Gary H Jefferson

Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance

Departments/Programs

East Asian Studies
Economics
International and Global Studies
International Business School

Degrees

Yale University, Ph.D.
The London School of Economics, M.S.
Tufts University, M.A.
Dartmouth College, B.A.

Expertise

Chinese Economy, Economic Development and Growth, Innovation and Technical Change, Innovation and Evolution

Profile

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A specialist in the Chinese economy, Gary Jefferson's research interests include economic development and the economics of innovation with special focus on the economy of China. Jefferson has published extensively, often with research colleagues in China, on topics including industrial productivity growth, enterprise restructuring, R&D and patenting, FDI spillovers, and China's research institute sector. His current research focuses on theory relating to technical change and the interaction between labor and physical augmenting change. Jefferson is a current or recent editor and advisor to several journals, including Chinese Economic Review, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship, Comparative Economic Studies, Fudan University Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Webpage

Courses Taught

ECON	30a	The Economy of China
ECON	141b	Economics of Innovation
ECON	155b	Change on Earth: Evolution, Technical Change, and Economics

Awards and Honors

"Comparing Innovation Quality in Japan, the U.S., China, and S. Korea" (2017)

Jiang Xuemo Visiting Lecturer, Fudan University, June 2014 (2015)

Best Paper Award, U.K. Chinese Economic Association, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (2014)

Dept of Energy grant, "The Channels of Foreign Influence on the Innovation and Diffusion of Technology in China: Implications for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions" (administered trough Penn State (2012 - 2016)

Honorary Professor, Center for Economic Development Research, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2007)

Honory Professor, Institute for Economic Development, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2007)

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (1994 - 1995)

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Fellowship (1994 - 1995)

Henry Luce Foundation United States-China Cooperative Research Program Award (1994 - 1995)

Associate Editor, Journal of Asian Economics (1992)

American Council of Learned Societies research grant award (1988 - 1989)

Ford Foundation Award for Collaborative Research with Chinese Academy of Social Science (1988)

National Academy of Sciences Committee on Scholarly Communication with People's Republic of China (1988)

National Science Foundation US-China Cooperative Science Program Award (1988)

Fulbright Scholarship to China (1986 - 1987)

Dartmouth Teaching Fellowship, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1966 - 1968)

Scholarship

Jefferson, Gary H, ed. "“China and the U.S, Technology: Conflict or Cooperation?”. Innovation and China's Global Emergence, ed. Hoffman, etc al ed. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2020. (forthcoming)

Jefferson, Gary H, ed. “China’s S&T Progress Though the Lens of Patenting,”. Oxford Handbook of Chinese Innovation, ed. Xiaolan Fu ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. (forthcoming)

Jefferson, Gary H, ed. “The Sources and Impacts of Firm-Level Innovation in China, Japan, and the U.S,”. Wakaba Japan: Institute of Developing Economies, Innovation in East Asia, Volume I, ed Kimura 2020. (forthcoming)

Jefferson, Gary H. "Economics with Chinese Characteristics." Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies (2020). (forthcoming)

Jefferson, Gary H, ed. "A New Approach for Accounting for Accounting for China's Economic Growth,". Taylor & Francis: Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies, TBD 2019. (forthcoming)

Gary H. Jefferson, Renai Jiang, Sam Zucker, Li Lintong. ""The role of research and ownership collaboration in generating patent quality: China-U.S comparisons"." China Economic Review (2018). (forthcoming)

Jefferson, Gary H, ed. "State-Owned Enterprise in China: Reform, Performance and Prospects". Washington, DC: Sage Publishing, 2017. (forthcoming)

Jefferson, Gary H. "A New Approach to Growth Accounting." Journal of Development Economics submitted. (2020).

Jefferson, Gary H, Renai Jiang. ""Measuring China's International Technology Catchup"." Journal of Contemporary China vol 58. issue C (2019): https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2019.1677362.

Jefferson, Gary H,. ""Technlogy and Growth in a Fixed Physical World," SSRN id = 3220418." July 26, 2018.

Jefferson, Gary H. ""On the Nature of Techical Change: Original Endowment Theory," SSRN id = 3309166." January 27, 2019.

Jefferson, Gary H. "Change on Earth through the eyes of an Economist: A Synopsis". june 17, 2019. Social Science Research Nework. <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=33636704>.

Jefferson, Gary H. ""China's New Lost Generation:The Casualty of China's Economic Transformation"." Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 14. 4 (2017): 309-328.

Jefferson, Gary H. ""Factors influencing energy intensity in four Chinese industries"." Energy Journal 37. Special China Issue (2016): 1-27.

Jefferson, Gary H/Dan Tortorice/Jiang Renai. ""Restructuring China's research institutes: Impacts on China's research orientation and productivity"." Economics of Transition 24. 1 (2016): 163-208.

Jefferson, Gary H (Ouyang Miao). ""FDI Spillovers in China: Why Do the Research Findings Differ So Much,"." Journal of Chinese Economics and Business 12. 1 (2015): 28.

Jefferson, Gary H. ""How Has China's Economic Emergence Contributed to the Field of Economics?"." Comparative Economic Studies. Ed. Josef Brada. 2015.

Belton Fleisher (summarizes and review the conference presentation of G. Jefferson). ""Symposium on China's Economy and Governance"." China Economic Review 31. (2014): 361-364.

Gary H. Jefferson (Luosha Du and Ann Harrison). ""FDI Spillovers and Industrial Policy: The Role of Tariffs and Tax Holidays"." World Development 64. (2014): 18.

Gary H. Jeffeson (with Jun Zhang). "The Future Trajectory of China’s Political Reform: A Property Rights Interpretation." Unfinished Reforms in the Chinese Economy. first ed. vol. 1 Ed. Jun Zhang. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2014

Jefferson, Gary H (with Ouyang Miao, current PhD student). "“FDI Spillovers in China: Why Do the Research Findings Differ So Much?,” 2014. (with Ouyang Miao, current PhD student), Journal of Chinese Economics and Business, 12 (1), 1-27.." Journal of Chinese Economics and Business 12. 1 (2014): 1027.

Jefferson, Gary H (with Paul Deng). ""Explaining Spatial Convergence of China's Industrial Productivity"." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 73. 6 (2012): 818-832.

Jefferson, Gary H (with Albert Hu). "A Great Wall of Patents: What is Behind China's Recent Patent Explosion?." Journal of Development Economics forthcoming. (2008).

Jefferson, Gary H (with Albert Hu). "Patenting in China." China and the World Economy: Consequences and Challenges. Ed. David Greenaway, Chris Milner and Shujie Yao. Palgrave MacMillan, 2008

Jefferson, Gary H (with B.W. Cheng, Jian Su, Paul Deng, H.Y. Qin, and Z.H. Xuan). "Restructuring China's Research Institutes." Greater China's Quest for Innovation. Ed. Henry Rowan, Marguerite Hancock, and William Miller. Shorenstein APARC and Brookings Institution Press, 2008

Jefferson, Gary H (with Karen Fisher-Vanden). "Technology Diversity and Development"Evidence from China's Industrial Enterprises." Journal of Comparative Economics 36. 4 (2008): 658-672.

Jefferson, Gary H and Albert Hu. "Science and Technology in China." China' Great Economic Transformation. Ed. L. Brandt and T. Rawski. New York City: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Jefferson, Gary H, Thomas Rawski, Yifan Zhang. "Productivity Growth and Convergence Across China's Industrial Economy." Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies 6. 2 (2008): 121-140.

Jefferson, Gary H. "China's convergence imperative: growing income equality as a precondition for sustained economic growth." Crossing the River by Grasping the Stones: Thirty Years of Economic Reforms. Ed. A. Sweetman and J. Zhang. McGill-Queens University Press, 2008

Jefferson, Gary H. "How has China's economic emergence contributed to the field of economics? (50th Anniversary Essay)." Comparative Economic Studies (Celebrating 50 Years) 50. 2 (2008): 167-209.

Jefferson, Gary H, Jian Gao. "Science and Technology Takeoff in China? Sources of Rising R&D Intensity." Asia Pacific Business Review 13. 3, Special Issue: Global R&D in China (2007): 357-372..

Jefferson, Gary H, Jian Su. "Privatization and Restructuring in China: Evidence from Shareholding Ownership, 1995-2001." Journal of Comparative Economics 34. (2007): 146-166.

Jefferson, Gary H. "The Impact of Foreign Investment on China¿s Industrial Innovation,." Global Capitalism Unbound: Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing. Ed. Eva Paus. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Jefferson, Gary H, Albert Hu, Jian Su. "The sources and sustainability of China's economic growth." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2. (2006): 1-60.

Jefferson, Gary H, co-ed. I Singh. Entrerprise Reform in China: Ownership, Transition, and Performance. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.