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]]>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:46:16 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23591?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23585Survival: Global Politics and Strategy vol. 54, Jan. 31, 2012
Aaron Friedberg’s thoughtful and thought-provoking A Contest for Supremacy does many things well, but what it does best is to underscore the uncertainties and contingencies that must be factored into any analysis of China’s rise and its implications for the United States and other nations.]]>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:52:09 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23585?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23551Modern China, September 2011
Focusing on the episodes of the government’s Paved Road to Every Village (PREV) project in an agricultural township in northern China, this article examines two research issues: First, the role of state policies, government bureaucracies, and village cadres in the provision of public goods, especially the unintended consequences that led to huge collective debts and the erosion of the collective basis of governance and second, the role of local institutions and social relations in resource mobilization, problem solving, and response to crises, especially in the aftermath of the PREV project.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:04:07 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23551?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23550The China Quarterly vol. 208, December 2011
Based on ethnographic research on the autumn harvest in a township in northern China, this study sheds light on distinctive modes of market transactions across produces, and diverse interactions between markets and local institutions involving different co-ordination mechanisms, rhythms and social relationships.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:57:02 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23550?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23549Chinese Sociological Review vol. 44, No. 1, Fall 2011
The prevailing image in the economic and legal literature portrays property rights as “a bundle of rights” and emphasizes their exclusivity, autonomy, and stability. Building on Zhou (2005), the authors elaborate and illustrate an alternative theoretical model to conceptualize property rights as a relational concept.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:46:29 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23549?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23548Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes vol. 120, No. 1, January 2012
Clinical factors, especially presence of diabetes-related complications, appear to be the primary determinants of variation in inpatient costs for patients with type 2 DM in China. To mitigate the health costs increases associated with China's DM epidemic, policymakers should focus on cost-effective ways to manage patients in outpatient settings to prevent the complications associated with diabetes.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:15:06 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23548?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23547International Journal for Quality in Health Care vol. 23, No. 4, August 2011
While South Korea's universal health insurance system may have succeeded in substantially reducing financial barriers related to diabetes care, the quality of diabetes care is low overall and varies by education level. System-level quality improvement efforts are required to address the weaknesses of the health system, thereby mitigating educational disparities in diabetes care quality.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:16:12 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23547?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23546Journal of Institutional Economics, FirstView Article, December 2011
Health systems provide a rich field for testing hypotheses of institutional economics. The incentive structure of current healthcare delivery systems have deep historical and cultural roots, yet must cope with rapid technological change as well as market and government failures. This paper applies the economic approach of comparative and historical institutional analysis to health care systems by conceptualizing physician control over dispensing revenues as a social institution.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:37:41 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23546?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23545American Economic Review vol. 101, No. 3, May 2011
Although U.S. health care expenditures reached 17.6 percent of GDP in 2009, quality measurement in this important service sector remains limited. Studying quality changes associated with 11 years of health care for patients with diabetes, the authors find that the value of reduced mortality and avoided treatment spending, net of the increase in annual spending, was $9,094 for the average patient.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:16:35 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23545?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23541YaleGlobal Online, January 16, 2012
Challenges facing the most populous nation with its fast-growing economy could quickly become global problems. This two-part YaleGlobal series analyzes trends and challenges for China as well as the potential for cooperation. Integration with the global economy, an accomplishment for China since 1978, has the potential for triggering domestic disruptions, and “China may be uniquely vulnerable to developments beyond its borders and beyond its control,” writes Thomas Fingar of Stanford University. He identifies four trends that require response from China’s leaders: a strategic decision to pursue easiest tasks and procrastinate on tougher ones; scrappy competition from other emerging economies; needs of a swelling elderly population; and a highly centralized political system, overseeing an increasingly complex policy environment, failing to catch mistakes in a timely way. China and other nations have many common interests, challenges and opportunities for cooperation. Fingar concludes that recognizing the trends and encouraging cooperation, both domestic and global, are early steps to finding solutions that confront China. -- YaleGlobal]]>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:38:15 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23541?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23538Asian Survey vol. 51, no. 6, November/December 2011
The strain between the United States and the Republic of Korea is often seen as a result of South Korea's anti-Americanism. However, alliance strain and anti-Americanism have not necessarily changed together. This conceptual disparity calls for the need to specify, rather than assume, causality. The authors utilize newly collected data from two major Korean dailies to show this need.]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:35:52 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23538?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23536Asia Health Policy Program working paper #26, January 2012
]]>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:45:37 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23536?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23531The Journal of Northeast Asian History vol. 8, July 2011
More than six decades after the end of World War II, the Japanese government has yet to return an estimated ¥278 million worth of unpaid financial assets owed to Asian victims of forced mobilization for the war effort. Clarifying the historical record of American involvement in managing these accounts can contribute towards a U.S.mediated effort to reach regional reconciliation between Japan and its neighbors in Northeast Asia.]]>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:39:39 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23531?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23530Policy Review, No. 170, December 1, 2011
Big changes are ahead for China, probably abrupt ones. The economy has grown so rapidly for many years, over 30 years at an average of nine percent a year, that its size makes it a major player in trade and finance and increasingly in political and military matters. This growth is not only of great importance internationally, it is already having profound domestic social effects and it is bound to have internal political ones — sooner or later.]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:54:31 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23530?http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23507Review of Policy Research vol. 26, January/March 2009
This article introduces the notion of the services transformation, placing it in the historical context of production and competition, noting the advent of the Internet as a critical building block. Second, we consider national strategies for capturing value in this new era. The experiences of Japan and Korea, successful in deploying high-speed IT networks, but facing unexpected challenges in using them to capture value, highlight several features of the services transformation.]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:33:35 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/23507?