Shao-Yu Jheng

Shao-Yu Jheng's research topics include (i) (rapid) industrialization and premature deindustrialization; (ii) state capacity and industrial policy; (iii) institutions; and (iv) USA's aid policy, covering the fields across political economy, economic history, development economics, and industrial organization. He is currently conducting several projects on comparing East Asia and Africa's divergent development paths using both historical and experimental data.