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Economics 274 Winter 2014 Schedule MWF 11:15 am – 12:10 pm Huntley 321 |
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Topic |
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Week I Introduction Geography History |
Mon 6 Jan |
Introduction: China as Empire |
Read! – Hessler Part I Homework: Read It! |
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Wed 8 Jan |
Heterogeneous China Reading Guide: Hessler I.pdf |
YouTube Documentary on the Great Wall esp 31:30-43:40 on construction and role in 1644 Ming-Qing transition |
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Fri 10 Jan |
Background Growth Models |
Solow: Chalk & Talk (Lewis will be later this term) Brandt Ma Rawski: “From Divergence to Convergence” (1600-2000 Chinese Econ History) |
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Week II The PRC: initial images |
Mon 13 Jan |
Guest Lecture: Dr. Ron Fuchs China as a Technology Monopolist |
at Reeves Center |
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Tues 14 Jan |
Evening Film: To Live! 活着！ |
6:30 pm in Huntley 230 and TMC after hours YouTube version (link may vanish if YouTube finds it violates copyright) |
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Wed 15 Jan |
Dwight Perkins overview of reforms |
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Fri 17 Jan |
Discussion of Film: Mao & the PRC begin reading Li, Village China |
one-page paper due [assignment] |
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Week III Agriculture Growth & Agriculture |
Mon 20 Jan Founders Day – ODK |
Li Book (I): Production Functions |
Watch Living on YouTube in 4×15 min pieces: I, II, III and IV |
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Wed 22 Jan |
Li (II) Incentives |
discussion of “Living” video |
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Fri 24 Jan |
Li (III) life cycle and agriculture |
NOT in NY for conference, found late flight |
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Week IV Elasticities & the Future of Agriculture |
Mon 27 Jan |
discuss Li book |
Agriculture Paper Due |
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Wed 29 Jan |
Elasticities & the Future of Agriculture |
chalk & talk refresh yourself on elasticities! |
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Fri 31 Jan |
Hessler Part II: Sancha Village discussion |
Read – duh! |
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Week V Industry |
Mon 3 Feb |
in Detroit for conference Memo on “Working” video (pdf) |
Watch Heart of the Dragon “Working” (4 x 15 mins) on YouTube: Parts I, II, III, and IV |
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Wed 5 Feb |
Discussion of “Working” video |
one-page memo due |
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Fri 7 Feb |
Formal models of planning |
CPE Model Term paper topic(s) due |
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Week VI Industry: Wenzhou
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Mon 10 Feb |
Transition: Dual-Track Reforms |
Be reading Hessler (III)! |
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Wed 12 Feb |
Bra Ring Manufacuturing: Informal Industry |
Hessler (III) |
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Fri 14 Feb |
Informal Industry: Management and Finance |
Hessler (III) two-page paper on Hessler due |
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Midterm Break Saturday 15 Feb – Sunday 23 Feb |
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Week VII Urbanization and Migration |
Mon 24 Feb |
Urbanization: Positive Externalities |
review: the future of agriculture |
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Wed 26 Feb |
Urbanization: CBD Model and Urban Structure Migration: Modeling the Decision |
Read Miller Chapters 1-2: Migrants Stories, Successful and Not Urbanization 城市化 [chéngshìhuà] Policy 政策 [zhèngcè] |
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Fri 28 Feb |
Migration: Measuring the Decision Introduction to Empirical Microeconomics |
READ: Sylvie Demurger (2012). Mapping Modes of Rural Migration in China. Groupe D’analyse et de Theorie Economique Lyon – St Etienne. Working Paper 1209. |
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Week VIII Sectoral and Urban Models |
Mon 3 Mar |
W&L Closed – bad weather |
paper due date shifted to Friday |
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Wed 5 Mar |
discuss Cai paper |
READ Cai, Fang (2012). Reform of the Hukou System and Unification of Rural-Urban Social Welfare. Chapter Twelve (pp 287-304) in: Fang Cai and Meiyan Wang, eds., China Population and Labor Yearbook. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks. Leiden: Brill. Leyburn: eBook. |
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Thu 6 Mar |
Prof. Jie Lu |
cancelled! |
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Fri 7 Mar |
discuss Miller book |
papers due in class |
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Week IX Cities & Externalities |
Mon 10 Mar |
Modern Industry in China: Why JVs? or How to Enter a New Market? |
READ Dunne, American Wheels Parts I & II Kit Price, Beijing Jeep vs GM-SAIC |
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Wed 12 Mar |
Dunne, Part III and Nam, Kyung-Min, “Compact Organizational Space and Technological Catch-up: Comparison of China’s Three Leading Automotive Groups.” Industry Studies Association, Pittsburgh, May 30, 2012. |
Nam, Kyung-Min (2011). Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China’s automotive sector. Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(3), pp. 855-907. |
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Fri 14 Mar |
GUEST SPEAKER: Prof. Laura Dodge ’91, George Mason University |
Prof. Dodge ’91 has long experience in Asia as a journalist, working with joint ventures, and teaching politics and international relations. |
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Week X
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Mon 17 Mar |
Dunne book continued |
bring notes through Chapter 18 |
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Wed 19 Mar |
American Wheels final discussion: how can China learn? |
bring notes on Nam paper |
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Fri 21 Mar |
Demographics: Why children? M. Giovanna Merli and S. Philip Morgan (2011). “Below Replacement Fertility Preferences in Shanghai.” Population, 66:3-4, 519-542. [link or go to “journals” at Leyburn] |
Supplement (short if you skip the equation sections!): Ge, Suqin, Yang, Dennis Tao and Zhang, Junsen (2012). Population Policies, Demographic Structural Changes, and the Chinese Household Saving Puzzle. Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor. December, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7026. |
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Week XI Macro Issues |
Mon 24 Mar |
Demographics: Long-run Macro Implications Rising and Falling Dividends |
(additional Slides on Chinese Demographics) |
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Wed 26 Mar |
China’s Future: Growth Models Revisited |
Brandt & Zhu Accounting for China’s Growth (pdf link) Less technical: Zhu in J Econ Perspectives (link here) |
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Term Paper Due |
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Fri 28 Mar |
Term Papers Brandt & Zhu growth modles |
informal discussion of what you did paper as per above link |
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Week XII China’s Economic Maturity: From Empire to Federal System? |
Mon 31 Mar |
Macro issues in a [large] developing economy: trade, inflation and short-run growth |
IMF Article IV 2013 (pdf link) |
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Wed 2 Apr |
Macro topics continued |
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Fri 4 Apr |
China’s Policy Challenges |
China: Lessons From Japan (pdf) |
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