Professor Loren Brandt Ph.D. (Illinois, 1983), M.A. (Illinois, 1979), B.S. (Wesleyan, 1977) Office: Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, 4065. Phone: 416-978-4442. Fax: 416-978-6713. Email address: brandt@chass.utoronto.ca Personal website: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/brandt/ Research fields: Chinese Economy, Economic Development, Economic history, Industrial organization

Teaching

l ECO2703S - Topics in Development Economics (2008 Spring)

l ECO251S - Economic Development of China (2008 Spring)

Selected Research Publications

l Loren Brandt and Thomas Rawski (eds.), China's Great Economic Transformation (forthcoming), Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008.

l Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, John Giles, "The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China", Economic Development and Cultural Change 53 (4) (2005), 769–824.

l Loren Brandt, Hongbin Li, Joanne K. Roberts, "Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China", Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 21 (2) (2005), 524–546.

l Dwayne Benjamin and Loren Brandt, "Property Rights, Labour Markets, and Efficiency in a Transition Economy: The Case of Rural China", Canadian Journal of Economics 35 (4) (2002), 689–716.

l Loren Brandt and Xiaodong Zhu, "Redistribution in a Decentralized Economy: Growth and Inflation in Reform China", Journal of Political Economy 108 (2000), 422–439.

Current Research Projects

l China's Great Economic Transformation

Ø Chapter 15. China’s Industrial Development

Ø Chapter 17. Growth and Structural Transformation in China

Ø Chapter 18. Income Inequality during China’s Economic Transition

l Trade and Upgrading in Chinese Industry

l Growth and Structural Transformation in China

l Land, Inequality and Welfare in Vietnam

Ø Land Access, Land Markets and their Distributive Implications in Rural Vietnam

Working Papers

Curriculum Vitae

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