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Justin Yifu Lin

Justin Yifu Lin

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
63
Citations
26826
World Ranking
679
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Justin Yifu Lin is affiliated with Peking University in China and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a focus on several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Political Science and International Relations, Development, and Finance.

The primary topics of research covered by Justin Yifu Lin include:

  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • International Development and Aid
  • Global trade and economics
  • Economic and Technological Innovation
  • Economic theories and models

Recent papers authored by Justin Yifu Lin reflect a strong concentration on economic structural changes, development strategies, and industrial upgrading. Selected publications include:

  • State-owned enterprise reform in China: The new structural economics perspective (2021), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
  • New structural economics: A framework of studying government and economics (2021), Journal of Government and Economics
  • Structural Change, Industrial Upgrading, and Middle-Income Trap (2020), Journal of Industry Competition and Trade
  • Development strategy and the MSMEs finance gap (2022), Journal of Government and Economics
  • Endowment, technology choice, and industrial upgrading (2023), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

The venues where the scientist frequently publishes include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Asian-Pacific Economic Literature
  • China Economic Journal
  • Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Justin Yifu Lin has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Caihui Fu
  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati
  • Chia Yue
  • Walter P. Falcon
  • Ulrich Hiemenz

The scholar has contributed to academic books, with publications by Cambridge University Press and the International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC eBooks. Notable titles include:

  • New Structural Financial Economics (2024), Cambridge University Press
  • What African Industrial Development Can Learn from East Asian Successes: The Role of Complexity and Economic Fitness (2020), International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC eBooks

Recognition includes being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Best Publications

  • New structural economics: a framework for rethinking development

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Rural Reforms and Agricultural Growth in China.

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • New Structural Economics: A Framework for Rethinking Development and Policy

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in China

    Justin Yifu Lin;Zhiqiang Liu

  • Competition, Policy Burdens, and State-Owned Enterprise Reform.

    Justin Yifu Lin;Fang Cai;Zhou Li

  • Should Industrial Policy in Developing Countries Conform to Comparative Advantage or Defy it? A Debate Between Justin Lin and Ha‐Joon Chang

    Justin Lin;Ha-Joon Chang

  • New Structural Economics : A Framework for Rethinking Development

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Institutions and economic development

    Justin Yifu Lin;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • The Relationship between Credit and Productivity in Chinese Agriculture: A Microeconomic Model of Disequilibrium

    Gershon Feder;Lawrence J. Lau;Justin Y. Lin;Xiaopeng Luo

  • Policy Burdens, Accountability, and the Soft Budget Constraint

    Justin Yifu Lin;Guofu Tan

  • Collectivization and China's Agricultural Crisis in 1959-1961

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Collectivization and China's Agricultural Crisis in 1959-1961

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • The Household Responsibility System in China's Agricultural Reform: A Theoretical and Empirical Study

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Economic Development and Transition: Thought, Strategy, and Viability

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Food Availability, Entitlements and the Chinese Famine of 1959–61

    Justin Yifu Lin;Dennis Tao Yang

  • Demystifying the Chinese Economy

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Endowment structures, industrial dynamics, and economic growth

    Jiandong Ju;Justin Yifu Lin;Yong Wang

  • The Needham Puzzle: Why the Industrial Revolution Did Not Originate in China

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Education and Innovation Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Hybrid Rice in China

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • New Structural Economics

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • Demystifying the Chinese Economy: Demystifying the Chinese Economy

    Justin Yifu Lin

  • The Relationship between Credit and Productivity in Chinese Agriculture

    Gershon Feder;Lawrence J. Lau;Justin Y. Lin;Xiaopeng Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
Ann E. Harrison
Ann E. Harrison University of California, Berkeley
Keun Lee
Keun Lee Chung-Ang University
Jianjun Miao
Jianjun Miao Zhejiang University
Will Martin
Will Martin International Food Policy Research Institute
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang School of Oriental and African Studies
Gershon Feder
Gershon Feder International Food Policy Research Institute
Lawrence J. Lau
Lawrence J. Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
François Bourguignon
François Bourguignon Paris School of Economics
Jean-Philippe Platteau
Jean-Philippe Platteau University of Namur

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