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Uncovering the City of London Corporation: Territory and Temporalities in the New State Capitalism (2022)
Journal Article
Eagleton-Pierce, M. (2023). Uncovering the City of London Corporation: Territory and Temporalities in the New State Capitalism. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 55(1), 184-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X221083986

The heterogenous literature on the ‘new state capitalism’ has provoked considerable academic and popular interest in recent years, but also critique regarding how to analytically bolster the concept and enhance empirical understanding. This paper res... Read More about Uncovering the City of London Corporation: Territory and Temporalities in the New State Capitalism.

State-owned Enterprises in Chinese Economic Transformation: Institutional Functionality and Credibility in Alternative Perspectives (2020)
Journal Article
Lo, D. (2020). State-owned Enterprises in Chinese Economic Transformation: Institutional Functionality and Credibility in Alternative Perspectives. Journal of Economic Issues, 54(3), 813 -837. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2020.1791579

The institutions of China’s state-owned enterprises have deviated fundamentally from the principle of individual(istic) property rights. The paradox is that the enterprises appear to have performed well in terms of productivity and profitability. Thi... Read More about State-owned Enterprises in Chinese Economic Transformation: Institutional Functionality and Credibility in Alternative Perspectives.

A Late Maoist Industrial Revolution? Economic Growth in Jiangsu Province, 1966-1978 (2019)
Journal Article
Bramall, C. (2019). A Late Maoist Industrial Revolution? Economic Growth in Jiangsu Province, 1966-1978. The China Quarterly, 240, 1039-1065. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741019000328

According to the conventional wisdom, the promise of the Chinese revolution of 1949 went unfulfilled in the Maoist era. Instead of taking-off, the economy grew slowly and widespread rural poverty persisted. The economic turning point was instead the... Read More about A Late Maoist Industrial Revolution? Economic Growth in Jiangsu Province, 1966-1978.

Neoliberalism (2019)
Book Chapter
Eagleton-Pierce, M. (2019). Neoliberalism. In T. M. Shaw, L. C. Mahrenbach, R. Modi, & X. Yi-Chong (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy (119-134). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45443-0

The Role of Complex Analysis in Modelling Economic Growth (2018)
Journal Article
Sbardella, A., Pugliese, E., Zaccaria, A., & Scaramozzino, P. (2018). The Role of Complex Analysis in Modelling Economic Growth. Entropy, 20(883), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20110883

Development and growth are complex and tumultuous processes. Modern economic growth theories identify some key determinants of economic growth. However, the relative importance of the determinants remains unknown, and additional variables may help cl... Read More about The Role of Complex Analysis in Modelling Economic Growth.

The Role of Complex Analysis in Modeling Economic Growth (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Sbardella, A., Pugliese, E., Zaccaria, A., & Scaramozzino, P. The Role of Complex Analysis in Modeling Economic Growth. Ithaca, NY

Development and growth are complex and tumultuous processes. Modern economic growth theories identify some key determinants of economic growth. However, the relative importance of the determinants remains unknown, and additional variables may help cl... Read More about The Role of Complex Analysis in Modeling Economic Growth.

Consideration on China’s New Normal Economic Growth (2018)
Journal Article
Lo, D. (2018). Consideration on China’s New Normal Economic Growth. Journal of China and International Relations, 6(1), 73-94. https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.jcir.v6i1.2364

Slowdown in economic growth is the defining characteristic of the ‘New Normal’ of the Chinese economy post-2008. Explanations of the slowdown have coalesced around the theses of demand deficiency and profitability decline. This paper dissects the the... Read More about Consideration on China’s New Normal Economic Growth.

A Bicentenary Review of Ricardo’s Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency (2017)
Journal Article
Laskaridis, C. (2017). A Bicentenary Review of Ricardo’s Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency. History of Economics Review, 65(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10370196.2016.1266727

This year commemorates the bicentenary of one of David Ricardo’s lesser known publications, an 1816 pamphlet: Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency. This paper explores the meaning and significance of this work and presents a variety of int... Read More about A Bicentenary Review of Ricardo’s Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency.

Why East Germany Did Not Become a New Mezzogiorno (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Boltho, A., Carlin, W., & Scaramozzino, P. Why East Germany Did Not Become a New Mezzogiorno. London

In an earlier paper (Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997) the authors argued, against the conventional wisdom of the time, that East Germany was unlikely to follow a development path similar to that of the Italian Mezzogiorno. This paper revisits... Read More about Why East Germany Did Not Become a New Mezzogiorno.

China in Africa: more than business? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amoah, M. (2016, April). China in Africa: more than business?. Presented at LSE Africa Sumit 2016, LSE

Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: a political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia (2016)
Journal Article
Padfield, R., Tham, M. H., Costes, S., & Smith, L. (2016). Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: a political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia. Utilities Policy: Governance, Performance, Analysis, 40, 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2016.02.003

Water policy reforms introduced in Peninsular Malaysia have yielded relatively positive improvements in the operational and financial performance of water utilities. This article analyses contemporary water governance in the context of the historical... Read More about Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: a political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia.

A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, May). A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan. Presented at Governance Feminism Workshop, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, London, UK

This paper seeks to provide a critical reflection on the feminist movements in Pakistan. It includes an assessment of the concerted forces of homogenisation, ‘expertisation’, and discursively symptomatic power-engagements with governmental, crypto-go... Read More about A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan.

Foreign aid, resource rents and institution-building in Mozambique and Angola (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Pérez Niño, H., & Le Billon, P. Foreign aid, resource rents and institution-building in Mozambique and Angola. Helsinki

Sharing similar colonial and post-independence civil war experiences, Mozambique and Angola’s development paths are often contrasted, with foreign aid-dependent Mozambique hailed a success compared to oil rentier Angola. This paper questions the so-c... Read More about Foreign aid, resource rents and institution-building in Mozambique and Angola.

Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols) (2012)
Book
Gerteis, C. (Ed.). (2012). Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols). Brill

The three volumes of this collection (Tokugawa Economy and Society, Meiji Industrialization, and the Twentieth Century) feature essays spanning the past forty years of scholarly discussion of how it was that Japan reached its present status as one of... Read More about Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols).