Syllabus for Dynamic Chinese Economy
Objective of the course:
This course provides an introduction to some of the new research topics in the area of Chinese
economy.
Expectation:
Students are expected to make a good effort to read the assigned papers ahead of each class
(except for the first session), come to each class and participate actively by asking and answering
questions, and write a research paper in each session (totally 8 papers).
Grading:
Active class participation
Session research papers
20%
80%
Session research papers and the deadlines:
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A short research paper is counted toward a big part of your grade. The research should (a)
be related to lecture given by professors, or (b) be related to assigned readings. The
research paper cannot be co-authored. Judgment would be made both by paper’s absolute
quality and by its quality relative to all other papers in the class.
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A session paper (in English, WORD file) is due to the professor in charge of his session
in two weeks after the end of the session by email.. The maximum length of each paper is
4 single-sided pages, including all tables and graphs. I suggest that you use “times new
roman,” 11-point font, with 1.5 line spacing. There will be penalty for exceeding the page
limit.
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Since there are eight sessions in this course, totally eight papers are required to
submit.
Schedule of the Sessions and Assigned Readings:
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Note: A web link to each paper is provided for (free) downloading. All the links work on
my computer. If it doesn’t work for some reason, you can usually google the paper and
find another source (Jstor recommended) for downloading.
Session One
March 4, 11
Chinese Industrial Development (I) and (II)
yin1953@fudan.edu.cn)
Readings:
(Lecturer: Prof. Yin xingming,
Barry Naughton, The Chinese Economy: Transition and Growth, The MIT Press 2007.
Session Two
March 18
Reform toward market economy in China (Lecturer: Prof. Yin Chen,
econpostdoc@fudan.edu.cn)
Readings:
1. Justin Yifu Lin, 1992, Rural Reforms and Agricultural Growth in China, The
American Economic Review, Vol. 82, No. 1 (Mar., 1992), pp. 34-51.
（http://www.jstor.org）
2.
Sachs, J., and W. T. Woo, 1994. Structural Factors in the Economic Reforms of China,
Eastern Europe, and the Former Soviet Union, Economic Policy 18: 101-45.
（http://www.jstor.org)
Session Three
March 25, April 1
Inequality in China: Trend, Determinants and Impacts (Lecturer: Prof. Chen
Zhao, zhaochen@fudan.edu.cn)
Readings:
1. Ravallion, Martin and Shaohua Chen, 2007, “China's (uneven) progress against
poverty,” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 1-42.
2. Ming Lu, and Shiqing Jiang, 2008, “Labor Market Reform, Income Inequality and
Economic Growth in China,” China & World Economy, Vol. 16, No. 6, 63-80.
Session Four
April 8，15,
Economic Agglomeration and Regional Development (Lecturer: Prof. Lu Ming,
lumingfd@gmail.com)
Readings:
Chenggang Xu, 2010, “The Fundamental Institutions of China’s Reforms and
Development,” Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming
www.sef.hku.hk/~cgxu/publication/Xu_China's_Institution_JEL2010.pdf
Zhao Chen and Ming Lu, 2008, “Is China Sacrificing Growth when Balancing
Interregional and Urban-Rural Development?” in Yukon Huang and Alessandro
Magnoli Bocchi (eds.), Reshaping Economic Geography in East Asia, The World
Bank, 241-257.
Session Five
April 22，29
Besides the GDP : rethinking the role of energy and environment in economic
growth
(Lecturer: Prof. Wu libo Wulibo@fudan.edu.cn)
Readings:
1\The U.S. proposed carbon tariffs, WTO scrutiny and China’s responses
Zhongxiang Zhang, East-West center working papers
2\China in the transition to a low-carbon economy,
Zhongxiang, Zhang, East-West center working papers
3\ Dynamics of energy-related CO2 emissions in China during 1980 to 2002: The relative
importance of energy supply-side and demand-side effects
Libo Wu
Session Six
May 6, 13
Social Security and Health Care System in China (Lecturer: Prof. Feng jin,
jfeng@fudan.edu.cn)
Readings:
1． Feng, Jin, Lixin, He, Hiroshi Sato, 2011, “Public Pension and Household Saving:
Evidence from Urban China.” .Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming.
2. Yip W., Hsio, W., 2008, The Chinese Health System at a Crossroads. Health Affairs.
27(2), 460-468.
3. Feng, Jin, 2011, “Health transition and Medical care expenditure in China”, working
paper.
Session Seven
May20, 27
Structural Reform and Industrial Growth in China （Lecturer: Prof. Chen shiyi,
shiyichen@fudan.edu.cn）
Reading paper:
Shiyi Chen, Gary Jefferson, Jun Zhang, Structural Bonus, Productivity Change and
Industrialization in Post-Reform China, working paper.
Energy-Save and Emission-Abate with its Impact on China's Sustainable
Development（Lecturer: Prof. Chen shiyi, shiyichen@fudan.edu.cn）
Reading paper:
Shiyi Chen and Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission
Based Productivity Change and Industrialization in Post-Reform China, working paper.
Session Eight
June 3, 10
Multinational Corporations FDI Strategy in China (Lecturer: Prof. Xiyou He,
hexy@fudan.edu.cn)
Lecture 1: MNCs FDI Experience and Lessons in China
Lecture 2: FDI Strategy and Local Operation in China
Readings:
1. Yadong Luo: Multinational Corporations in China. Copenhagen Business School
Press. 2000.
2. J.T.Li: Managing International Business Ventures in China. Pergaman.2001.
3. Hitt, M.A., M. T.Dacin, E.Levitas, J.L.Arregle & A.Borza.2000.Partner selection in Emerging
and developed market contexts: Resource-based and organizational Learning perspectives.
Academy of Management Journal, 43(3), 449-467.
4. Luo,Yadong.2007. From foreign investors to strategic insiders: Shifting parameters,
prescriptions and paradigms for MNCs in China. Journal of World Business, 42(1): 14-36.