WEEK 10 (April 25, 2016) Tax Reform Required Reading Yingyi Qian, Hehui Jin, and Barry R. Weingast. 2005. and Fiscal “Regional Decentralization Incentives: Federalism, Chinese 89(9-10): 1719-1742. Journal of Public Economics Style.” Hongbin Cai and Daniel Treisman. 2006. Decentralization Cause “Did Government China’s Economic 58(4): 505-535. World Politics Miracle?” Jing Vivian Zhan. 2011. in Local Extra-Budgetary Practices in “Explaining Central Intervention 51(3): 497-519. Asian Survey China.” Suggested Reading Thomas P. Bernstein and 2003. Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Xiaobo Lű. New York: Cambridge University Press, Chapters 1 & 8. (ebook) Rural China. An Chen. Forthcoming. Has the Abolition of Agricultural Taxes Transformed Village “How Governance in China? Evidence from Agricultural The China Quarterly. Regions.” WEEK 11 (May 2, 2016) The Financial System Required Reading Edward S. Steinfeld. 2002. beyond Transition in China: Financial Reform and the “Moving Political Economy of 34(4): 379-98. Comparative Politics Declining Growth,” Sebastian Heilmann. 2005. by Leninist Means: Communist Party “Regulatory Innovation Supervision in Financial 181: 1-21. The China Quarterly China’s Industry.” Victor Shih. 2007. Reform Equilibrium, Chinese Style: Political Incentives and Reform “Partial Stagnation in Chinese Financial 40(10): 1238-1262. Comparative Political Studies Policies.” . Suggested Reading Nicholas Lardy. 1998. Washington, DC: Unfinished Economic Revolution. China’s Brookings Institution Press, Chapters 2, 3, and 5. Loren Brandt, Hongbin Li, and Joanne K. Roberts. 2005. and Enterprise Privatization in “Banks 21(2): 524-546. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization China.”
WEEK 10 (April 25, 2016) Tax Reform Required Reading Yingyi Qian, Hehui Jin, and Barry R. Weingast. 2005. “Regional Decentralization and Fiscal Incentives: Federalism, Chinese Style.” Journal of Public Economics 89(9-10): 1719-1742. Hongbin Cai and Daniel Treisman. 2006. “Did Government Decentralization Cause China’s Economic Miracle?” World Politics 58(4): 505-535. Jing Vivian Zhan. 2011. “Explaining Central Intervention in Local Extra-Budgetary Practices in China.” Asian Survey 51(3): 497-519. Suggested Reading Thomas P. Bernstein and Xiaobo Lű. 2003. Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Rural China. New York: Cambridge University Press, Chapters 1 & 8. (ebook) An Chen. Forthcoming. “How Has the Abolition of Agricultural Taxes Transformed Village Governance in China? Evidence from Agricultural Regions.” The China Quarterly. WEEK 11 (May 2, 2016) The Financial System Required Reading Edward S. Steinfeld. 2002. “Moving beyond Transition in China: Financial Reform and the Political Economy of Declining Growth,” Comparative Politics 34(4): 379-98. Sebastian Heilmann. 2005. “Regulatory Innovation by Leninist Means: Communist Party Supervision in China’s Financial Industry.” The China Quarterly 181: 1-21. Victor Shih. 2007. “Partial Reform Equilibrium, Chinese Style: Political Incentives and Reform Stagnation in Chinese Financial Policies.” Comparative Political Studies 40(10): 1238-1262. . Suggested Reading Nicholas Lardy. 1998. China’s Unfinished Economic Revolution. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, Chapters 2, 3, and 5. Loren Brandt, Hongbin Li, and Joanne K. Roberts. 2005. “Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China.” Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 21(2): 524-546.
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