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How to Kill Entrepreneurship—Limit LGBT Freedom: The Impact of Discrimination...
The news from Brunei Darussalam is grim. The small Southeast Asian, oil and gas-rich country, has announced plans to implement a new legal code that, among other things, calls for amputation for those...
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What Is Stalling Private Sector Innovation in India?
Co-Author: Madan Dhanora“Need to focus on 5 things to bring India back on growth path – Intent, Inclusion, Investment, Infrastructure and Innovation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while delivering...
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PAST Webinar on Labor Rationing in India: A Revealed Preference Approach from...
When: 14 July 2020, 11:30am-12:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)Speaker: Yogita Shamdasani, National University of SingaporeSponsor: Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Hong Kong University of Science...
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Small Business Is Bleeding in the Pandemic: Evidence and Policy from Bangladesh
Co-Author: Monzur HossainSmall businesses in Bangladesh are usually started out of necessity and operate informally. They generally lack access to bank credit, possess little capital, and sell their...
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Review of Thomas Orlik, China: The Bubble that Never Pops
Oxford University Press, May 2020.As much as China's crash has been predicted, someone needed to explain why it hasn't happened. And no one could be more credible in doing so than Tom Orlik who has...
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The Real Reason for China's Unbalanced Growth (Orlik Review Addendum)
This post follows up on my review of Tom Orlik's wonderful book "China: The Bubble that Never Pops". The book explains why constant predictions of China's economic collapse due to mounting debt and...
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Can Japan Learn to Work from Home?
Japan has, for several decades, experienced a toxic combination of an aging and shrinking population, slow growth, and very large fiscal deficits and debt. Looking forward, Japan’s potential growth is...
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PAST Virtual Conference of the Chinese Economists Society
When: 13-15 August 2020, 8:00am-1:50pm US Eastern Daylight Time (GMT–4)Announcement: hereRegistration Deadline: 31 July 2020 About 130 CES members, whose papers were accepted for the cancelled...
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PAST China Economics Summer Institute 2020
When: 22-24 August 2020, 8:30am-- Hong Kong time (GMT+8)Sponsors: Chinese University of Hong Kong & Tsinghua UniversityAnnouncement: hereThe 13th China Economics Summer Institute (CESI) will be...
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Abenomics: A Retrospective
With the August 28 announcement by Prime Minister Abe of his intention to step down from his position within weeks, his record in a number of areas will inevitably face scrutiny and evaluation. Here, I...
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Review of Raul Fabella, Capitalism and Inclusion under Weak Institutions
published by the University of the Philippines, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, 2018. pdf downloadThe lackluster development performance of the Philippines over the span of many decades...
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On China As a Model for the Philippines (Fabella Review Addendum)
In the book Capitalism and Inclusion under Weak Institutions, reviewed in a previous post, author Raul Fabella points to a lack of social coherence in the Philippines as undermining economic progress...
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PAST Conference on the Economics of Pandemics
When: 9-13 November 2020Sponsor: Philippine Economic SocietyProgram: hereThe Philippine economy is more interconnected with the world than ever; and within the economy, the domestic markets are more...
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The Geography of Innovation in China
Co-authors: Fushu Luan; Ming He; and Donghyun Park This post draws on a paper presented at the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting in a session sponsored by the American Committee on Asian...
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PAST Webinar on How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise
When: 4 February 2021, 4:00pm US Pacific Time (GMT-8)Speaker: Scott Rozelle, Stanford UniversitySponsor: University of Southern California, US-China InstituteRegistration: here
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PAST Webinar on China's Domestic and External Economic Challenges
When: 29 January 2021, 10:00am Singapore time (GMT+8)Speaker: David Dollar, Brookings InstitutionSponsor: National University of Singapore, East Asia InstitutionRegistration: here
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PAST Webinar on Affirmative Action, Attitudes and Social Networks: Evidence...
When: 19 Tuesday 2021, 9:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)Speaker: Emily Breza, Harvard UniversitySponsor: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Institute for Emerging Market...
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PAST Webinar on The State Never Retreats: The Chinese Economy, 1995-2018
When: 28 January 2021, 3:30-5:00pm US Pacific Time (GMT-8)Speaker: Andrew Batson, Gavekal Dragonomics, Beijing, ChinaSponsor: University of Washington, Jackson School of International StudiesZoom...
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PAST Lecture on the New Fiscal Consensus and How It Applies to Emerging...
When: 28 January 2021, 6:30pm India time (GMT+5.5)Speakers: Olivier Blanchard & Aravind SubramanianSponsor: Ashoka Centre for Economic Policy, Ashoka UniversityView: here
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The 'New Fiscal Consensus' As Per Blanchard & Subramanian Interpreted for...
The 'new fiscal consensus' holds that major advanced economies have the fiscal space to go big on stimulus and should do so in response to the pandemic. In a recent webinar sponsored by the Ashoka...
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