The USC China Research Group aims to advance understanding of the business environment of China and its relation to the global economy and international relations. We conduct academic research, exchange information, and disseminate knowledge to the public and policymakers, leveraging expertise of faculty members in the Marshall School, across USC, and among other affiliated scholars. Among the issues we consider are how institutions such as political economy, law and social norm and culture shape the business environment, the organizations and operations of enterprises in China, and the relation between the Chinese business environment and American business. We aim to become a central intellectual hub for scholars, business leaders, and policymakers, and eventually to position USC as a central institution for the creation and discussion of knowledge concerning the Chinese business environment.
USC Marshall China Research Group
Weekly Workshops
The USC Marshall China Research Group offers weekly research workshops available to all.
USC Marshall China Workshop (2018-2019 Spring Semester) Mondays 11:00-12:00pm, HOH 114
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Presenter |
Affiliation |
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1/28/19 |
Monash University, Dept of Economics |
Rotation, Performance Rewards, and Property Rights |
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| 2/25/19 | Peter Lorentzen | University of San Francisco, Dept of Economics | Personal Ties, Meritocracy, and China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign |
| 3/18/19 | Zuoyue Wang | California State Polytechnic University, Dept of History | Science and Technology in Modern China: A Transnational Perspective |
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3/25/19 |
USC Marshall: Management and Organization | The Nomenklatura State Institutions in the Knowledge Economy | |
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4/1/19 |
TBA |
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4/8/19 |
USC Dornsife: Dept of History |
TBA |
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4/15/19 |
Peking University, Dept of Political Science | ||
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4/22/19 |
Temple University, Fox School of Business, Dept of Marketing |
Humans versus Machines: Effects of AI Chatbot Disclosure for Conversational Commerce |
2018-2019 Fall Semester
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Date |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
Title of Presentation |
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9/11/18 |
Shui Yan Tang |
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy |
Fiscal Transfers, Elections, and Local Governance in Rural China |
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9/19/18 |
Hai Che |
UC Riverside School of Business, Marketing Area |
The Pursuit of Leadership and its Effect on Player Spending: The Case of a Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game in China |
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9/26/18 |
Meng Zhang |
Loyola Marymount University, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Economic History |
Mechanisms of Contract Enforcement: Merchant Associations, Courts, and Chambers of Commerce |
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10/2/18 |
Yanhui Wu |
USC Marshall: Finance and Business Economics |
Social Media and Protests in China |
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10/9/18 |
Yang Xie |
UC Riverside Dept of Economics |
Do expressways affect local development differentially? Evidence from China and a demand-side explanation |
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10/16/18 |
TJ Wong |
USC Marshall: Leventhal School of Accounting |
Transparency in Autocracy: China’s “Missing Cases” in Judicial Opinion Disclosure |
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10/23/18 |
Nan Jia |
USC Marshall: Management and Organization |
The Political Root of Business Network Change |
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10/30/18 |
Saori Katada |
USC Dornsife: School of International Relations |
The BRICS Collective Financial Statecraft and China’s Geoeconomic strategy |
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11/6/18 |
Eric Heikkila |
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy |
Danzhai Wanda Village: A Case Study in Poverty Alleviation |
2017-2018 Spring Semester
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Date |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
Title of Presentation |
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1/24/18 |
Joshua Goldstein |
USC Dornsife: History and East Asian Languages and Cultures |
Beijing's Big Dirty Secret: The City's Victory in its 25 Year Battle to Destroy its Recycling Infrastructure |
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2/7/18 |
Tianshu Sun |
USC Marshall: Data Sciences and Operations |
Solving Shortage in the Market for Blood: Evidence from China |
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2/14/18 |
Leon Zhu |
USC Marshall: Data Sciences and Operations |
Platform Strategy and Operations in China: A Transaction Cost-based Perspective |
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2/21/18 |
Min Zhou |
UCLA, Dept of Sociology |
Achieving Social Status through Cross-Space Consumption: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Chinese Immigrants in the United States |
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2/28/18 |
Sha Yang |
USC Marshall: Marketing |
Understanding the Influence of Content Monetization on Contributor Topic Choice Decision on Social Media |
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3/7/18 |
Rebecca Myerson & Tianyi Lu |
USC School of Pharmacy & Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics |
The impacts of China's New Rural Pension Scheme: Evidence on access to health care and spill-overs across family members |
2017-2018 Fall Semester
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Date |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
Title of Presentation |
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9/12/17 |
Yanhui Wu |
USC Marshall: Finance and Business Economics |
Competition, Contracts, and Innovation in a Novel-writing Platform |
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9/19/17 |
Yongxiang Wang |
USC Marshall: Finance and Business Economics |
Social Ties and the Selection of China's Political Elite |
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9/26/17 |
Brett Sheehan |
USC Dornsife: History and East Asian Languages and Cultures |
Taking Money from Strangers – and Friends: Evidence on Chinese Business Form from the Dongya Corporation, 1932-1950 |
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10/17/17 |
Ayse imrohoroglu |
USC Marshall: Finance and Business Economics |
The Chinese Saving Rate: Long-Term Care Risks, Family Insurance, and Demographics |
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10/24/17 |
Jeff Nugent |
USC Dornsife: Dept of Economics |
Coordinating China’s Economic Growth Strategy via Its Government-controlled Association for Private Firms |
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10/31/17 |
Nan Jia |
USC Marshall: Management and Organization |
Dynamic Inconsistency in Private-Public Partnerships: Analysis of Government Guiding Funds in China |
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11/7/17 |
T.J. Wong |
USC Marshall: Leventhal School of Accounting |
The Embeddedness of Political Connections and Stock Price Co-movement: Evidence from faction-affiliated firms in China |
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11/14/17 |
Franziska Keller |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Political Science Department |
Creating Aristocracy - Social Networking in the Chinese Central Party School |
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11/21/17 |
Dave Kang |
USC Dornsife: School of International Relations |
Looking for answers in all the wrong places: East Asian power transitions in their proper historical context |
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11/28/17 |
Robert Dekle |
USC Dornsife: Dept of Economics |
Chinese Local Government Bond Spreads, Monetary Policy, and Misallocation |
2016-2017 Fall and Spring Semesters
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Date |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
Title of Presentation |
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10/13/16 |
Nan Jia |
USC Marshall: Management and Organizations |
Calculated Tailgating: The Role of Political Connections in Firms’ Location Choice |
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10/20/16 |
TJ Wong |
USC Marshall: Leventhal School of Accounting |
The dyadic ties of managers and financial analysts and their externality on a firm's information environment |
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11/3/16 |
Yongxiang Wang |
USC Marshall: Finance and Business Economics |
Access to Migration for Rural Households |
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11/10/16 |
Jeff Neugent |
USC Dornsife: Dept of Economics |
Beyond a Springboard into Politics: Why and How the State-Run Business Association Matters for Private Enterprises in China |
| 2/7/17 | Erin Baggott | USC Dornsife: School of International Relations | Elite Welfare Shocks and Diversionary Foreign Policy: Evidence from China |
| 2/14/17 | Eric Heikkila | USC Price School of Public Policy | Assessing the Evolving 5YPs of Chinese Cities |
| 2/21/17 | Nan Jia | USC Marshall: Management and Organizations | Asymmetric Effects of Agency Risk on Firm Innovation: An Examination of State-Owned Enterprises |
| 2/28/17 | Yanhui Wu | USC Marshall: Finance and Business Economics | Politician Incentive and Bureaucratic Efficiency: A Field Experiment in China |
Conferences
The USC Marshall China Research Group hosts and cohosts major conferences every year. Below is the information on current and past conferences.
- The China Conference - institutions, markets and firms, May 17-18, 2019 (sponsored by USC Marshall Institute for Outlier Research in Business)
- Text Analysis for Asia and Beyond, January 11-12, 2019 (co-hosts and sponsors: USC Center for International Studies, USC East Asian Studies Center, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture)
- USC Marshall China Research Day, March 30-31, 2018 (sponsored by USC Marshall School of Business)
Courses
The USC Marshall China Research Group offers a variety of courses at the graduate level.
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ACCT 574 Accounting and Corporate Governance in Global Business Environment (PDF document)
- MOR 599 Winning in Emerging Markets
The China Conference - Institutions, Markets and Firms
(sponsored by USC Marshall Institute for Outlier Research in Business)
May 17-18, 2019
Popovich Hall (JKP 102)
611 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089
Registration link coming soon