发展经济学研讨会 

【总第29期】

 
【时间】 12月14日，星期一，15:00—17:00
【地点】：明德主楼734会议室
【主题】：State Capacity under Different Economic Systems
 
【主讲人】：Yi Lu  (National University of Singapore)
 
【摘要】：We examine the effect of state capacity on economic development under two distinctive economic systems in rural China. In 1978, China began its transition from a planned economy to a market economy. Focusing on the rural province of Sichuan, we investigate if local communist party strength mattered to developmental outcomes in 1957--78 (Maoist period) and in 1978--85 (reform period). To tease out causal effects, we use the route of the Long March, a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army in 1934--35, as an instrument. We find that counties with more communist members recorded faster output growth and registered lower mortality rates during the reform period, but not before 1978. In fact, party membership number is positively associated with mortality rate during the Maoist period. Our findings suggest that state capacity could indeed accelerate development, but the effect is substantial and unambiguous only when the state seeks to complement the market instead of substituting it.
 
【演讲人简介】
陆毅现为新加坡国立大学经济系副教授，主要研究国际贸易、中国经济和应用微观经济。陆毅教授在Review of Economics and Statistics 、Journal of International Economics、American Economic Journal、Journal of Urban Economics、Journal of Comparative Economics等国际知名杂志发表论文近30篇，也在国内刊物如《经济学（季刊）》《管理世界》等发表论文十余篇。
 

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中国人民大学经济学院 2015年12月6日