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Ligang SongBA (Renmin), MA (International University of Japan), PhD (ANU)Associate Professor , and Director |
Research interests/expertise
- International trade
- International economic development and policy
- China
Current Projects
- ARC Project on China's industrialisation and its demand on global resources
Edited Books
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(2008), China’s Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change, Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo (eds), Asia Pacific Press: Canberra and The Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC and Social Sciences Academic Press: Beijing
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(2007), Japan’s Future in East Asia and the Pacific, Mari Pangestu and Ligang Song (eds), Asia Pacific Press: Canberra (December)
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(2007), China: Linking Markets for Growth, Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (eds), Asia Pacific Press: Canberra
- (2006), The Turning Point in China’s Economic Development, Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (eds), Asia Pacific Press: Canberra
Books
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(2005), Song, L. R. Garnaut, S. Tenev and Y. Yao, China's Ownership Transformation: Process, Outcomes, Prospects, The World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC
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(2001), Song, L.; Garnaut, R.; Yao, Y.; Wang, X. 'Private Enterprise in China'.
Asia Pacific Press. - (1996), Song, L. 'Changing Comparative Advantage: Evidence from Asia and the Pacific'.
Addison-Wesley
Journal articles
(2008), ‘Comparative advantage and Australia-China bilateral trade’ (with Sheng Yu), Economic Papers, Vol. 27, No. 1, March, pp. 41-56
(2006), Song, L. and R. Garnaut, 'Rapid industrialisation and market for energy and minerals: China in East Asian context', Frontiers of Economics in China (Springer), July, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 373-379
(2006), Song, L. R. Garnaut, and Y. Yao, 'Impact and significance of SOE restructuring in China', The China Journal, No. 55 (January), pp. 35-66.
- (2000), Song, L.; Xu, X.'Regional Cooperation and the Environment: Do “Dirty” Industries Migrate?'. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv-Review of World Economics, Vol. 136, J.C.B. Mohr, Tubingen, Germany, 137-157..
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(1995), Song,L. 'Trade-revealed factor abundance: further evidence'.
Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 9(3), 278-89.
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Working papers
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(2008), ‘The impact of economic reform on economic growth in China: a principal component analysis, (with Sheng Yu), Research Paper No. 2008/12, United Nations University (UNU) and World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), Helsinki, 2008
Book Chapters
(2008), ‘Impact and significance of SOE restructuring in China’, (with Ross Garnaut and Yang Yao), Chapter 2 in Belton M. Fleisher, Nicholas, C. Hope, Anita Alves Pena, and Dennis Tao Yang, (eds), Policy Reform and Chinese Markets: Progress and Challenges, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 38-70
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(2008), ‘China’s dilemmas in the 21st century’, (with Wing Thye Woo), Chapter 1 in Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo (eds), China’s Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change, Asia Pacific Press: Canberra and The Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC and Social Sciences Academic Press: Beijing, pp. 1-12
(2008), ‘The environmental consequences of foreign direct investment in China,’ (with Qun Bao and Yuanyuan Chen), Chapter 11 in Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo (eds), China’s Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change, Asia Pacific Press: Canberra and the Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC and Social Sciences Academic Press: Beijing, pp. 243-264
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(2007), ‘The East Asian experience: the People’s Republic of China’, Chapter 4 in ArsenioM. Balisacan and Hal Hill (eds), The Dynamics of Regional Development: The Philippines in East Asia, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 93-122
(2007), ‘Component trade and China’s global economic integration’, (with Kunwang Liang Xingjun Zhao), Chapter 5 in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (eds), China:Linking Markets for Growth, Asia Pacific Press: Canberra, pp. 71-94
(2007), ‘China’s demand for energy: a global perspective’, (with Sheng Yu), Chapter 12 inRoss Garnaut and Ligang Song (eds), China: Linking Markets for Growth, AsiaPacific Press: Canberra, pp. 225-247
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(2007), ‘The dynamic in East Asia trade‘, (with Tina Chen and Shiji Zhao), Chapter 7 inMari Pangestu and Ligang Song (eds), Japan’s Future in East Asia and the Pacific, Asia Pacific Press: Canberra (December), pp. 166-194
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(2006), 'The impact of privatisation on firm performance in China,' (with Yang Yao), Chapter 3 in Y. Yao and L. Yueh (eds), Globalisation and Economic Growth in China, World Scienticfic: London, pp. 59-114.
- (2005), 'Interest rate liberalisation in China and the implications for non-state banking', Chapter 7 in Y. Huang, A. Saich and E. Steinfeld, (ed.), Financial Sector Reform in China, Harvard University Asia Centre: Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 111-130.
Teaching
- Development Economics
- The Chinese Economy
Contact Details
| Telephone: | 61 2 6125 3315 |
| Fax: | 61 2 6125 0767 |
| Email: | ligang.song@anu.edu.au |
| Mailing address: | China Economy and Business Program, Crawford School of Economics and Government , The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia |
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