Thomas G. Rawski
Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Personal Information
Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh
Phone:
412-648-7062
Office:
4531 W. W. Posvar Hall
Email:
tgrawski@pitt.edu
CV:
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Research Interests
Development and Modern History of China's Economy, Development Economics, Economics of Transition
Published Papers
2000s
From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History Behind China's Economic Boom
.
Journal of Economic Literature
, 2014 (with Loren Brandt and Debin Ma)
Tales from the Development Frontier
. The World Bank, 2013 (with Hinh Dinh, Ali Zafar, Lihong Wang, and Eleonora Mavroeidi)
Is China's Development Experience Transferable?
. 2011
Human Resources and China's Long Economic Boom
.
Asia Policy
, 2011
Can China Sustain Rapid Growth Despite Flawed Institutions?
. 2011
Urban Air Quality in China: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
. 2009
Studies of China's Economy in North America
. 2009
Productivity Growth and Convergence Across China's Industrial Economy
.
Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies
, 2008 (with Gary H. Jefferson and Yifan Zhang)
Forecasting China's Economics Growth to 2025
. 2008 (with Dwight H. Perkins)
Recent Developments in China's Labor Economy
. 2006
SARS and China's Economy
. 2005
Will Investment Behavior Constrain China's Growth
.
China Economic Review
, 2002
Emerging market for property rights
.
Economics of Transition
, 2002 (with Gary H. Jefferson)
What's Happening to China's GDP Statistics?
.
China Economic Review
, 2001
Ownership, Productivity Change, and Financial Performance in Chinese Industry
.
Journal of Comparative Economics
, 2000 (with Gary H. Jefferson, Wang Li, and Zheng Yuxin)
1990s
On the Trail of China's Phantom Farmers
.
World Development
, 1998 (with Robert W. Mead)
Implications of China's Reform Experience
.
China Quarterly
, 1995
Enterprise Reform in Chinese Industry
.
Journal of Economic Perspectives
, 1994 (with Gary H. Jefferson)
How Industrial Reform Worked in China: The Role of Innovation, Competition, and Property Rights
.
Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics
, 1994 (with Gary H. Jefferson)
Milton Friedman, Silver, and China
.
Journal of Political Economy
, 1993
Growth, Efficiency, and Convergence in China's State and Collective Industry
.
Economic Development and Cultural Change
, 1992 (with Gary H. Jefferson and Yuxin Zheng)
1980s
Economic Growth in China before World War II
. 1989
Productivity Change in Chinese Industry: 1953-1985
.
Journal of Comparative Economics
, 1988 (with Kuan Chen, Hongchang Wang, Yuxin Zheng, and Gary H. Jefferson)
New Estimates of Fixed Investment and Capital Stock for Chinese State Industry
.
China Quarterly
, 1988 (with Kuan Chen, Gary H. Jefferson, Hongchang Wang, and Yuxin Zheng)
The Simple Arithmetic of Chinese Income Distribution
.
Keizai Kenkyû
[Economic Research], 1982
Economic Growth and Integration in Prewar China
. 1982
1970s
Recent Trends in the Chinese Economy
.
China Quarterly
, 1973
Chinese Dominance of Treaty Port Commerce and its Implications, 1860-1875
. 1971
Teaching
Economics 0450 - Technological Change
Economics 0630 - East Asia's Dynamic Economics
Economics 1630 - China's Economy
Economics 1640 - Economy of Japan