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Economics 274 Fall 2013 Schedule MWF 11:15 am – 12:10 pm Early-Fielding Room 200 |
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Week I Introduction Geography History |
Fri 6 Sep |
Introduction: Culture vs Economics, or how to think about another economy |
The hypergamous Chinese |
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Mon 9 Sep |
Background: China as Empire |
Readings by Naughton & Rawski & Perkins |
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Wed 11 Sep |
Background: Production Function and Growth Models |
Cobb-Douglas & Solow |
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Fri 13 Sep |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ron Fuchs |
Monopoly Capitalism |
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Week II The PRC initial images |
Mon 16 Sep |
Purchasing Power Parity |
comparing economies |
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Wed 18 Sep |
Heterogeneity & Poverty |
Read! – Hessler Part I Supplement: OECD China 2012 Chapter II on inequality |
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Thu 19 Sep |
History Again Feature Film: To Live! (活着！) PN1997 .T5937 1998 DVD |
tentative: 7 pm Huntley 230 |
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Fri 20 Sep |
Discussion of Film: Mao & the PRC |
Read Coase and Wang handout |
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Week III Agriculture
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Mon 23 Sep |
Maoping: A Southern Farm Village |
video in class Growth & Agriculture |
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Wed 25 Sep |
Village China (I) Li: Intro-Summary and Part One |
Incentive Models |
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Fri 27 Sep |
Village China (II) Li: Part Two |
Production Functions |
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Week IV Agriculture Mao, Reforms and Productivity Agriculture Paper Due |
Mon 30 Sep |
Village China (III) Li Part III; Huang et al. B&R Ch13 |
Specialization, Production, Productivity
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Wed 2 Oct |
Village China (IV) Li: Part IV |
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Fri 4 Oct |
Discussion Agriculture Papers Due |
Incentives vs Planning |
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Week V Agriculture |
Mon 7 Oct |
Hessler (II): Contemporary Village Life |
Income Levels & Transition |
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Wed 9 Oct |
Hessler (II) |
Rural vs Urban |
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Fri 11 Oct |
reading days — no class |
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Week VI Industry
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Mon 14 Oct |
Bra Ring Manufacuturing:Informal Industry: Technology |
Hessler (III) |
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Wed 16 Oct |
Informal Industry: Management and Finance |
Hessler (III) |
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Fri 18 Oct |
Stalin and Industry Datong VHS DS779.23.C46 “Working” |
CPE Model |
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Week VII Modern Industry |
Mon 21 Oct |
Modern Manufacturing: Technology |
Dunne (I) Supplement: Nam (2011) “Learning through the Intl JV Industrial and Corporate Change 20:3, 855-907. |
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Wed 23 Oct |
Guest Lecture: Prof. Howard Sanborn |
evening dinner at Canton? |
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Fri 25 Oct |
Modern Manufacturing: Management and Finance |
Dunne (II) |
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Week VIII Industry paper due Sectoral and Urban Models |
Mon 28 Oct |
Discussion of Paper Industry paper due |
Direct Foreign Investment |
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Wed 30 Oct |
Two-sector models |
Readings on Lewis “turning point” |
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Fri 1 Nov |
Urbanization: Positive Externalities |
The CBD model Chan, Henderson & Tsui paper |
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Week IX Urbanization & Environmental Issues Migration Paper Due |
Mon 4 Nov |
Miller (I): Migration Models |
The Migrants
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Wed 6 Nov |
Miller (II): Paying for Growth |
The Cities |
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Fri 8 Nov |
Miller (III): Costs and Benefits |
Discussion |
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Week X International Trade |
Mon 11 Nov |
Negative Externlities: Pollution |
Tom Lehrer “Pollution” (YouTube) 1967 Norway Performance |
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Wed 13 Nov |
Fiscal Transfers: Education & Health Care DVD PN1995.9.C45 H4 2003 |
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Fri 15 Nov |
Demographics: Fertility |
Why children? |
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Week XI Macro Issues |
Mon 18 Nov |
Demographics: Population |
Rising and Falling Dividends |
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Wed 20 Nov |
Demographics: Population Decline |
Aging: Finance |
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Term Paper Due |
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Fri 22 Nov |
China: Lessons From Japan (pdf) |
Smitka paper |
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Thanksgiving Break Mon 25 Nov – Fri 29 Nov |
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Week XII China’s Future: From Empire to Federal System? |
Mon 2 Dec |
Term Paper Presentations Macro issues in the interstices |
Macro issues in a [large] developing economy IMF Article IV 2013 (pdf link) |
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Wed 4 Dec |
Term Paper Presentations Growth Models Revisited in the interstices |
Brandt & Zhu Accounting for China’s Growth (pdf link) Less technical: Zhu in J Econ Perspectives (link here) |
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Fri 6 Dec |
Term Paper Presentations (completed) Review: Our models and their implications for China’s future |
For reference: J Econ Perspectives 2012 Symposium on China |
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