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Technical Self-Sufficiency, Pricing Independence: A Penrosean perspective on China’s Emergence as a Major Oil Refiner since the 1960s (2018)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2019). Technical Self-Sufficiency, Pricing Independence: A Penrosean perspective on China’s Emergence as a Major Oil Refiner since the 1960s. Business History Review, 61(4), 681-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2017.1413095

International embargos and the withdrawal of Soviet technical expertise had by the early 1960s effectively engrained China’s approach to energy and technical self-sufficiency. Chinese officials cited reasons similar to those advanced by Edith Penrose... Read More about Technical Self-Sufficiency, Pricing Independence: A Penrosean perspective on China’s Emergence as a Major Oil Refiner since the 1960s.

Continuity and Pragmatism: How Chinese State-Owned Banks adapted to Hong Kong’s Free Market (1949-1978) (2016)
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Tobin, D. Continuity and Pragmatism: How Chinese State-Owned Banks adapted to Hong Kong’s Free Market (1949-1978). Journal of Contemporary Asia, 46(2), 267-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2015.1123283

One of the puzzling features of China’s post-1978 economic reforms is how quickly its enterprises adapted to the new business environment. An insight into this puzzle is provided by Chinese state-owned banks in Hong Kong. From 1949-78 these banks, le... Read More about Continuity and Pragmatism: How Chinese State-Owned Banks adapted to Hong Kong’s Free Market (1949-1978).

Renminbi Internationalisation: Precedents and Implications (2013)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2013). Renminbi Internationalisation: Precedents and Implications. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 11(2), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2013.789677

While it is commonly assumed that there are no known precedents against which to benchmark the internationalisation of the Renminbi (RMB), this paper argues that the PRCs own development experience provides a useful perspective on the internationalis... Read More about Renminbi Internationalisation: Precedents and Implications.

The renminbi as an international currency: the next instalment of China’s economic reforms (2013)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2013). The renminbi as an international currency: the next instalment of China’s economic reforms. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 11(2), 79-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2013.789679

"The renminbi’s value is kept stable while the currencies of the capitalist countries are in a state of constant fluctuation … A growing number of countries and regions now use the renminbi to quote prices and settle accounts in trade and other deali... Read More about The renminbi as an international currency: the next instalment of China’s economic reforms.

Pricing Reforms and Capacity Constraints in China’s Petrochemical Sector (2012)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2012). Pricing Reforms and Capacity Constraints in China’s Petrochemical Sector. Oxford energy forum, 15-16

As an economy where the state continues to exercise control over the procurement of a wide range of goods
and services, China offers a fascinating example of how economic necessity,mostly as a result of rapid growth in
manufacturing, has forced the... Read More about Pricing Reforms and Capacity Constraints in China’s Petrochemical Sector.

The Anglo-Saxon paradox: corporate governance best practices and the reform deficit in China's banking sector (2012)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2012). The Anglo-Saxon paradox: corporate governance best practices and the reform deficit in China's banking sector. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 10(2), 147-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2012.673780

Corporate governance is now a key concern in China’s banking sector. Its importance is related to the important policy questions of how to foster economic growth without increasing inflation in an environment where monetary guidance does not function... Read More about The Anglo-Saxon paradox: corporate governance best practices and the reform deficit in China's banking sector.

Austerity and Moral Compromise: Lessons from the Development of China’s Banking System (2011)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2011). Austerity and Moral Compromise: Lessons from the Development of China’s Banking System. World Development, 39(5), 700-711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.10.002

China’s state-owned banks have demonstrated a tremendous capacity for change, but their implications for development policy are often unclear. The paper examines why the pre-reform banking system based on moral compromise almost seamlessly changed to... Read More about Austerity and Moral Compromise: Lessons from the Development of China’s Banking System.

A Crisis of Ethics: Moral Hazard and Banking Regulation in Ireland (2010)
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Tobin, D. (2010). A Crisis of Ethics: Moral Hazard and Banking Regulation in Ireland

This think piece argues that before Ireland's banking crisis, the regulatory emphasis was focused on the integrity of the banking system as a whole and the behaviour of individual banks was largely ignored. Regulators placed their faith in market dat... Read More about A Crisis of Ethics: Moral Hazard and Banking Regulation in Ireland.