Abstract this paper investigates how collusion between regulators and firms affects workplace safety using the case of chinas coal mine deaths.
Since 2006, a swedish summary has also been included. Apr 12, 2012 i thank antonio ciccone, ruixue jia, jared rubin, joachim voth, ludger woessmann and three anonymous referees for helpful comments, and regina baar. N37,n47,o55 abstract in this paper we evaluate the impact of colonialism on development in subsaharan africa. The usc marshall china research group hosts and cohosts major conferences every year. Comparing the changes between the municipalities that created a sez in earlier rounds and those in later waves, i find that the sez program increases foreign direct investment not merely through firm relocation, and does not crowd out domestic investment. We propose a political economics explanation of the high death rates in chinas coalmines, where the local government allows the firms to choose dangerous but profitable modes of production when collusion between the local government and the firms is feasible. China is the worlds largest user of industrial robots. We argue that china, with its long history, a relatively stable political system, and multiple regime changes, provides us an opportunity to investigate the political economy of administrative hierarchy. Power and publications in chinese academia ideasrepec. Ruixue jia is an associate professor of economics at the school, where she focuses her research on the political economy, development economics, economic history and china.
Published articles in english 2015 ifn, institutet for. China center for economic research, peking university m. Theory and empirical evidence cesifo seminar series pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Uvadare digital academic repository learning dynamics. Jia uses organization theory to closely examine the incentives of politicians, particularly to understand how such incentives affect growth, the environment and workplace. The books in this series are the products of the papers and intensive debates that took place during the seminars hosted by cesifo, an international. By analyzing the data collected from the chinese coal industry, this chapter mainly validates that the primary cause of coalmine accidents is collusion and provides empirical evidence for testing collusion in the hope of helping those interested students apply this approach to other fields. Economists offer a rationalchoice perspective on conflict, using approaches that range from the game theoretic to the experimental. Exploring variation in governors connections with key officials in the center, i document that gaining connections increases pollution measured by satellite and social data. Stockholm university phd student department of economics, 20042007. Hyo kang job market mock talk how does competition affect innovation. Regulations designed to mitigate the extent of externalities eg ruixue jia uscd from com cm 101 com 101 at boston university academy. He is also a senior fellow at the center for democracy, development and rule of law, in the freemanspogli institute and at the stanford institute for economic policy research.
It consider how against a backdrop of political centralization and economic decentralization, collusion exacerbates corruption and impacts both on the countrys. Oct 18, 2016 ruixue jiayand hongbin liz october 18, 2016 abstract this paper studies the returns to elite education and their implications on elite formation and social mobility, exploiting an open elite education recruitment system chinas college entrance exam. Collusion, local governments and development in china. A key hypothesis in both economics and political science is that the ccps cadre evaluation system, combined with chinas geographybased governing logic, has motivated local administrators to. Trumbulladams professor of finance and professor of economics department of economics and bendheim center for finance email.
But beyond this, they show that the study of conflict also needs the rigorous, methodologybased perspectives of economics. This book, together with macrocontrol and economic development in china is a collection of papers written in recent years about maintaining economic growth, managing inflation, the relationship between growth and structural adjustment, control of price growth, maintaining stable economic development, and other relevant aspects of macrocontrol, economic development, and deepening reform. Saumitra jha is an associate professor of political economy at stanfords graduate school of business, and, by courtesy, of economics and of political science. Complementary roles of connections and performance in political selection in china who becomes a top politician in china. Contextual robotics institute, center for commerce and diplomacy. The rise of robots in china by hong cheng, ruixue jia, dandan li and hongbin li.
Ruixue jia uscd gps government and r an example consider. Economics, as a study in human behavior, relates to all of us. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. If youre looking for a free download links of the economics of conflict. Department of economics, harvard university special student 20072009. Ruixue jia ideasrepec research papers in economics.
Taken together, these contributions show that economics needs a theory of conflict to understand both outright conflict and transactions in the shadow of conflict. Published articles in english 2015 a copy for personal use of the following reprints are available on paper andor as pdf files if permitted by the applicable agreement. This paper provides evidence on the impact of political incentives on the environment using the case of chinas pollution. The rise of robots in china american economic association.
The impact of collusion on government behaviors springerlink. Decentralization, collusion and coalmine deaths by ruixue. Cantoni and eike wolgast for expert counselling on the history of german reformation. Zhong guo wei sheng jing ji chinese health economics, 2008, vol, 27, no. This paper studies the powerpublication link by applying an eventstudy strategy to a panel dataset of the publication and biographical information of deans of economics schools in chinese universities.
Power and publications in chinese academia, nber working papers 26215, national bureau of economic research, inc. How career tracks matter in the chinese communist party nov. The rise of robots in china research papers in economics. Weather shocks, sweet potatoes and peasant revolts in. Jia, ruixue and nie, huihua, decentralization, collusion and coalmine deaths. Ruixue jia and hongbin li october 18, 2016 harvard. It also publishes academic books and conference proceedings. Futures is an international, refereed, multidisciplinary journal concerned with medium and longterm futures of cultures and societies, science and technology, economics and politics, environment and the planet, individuals and humanity. All pdf s are in english medium only you shall receive the personal copy of. In the world context, colonialism had very heterogeneous effects, operating through many. Published in volume 33, issue 2, pages 7188 of journal of economic perspectives, spring 2019, abstract. Iyer and mani 2012 and jia 2017, the abolition of patronage also enables me to study the impact of social connections under two di erent allocation regimes. Uvadare digital academic repository learning dynamics and. Focusing on a sample of prefectures on the coast or on the yangtze river, i document the dynamic development paths of treaty ports and their neighbors in alternate phases of closedness and openness.
L download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ruixue jia and hongbin li october 18, 2016 harvard economics. The long economic and political shadow of history, volume. In poweroriented societies, academia may not be immune to the influence of power. Weather shocks, sweet potatoes and peasant revolts in historical china, hicn working papers 93, households in conflict network. Evidence from regime changes in china, ad2000, nber working papers 26652, national bureau of economic research, inc. We find that i deanship increases an individuals publication. Yiqing xu, assistant professor, political science, uc san diego this paper takes a novel perspective on the selection of leaders in the chinese communist party ccp by focusing on career. This e book is the second in a series of three examining the shadow that history casts over various aspects of the economy and the polity. This paper studies this question with yearly historical data on weather, peasant revolts and the diffusion of sweet potatoes in china between 1470 and 1900. The dependent variable, peasant rebellions, is measured by the number of uprisings that reportedly occurred in a county on a yearly basis. We focus on provincial leaders and examine how their chance of being promoted depends on performance and connections with top politicians.
In particular, this volume provides an overview of how economists have attempted to shed light on the effects of european colonisers on development and culture across africa and asia. National bureau of economic research, 1050 massachusetts ave. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The series aims to cover topical policy issues in economics from a largely european perspective. Xiao ming economics is a laymans economics popular books. International economics kindle edition by jhingan, m.
Ruixue jiayand hongbin liz october 18, 2016 abstract this paper studies the returns to elite education and their implications on elite formation and social mobility, exploiting an open elite education recruitment system chinas college entrance exam. This page lists ras pre pdf notes released by rajras. Ruixue jia associate editors journal of comparative. Political repression is a distinguishing characteristic of autocratic regimes. Through an examination of coalmine mortality rate, environmental pollution, food safety and house pricing, the book argues that collusion is the intrinsic drive of the china model. If you want to buy all the paid books and pay together, then you can do following. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading international economics. In 2016, sales of industrial robots in china reached 87,00. This chapter is mainly concerned about the impact of collusion on government behaviors. Science and education publishing is an academic publisher of open access journals.
Theory and evidence from china, nber working papers 26008. State building in china and japan after 1850 june 2017 1. Ruixue jia uscd gps government and regulation 18 38 an example consider two oil from com cm 101 com 101 at boston university academy. Clans, entrepreneurship, and development of the private.
Social ties and the selection of chinas political elite. Revolts are listed by year with information on where a revolt took place, who the leaders were, and a brief summary of the spread and result of the revolt. We are grateful to achyuta adhvaryu, gareth austin, sonia bhalotra, mike boozer, rahul deb, kenneth gillingham, timothy guinnane, anke hoeffler, remi jedwab, ruixue jia, christopher ksoll, robert mendelsohn, stelios michalopoulos, philip morgan, nathan nunn, anant nyshadham, ayodeji. Behind economic theories are stories of people and their lives as consumers, workers, and citizens in an interconnected world.
Colonialism and economic development in africa leander heldring and james a. Modern economics has largely ignored the issue of outright conflict as an alternative way of allocating goods, assuming instead the existence of welldefined property rights enforced by an undefined third party. Does production technology adoption affect conflict. The paper exploits a unique chinese municipal dataset to assess the impact of special economic zones on the local economy. The china conference institutions, markets and firms, may 1718, 2019 sponsored by usc marshall institute for outlier research in business. Ying bai, ruixue jia this paper studies how the abolition of an elite recruitment systemchinas civil exam system that lasted over 1,300 yearsaffects political stability. Background and natural experiment the organization under study is the colonial o ce. We thank daniel berkowitz, patrick francois, ruixue jia, victor shih, and francesco trebbi for useful feedback. This paper was previously titled climate, ecosystem resilience, and the slave trade.
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