Economic Development Seminar Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillover, and Industrial Quality Upgrading: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry Oct 15, 2020, 4:00-5:20 pm EDT This paper studies the impact of FDI via quid pro quo (technology for market access) on facilitating knowledge spillover and quality upgrading.
Economic Development Seminar Externalities in Politicians’ Malfeasance Oct 8, 2020, 4:00-5:02 pm EDT We study spillover effects of corruption, i.e., whether and how public information regarding politicians’ malfeasance in other jurisdictions can affect corruption and rent seeking in the home jurisdiction.
Economic Development Seminar Prison labor: The price of prisons and the lasting effects of incarceration Oct 1, 2020, 4:00-5:20 pm EDT Institutions of justice, like prisons, can be used to serve economic and other extrajudicial interests, with lasting deleterious effects.
