MWF 12:20pm – 1:15 pm Early Fielding 109
| Winter 2017 Schedule | ||||
| Week | Day | Date | Topic | Details |
| Week I | Mon | 09-Jan | Introduction: China as an Empire (I) | |
| Wed | 11-Jan | Introduction: China as an Empire (II) | maps | |
| Fri | 13-Jan | China before Mao (III): a century of civil war | Econ Dept seminar at 4 pm HU200 Disrupters in the Auto Industry: Tesla, Uber, Google? | |
| Week II | Mon | 16-Jan | MLK DAY | NO CLASS |
| Mon | 19-Jan | misc | ||
| Wed | 21-Jan | Foreign Exchange | ||
| Week III Blogging: Zheng, Tyler, Shade |
Wed | 25-Jan | Foreign Exchange and Trade | |
| Fri | 27-Jan | Guest Lecture: Dr. Ron Fuchs | in Reeves Center | |
| Week IV Blogging: Sackett, Mason, Knapke |
Mon | 30-Jan | Followup on Dr. Fuchs | start of Hessler Part III on Lishui |
| Wed | 1-Feb | Huang, Zuhui, Xiaobo Zhang, and Yunwei Zhu. 2008. “The Role of Clustering in Rural Industrialization: A Case Study of the Footwear Industry in Wenzhou.” China Economic Review 19(3): 409–20. | The Wenzhou Model (I) | |
| Fri | 3-Feb | Shen, Xiaoxiao, and Kellee S. Tsai. 2016. “Institutional Adaptability in China: Local Developmental Models Under Changing Economic Conditions.” World Development 87: 107–27. | The Wenzhou Model (II) | |
| Week V Blogging: Kaminer, Henderson, Grist |
Mon | 6-Feb | No Class (in Detroit) | Heart of the Dragon: Living: (1), (2) and (3) | Wed | 8-Feb | No Class (in Detroit) | Watch portions of Hessler on Lishui |
| Thur | 9-Feb | Dinner with Murphree at (?) Canton | VMI Talk Gillis Theater 7:45 pm | |
| Fri | 10-Feb | Guest Speaker: Michael Murphree Murphree & Breznitz Working Paper |
also joint VMI-W&L Econ Seminar at 4 pm | |
| Week VI Blogging: Feldstein, Curto, Connelan |
Mon | 13-Feb | Growth Models (I): Macroeconomic Update | also followup on Murphree |
| Wed | 15-Feb | Guest Speaker: Leland Miller | ||
| Fri | 17-Feb | Growth Models (II) | IMF Article IV Consultation and China Beige Book Followup | |
| Washington Break | ||||
| Week VII Blogging: Choi, Bones, Zheng |
Mon | 27-Feb | The Farmer’s Dilemma | |
| Wed | 1-Mar | Agriculture and Growth | ||
| Fri | 3-Mar | Migration | simple “T” models | |
| Week VIII Blogging: Tyler, Schade, Sakett |
Mon | 6-Mar | Reading Econometrics | |
| Wed | 8-Mar | The End of Surplus Labor? | W. Arthur Lewis | |
| Fri | 10-Mar | Urbanization | Push vs Pull | |
| Week IX Blogging: Mason, Knapke, Kaminer |
Mon | 13-Mar | Discuss Migration | Migration Paper Due |
| Wed | 15-Mar | Planning Models and Reforms Perkins, Dwight H. 2014. “The Centrally Planned Command Economy (1949-1984).” In Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy. Leyburn eBook. also Excerpts from Heart of the Dragon “Living” |
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| Fri | 17-Mar | SSA! | no class | |
| Week X Blogging: Henderson, Grist, Feldstein |
Mon | 20-Mar | Planning and Reforms (II): Song, Ligang. 2014. “State and Non-State Enterprises in China’s Economic Transition.” Chapter 12 in Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy. Leyburn eBook. | |
| Wed | 22-Mar | Providing Public Services | Discuss Chaps 1-2 of Shepard, Ghost Cities | |
| Fri | 24-Mar | Financing Public Services: Lam, W. Raphael, and Philippe Wingender. 2015. China: How Can Revenue Reforms Contribute to Inclusive and Sustainable Growth? IMF. | ||
| Week XI Blogging: Curto, Connelan, Choi |
Mon | 27-Mar | Externalities: Environment | Air & Water |
| Wed | 29-Mar | Externalities: Healthcare | World Bank Health Reform report | |
| Fri | 31-Mar | Externalities: Aging | When you can’t save for the future | |
| Week XII Blogging: Bones, Feldstein |
Mon | 3-Apr | Tentative: No Class | in Detroit |
| Wed | 5-Apr | Banking and Financial Institutions: Yi, Gang, and Kai Guo. 2014. Chapter 15 in Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy, eds. Gregory C Chow and Dwight H Perkins. Leyburn eBook HC427.R667 2015. | ||
| Fri | 7-Apr | China’s Future: Zhang, Longmei. 2016. Rebalancing in China—Progress and Prospects. IMF Working Papers No. WP/16/219. | ||
| Sat | 8-Apr 2 pm |
Cities and Services Paper Due |
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| Final Exams | ||||