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Has China’s economic reform already peaked? Dwight Perkins, August 21, 2018, Opinion, "The move from a centrally planned economy to a market economy is more complex than often assumed. When countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union began to transition to market economies in 1989, many economic advisors thought there was little more to it than freeing up goods and services to be sold at market-determined prices and privatising state…
Central Planning: East Asia's Experience. Dwight Perkins, 2016, Book Chapter, "Since 1989 the debate over the appropriate way to reform Soviet-style centrally planned systems has been dominated by the experience of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. China, once considered in the forefront of reform efforts, has been presumed to be ... "…
Understanding the Slowing Growth Rate of the People's Republic of China. Dwight H. Perkins, March 2015, Paper. "It is increasingly accepted that the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is slowing down, but the reasons for the slowdown are not yet well understood. Part of the reason is that growth in all countries that reach high-income status slows down when they reach a global research income level…
Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy. Dwight Perkins, January 2015, Book. "China's rapid rise to become the world's second largest economy has resulted in an unprecedented impact on the global system and an urgent need to understand the more about the newest economic superpower. The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy is an advanced-level reference guide which surveys the current economic situation in China and its integration into…
FACULTI - Economics - East Asian Development: Foundations and Strategies. Dwight H. Perkins, April 14, 2014, Video. "Dwight H. Perkins discusses his book, East Asian Development: Foundations and Strategies on economic growth in East Asian countries through the lens of history, political systems, econometrics, economic analysis and industrial policy analysis. His book attempts to explain why Northeast Asia has performed better than Southeast Asia…
East Asian Development. Dwight H. Perkins, October 2013, Book. "In the early 1960s, fewer than five percent of Japanese owned automobiles, China’s per capita income was among the lowest in Asia, and living standards in South Korea’s rural areas were on par with some of the world’s poorest countries. Today, these are three of the most powerful economies on earth. Dwight Perkins grapples with both the contemporary and historical causes and…
Agricultural Development in China: 1368-1968. Dwight H. Perkins, August 21, 2013, Book. "Agricultural Development in China explains how China’s farm economy historically responded to the demands of a rising population. Dwight H. Perkins begins in the year A.D. 1368, the founding date of the Ming dynasty. More importantly, it marked the end of nearly two centuries of violent destruction and loss of life primarily connected with the rise and fall…
New Institutions for a New Development Model. Dwight H. Perkins, July 2013, Book Chapter. "If China’s economy and per capita income is to continue to catch up to the levels of the world’s high-income economies, China will require a different approach from the model that has dominated its extraordinary development over the past three plus decades. The model of the past in essence involved three basic components during these three decades, and a…
2013, Paper: "There is wide recognition that the policies and institutions that have served China well over the past three decades require radical change and reform if China is to sustain progress to high-income status. The slower growth rate of the past year and the likelihood of even slower but still substantial rates in the future is not itself a major problem. Middle-income countries, for a variety of reasons, cannot sustain GDP growth rates…
China’s Recent Economic Performance and Future Prospects, Dwight H. Perkins, 2014, Book Chapter. "Our forecast of China’s economic future is based primarily on the supply side growth accounting model. The life cycle model of household saving provides us with the most plausible explanation for a continued high rate of savings and investment. China’s labor force will soon stop growing, but migration out of agriculture should have little impact on…