LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-commerce in China
Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Attend in person or via Zoom:
https://myumi.ch/Q61JX
How do states build essential market institutions when political or technical barriers hinder the establishment of the rule of law? In From Click to Boom, Lizhi Liu suggests a digital solution: governments strategically outsourcing tasks of institutional development and enforcement to digital platforms—a process she calls “institutional outsourcing.” Through extensive interviews, original surveys, 28 million proprietary data points, and a field experiment across three Chinese provinces, Liu illustrates how China’s 800-million-user e-commerce market emerged from scratch and has profoundly transformed the nation’s economy and society.
Lizhi Liu is an Assistant Professor in the McDonough School of Business and a faculty affiliate of the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Her research specializes in political economy and emerging markets. Her work has been published by American Economic Review: Insights, Studies in Comparative International Development, Minnesota Law Review, Oxford University Press, and Princeton University Press. In particular, her research on the political economy of China's e-commerce market has garnered multiple research awards and grants. In 2021, she was honored as one of Poets&Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
How do states build essential market institutions when political or technical barriers hinder the establishment of the rule of law? In From Click to Boom, Lizhi Liu suggests a digital solution: governments strategically outsourcing tasks of institutional development and enforcement to digital platforms—a process she calls “institutional outsourcing.” Through extensive interviews, original surveys, 28 million proprietary data points, and a field experiment across three Chinese provinces, Liu illustrates how China’s 800-million-user e-commerce market emerged from scratch and has profoundly transformed the nation’s economy and society.
Lizhi Liu is an Assistant Professor in the McDonough School of Business and a faculty affiliate of the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Her research specializes in political economy and emerging markets. Her work has been published by American Economic Review: Insights, Studies in Comparative International Development, Minnesota Law Review, Oxford University Press, and Princeton University Press. In particular, her research on the political economy of China's e-commerce market has garnered multiple research awards and grants. In 2021, she was honored as one of Poets&Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Asian Languages And Cultures, China, Chinese Studies |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, International Institute, Asian Languages and Cultures |
