The Fletcher School

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Gary Jefferson

Gary Jefferson

gary.jefferson@tufts.edu

Phone: (617) 627-4145

Address:
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Visiting Professor of International Economics

Education

BA, Dartmouth College
MA and MALD, The Fletcher School
MSc, London School of Economics; PhD Yale University

Professional Activities

Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance, Brandeis University (1997-present); Chair, Economics Department (2003-2006); Has served as a consultant to the World Bank, including Research Coordinator, project on “Industrial Reforms and Productivity in Chinese Enterprises” (1989-1996); Member, Executive Board, American Committee of Asian Economic Studies (1990-present); Executive Committee, Association of Comparative Economic Studies (2003-present); Executive editor or editorial board of China Economic Review, Journal of Asian Economics, Journal of Contemporary China; Has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Wuhan University in China.

Selected Publications

  • Enterprise Reform in China: Ownership, Transition, and Performance (co-editor), Oxford University Press (2000)
  • “R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry,” (co-author) Review of Economics and Statistics (2006)
  • “Privatization and Restructuring in China: Evidence from Shareholding Ownership, 1995-2001,” Journal of Comparative Economics (2006)
  • “The Sources of and Sustainability of China’s Economic Growth,” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2006)
  • “What is Driving China’s Decline in Energy Intensity?” (co-author) Resource and Energy Economics (2004)
  • “An Investigation of Firm-Level R&D Capabilities in East Asia,” (co-author) Innovation and Production Networking in East Asia (2004)