China’s Economy, Its Currency, and the State of the U.S.-China Economic Relationship
2017-2018 CSCC Annual Public Lecture
Eswar Prasad, Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of Economics and Trade Policy, Cornell University.
China’s economy is now the second largest in the world and its currency, the renminbi, has been elevated to the status of an elite official reserve currency. But China is facing slower growth, rising debt levels, and…
2017 China and International Relations Graduate Research Workshop
Organizers: Brian Chao and Scott Wingo
This workshop brings together advanced graduate students from around the country conducting research on China and international relations. The objective is to create a forum of mutual exchange for developing…
Clean Air at What Cost? The Rise of “Blunt Force” Pollution Regulation in China
Denise van der Kamp, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow
Amidst rising discontent over pollution, the Chinese state faces a dilemma: In the absence of strong regulatory institutions, how can they enforce environmental policies that threaten local industrial interests? In…
China's Economy: Fiscal Stimulus, Innovation and Productivity
Judith and Marshall Meyer Lectures on China’s Economy
Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
What Explains Corporate Governance Regimes in China? The Same Old American Law and Economics Theories
Yun-Chien Chang, Professor of Law, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
The corporate literature has examined what factors affect corporate governance regimes and the effect of the choice of such regimes in the U.S. and other developed economies. Very few empirical works have been done…
Rethinking the impact of US-China Trade on US Employment: A Value-Chain Perspective
Judith and Marshall Meyer Lectures on China’s Economy
Shang-Jin Wei, N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Columbia University
Political rhetoric and recent research have emphasized the effect of US-China trade on displacement of US manufacturing jobs. However, the United States imports intermediate inputs from China, helping downstream US…
Penn China Education Summit:
Educational Reform and Innovation in Globalized Era
https://pennchinaeducactionsummit.com/
Globalization and Technological Innovation have been transforming the world dramatically. During the past three…
Art Test Fever: Art School and Evaluation Regimes in China
Lily Chumley, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
Over the course of the 1990s and early 2000s, the Chinese art and design secondary education system expanded dramatically, along with the private test-prep schools that prepared students for standardized examinations…
It Takes Two to Tango: Autocratic Underbalancing, Regime Legitimacy, and China’s Responses to India’s Rise
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Why has China yet to respond strongly to improving and expanding Indian military capabilities, in particular along the disputed border? This article posits a new mechanism that discourages appropriate balancing…
Access to Elite Education, Wage Premium and Social Mobility: The Truth and Illusion of China's College Entrance Exam
Ruixue Jia, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC San Diego
This study examines the returns to elite education and the implications of elite education on mobility, exploiting an open elite education recruitment system – China’s College Entrance Exam. We conduct annual…
