Finance, Labor & Global Markets
The Pacific Century is characterized by the rise of Asia and the Americas as the pivot point for global dynamics. Barry Naughton, professor and leading scholar at the 21st Century China Center, is an authority on the Chinese economy with an emphasis on issues relating to industry, trade, finance and China’s transition to a market economy. The center promotes original research on contemporary China and focuses on policy-relevant research and practical dialogues in areas that are of critical and immediate relevance to China’s development and U.S.-China relations.
In the News
From triathlons to trade policy
Dec. 16, 2020 | By Virginia Watson | GPS News
New GPS associate professor Kyle Handley, a former triathlete, studies how trade agreement uncertainty influences import and export markets
A focus on policymaking and social justice
Aug. 27, 2020 | By Virginia Watson | GPS News
GPS welcomes Brian Libgober, a new assistant professor whose research looks at administrative policymaking, interest group politics and financial regulation
Is the social safety net working?
Oct. 30, 2018 | Virginia Watson | GPS News
Meet GPS’s new associate professor, Alexander Gelber, who works to improve the labor market with a focus on the social safety net
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Faculty and Research
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John Ahlquist
Associate Professor
Research Fields: political economy, comparative politics, labor market institutions, income inequality, international trade
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Roger Bohn
Professor
Research Fields: high-tech and international manufacturing, electronics and data storage industry, product development, organizational management
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Renee Bowen
Associate Professor
Research fields: political economy, microeconomic theory, international trade
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Richard Feinberg
Professor
Research Fields: Cuba, Latin America, U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, trade and investment, globalization, democratization, non-governmental organizations
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Rafael Fernández de Castro
Professor; Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
Research fields: U.S.-Mexico relations, foreign policy, immigration and security in Latin America
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Francisco Garfias
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: comparative political economy, state capacity, taxation, social conflict, Latin American politics, Mexican politics, econometrics
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Alexander Gelber
Associate Professor
Research Fields: public finance, particularly issues relating to taxation and social insurance
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Joshua Graff Zivin
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Research Fields: environmental, public health, development, innovation economics
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Uma R. Karmarkar
Assistant Professor
Research fields: decision neuroscience, neuroeconomics, psychology, consumer behavior
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Gaurav Khanna
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: development economics, labor economics, applied econometrics
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Munseob Lee
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: macroeconomics, growth and development, firm dynamics, Korea
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Elizabeth Lyons
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: technology and innovation strategy, international management, organizational economics
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Craig McIntosh
Professor; Co-director, Policy Design and Evaluation Lab
Research Fields: development economics, agricultural and resource economics, program evaluation, microeconomics, anti-poverty policies
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Barry Naughton
Sokwanlok Chair of Chinese International Affairs
Research Fields: Chinese economy, foreign trade and investment, economic reform
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Krislert Samphantharak
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
Research Fields: corporate finance, economic development, family businesses, business groups in East and Southeast Asia, financial institutions in village economies, Thailand
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Ulrike Schaede
Professor of Japanese Business; Executive Director, Center on Global Transformation
Research Fields: Japan, Japanese business organization, strategy, and management, financial markets
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Victor Shih
Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, Associate Professor
Research Fields: China, political economy, Chinese banking policies, Chinese politics
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David Victor
Professor; Co-director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation; Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy
Research Fields: human rights, international law, energy policy, climate change policy
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21st Century China Center
Aiming to deepen public knowledge and understanding of contemporary China and strengthen U.S.-China relations, this center promotes active discourse on China’s domestic evolution and its international engagement. -
Center on Global Transformation
Examining central questions about economic growth, equality and market change in the Pacific, this center brings together the worlds of academic inquiry and policy analysis.
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