James Kung
James Kung is a Hong Kong economic historian. He joined the HKU Business School at the University of Hong Kong in 2018. He is the Sein and Isaac Souede Professor in Economic History. He was previously a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Kung researches the economic history of China, its institutions and political economy of development.
Education
He received the Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 1993.
Scholarship
In the American Political Science Review, 2011, Kung and Shuo Chen[1] analyzed the causes of China's Great Famine and concluded that it was due in part to career concerns of senior Communist Party officials. Provincial level officials seeking promotion enforced Party policy more zealously and caused more suffering. However, Yang et al.[2] reviewed the research and concluded that the data included many errors, inaccuracies and inconsistencies. Moreover, they could not replicate the main empirical results.
Academic service
Kung is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics and a member of the Editorial Board of Explorations in Economic History.
References
- ↑ Kung, James Kai-Sing; Chen, Shuo (2011). "The Tragedy of the Nomenklatura: Career Incentives and Political Radicalism during China's Great Leap Famine". American Political Science Review. 105 (1): 27–45. doi:10.1017/S0003055410000626. ISSN 1537-5943. Unknown parameter
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