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Economics 274 Winter 2013 Schedule |
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Section 1 MWF 1:25 pm – 2:20 pm |
Section 2 MWF 2:30 pm – 3:25 pm |
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Week I Introduction Geography |
Mon, Jan 7 |
Introduction |
Empires & Control |
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Wed, Jan 9 |
Basics |
forex, ppp |
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Fri, Jan 11 |
Mao Ping: A Southern Farm Village |
video |
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Week II History & Growth |
Mon, Jan 14 |
Two-sector Models |
the growth process |
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Wed, Jan 16 |
Hessler Part I |
Discussion! |
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Thu, Jan 17 |
Feature Film: To Live! (活着！) |
Confirmed: 7 pm Huntley 221 |
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Fri, Jan 18 |
Guest speaker: Ron Fuchs |
at Reeves Center |
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Week III Agriculture |
Mon, Jan 21 |
Village China (I) Li: Intro-Summary Li: Part One |
Growth & Agriculture |
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Wed, Jan 23 |
Village China (II) Li: Part Two |
Incentive Models |
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Fri, Jan 25 |
no class (Board Meeting in NYC) |
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Week IV Agriculture Mao, Reforms and Productivity |
Mon, Jan 28 |
Village China (III) Li Part III; Huang et al. B&R Ch13 |
Specialization, Production, Productivity |
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Wed, Jan 30 |
Village China (IV) Li: Part IV |
discussion! Agriculture Paper Due |
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Fri, Feb 1 |
Hessler (II) |
Rural Life Health & Happiness |
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Week V Migration |
Mon, Feb 4 |
Hessler (II) |
Rural Entrepreneurship |
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Wed, Feb 6 |
Hessler (II) Reading an Academic Paper: Status and Behavior: |
Supplements: Status and Rural Cadre: Jian paper [fancy econometrics] and Zhang Giles Rozelle paper [more readable] |
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Fri, Feb 8 |
Hessler (III) Urban Entrepreneurship & Migration |
Urbanization and Social Change |
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Week VI Migration |
Mon, Feb 11 |
Urbanization and Migration |
How to read a Paper regression tables & statistical significance |
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Wed, Feb 13 |
Migration incentives |
Paper Discussion |
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Fri, Feb 15 |
Elevator Talks Your Papers: 2 min each! |
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Spring Break Mon Feb 18th – Fri Feb 22nd |
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Week VII Planning Industrialization |
Mon, Feb 25 |
Datong: The SOE Model |
video |
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Wed, Feb 27 |
Dunne (I) |
Formal Planning |
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Thu, Feb 28 |
Migration Paper Due |
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Fri, Mar 1 |
Dunne (II) |
Dual-track reforms |
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Week VIII Social Change & Modern Industry |
Mon, Mar 4 |
Dunne (III) |
Direct Foreign Investment Supplement: Nam (2011) “Learning through the Intl JV Industrial and Corporate Change 20:3, 855-907. |
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Wed, Mar 6 |
Discussion of Industrialization! |
Class cancelled: power outage! |
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readings |
B&R chapters for industry topic: ready to cite Naughton, Barry (2008). A Political Economy of China’s Economic Transition. In: Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski, eds., China’s Great Economic Transformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 4, pp. 91-135. Brandt, Loren, Rawski, Thomas G. and Sutton, John (2008). China’s Industrial Development. In: Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski, eds., China’s Great Economic Transformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 15, pp. 569-632. Branstetter, Lee and Lardy, Nicholas (2008). China’s Embrace of Globalization. In: Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski, eds., China’s Great Economic Transformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 16, pp. 683-728. |
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Fri, Mar 8 |
Science, Society and the Arts |
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Week IX Urbanization & Environmental Issues |
Mon, Mar 11 |
Urbanization CBD Model |
Positive Externalities B&R Ch 19 |
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Wed, Mar 13 |
Air Pollution China 2030 “Green” Report esp Ch 3 charts and Chs 4 & 5 (20 pp total) |
Negative Externalities B&R Ch 8 |
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Fri, Mar 15 |
Water Pollution |
Negative Externalities B&R Ch 8 Tom Lehrer “Pollution” (YouTube) 1967 Norway Performance |
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Week X International Trade |
Mon, Mar 18 |
Chinese Trade |
Comparative Advantage B&R Ch 16 |
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Industry Paper Due |
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Wed, Mar 20 |
Trade Balances Yang, Dennis Tao (2012). “Aggregate Savings and External Imbalances in China.” Journal of Economic Perspectives. 26:4, pp. 125-146. |
(S-I) + (T-G) = (X-M) |
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Fri, Mar 22 |
NO CLASS (Conference) East vs West: B&R Ch 18 Fiscal Transfers [OECD paper] |
Regional Specialization ==> Inequality <== |
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Week XI Macro Issues |
Mon, Mar 25 |
Taxation, Spending B&R Ch 12 China Trade & Macro slides Fardoust et al., |
Fiscal Issues Takehome Quiz on B&R Chapters? |
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Wed, Mar 27 |
How Can China Quell Inflation? China Trade & Macro slides |
Money & Banking B&R Ch 14 IMF Article IV Report 2011, pp 23-35 [download] |
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Thu, Mar 28 |
evening class |
Feature Film ? Together ? Happy Times ? |
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Fri, Mar 29 |
Controlling the Economy China Trade & Macro slides |
Macroeconomic Policy IMF Article IV 2012 [download] |
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Week XII China’s Future: From Empire to Federal System? |
Mon, Apr 1 |
Why Have Children? China Trade & Macro slides |
Demographics & Growth B&R Ch 5 |
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Wed, Apr 3 |
China’s Growth Potential China Trade & Macro slides |
Growth Models Revisited B&R Ch 17 and esp Ch 20 |
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Fri, Apr 5 |
Social Tensions & China’s Future |
Political Economy and Inequality Term Paper Due |
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