Scholars / UChicago Scholar
Chang-Tai Hsieh
Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Deputy Director of BFI Development Economics Center
Chang-Tai Hsieh conducts research on growth and development. Hsieh has published several papers in top economic journals, including “The Life-Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico,” in the Quarterly Journal of Economics; "Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in China and India," in the Quarterly Journal of Economics; "Relative Prices and Relative Prosperity," in the American Economic Review; "Can Free Entry be Inefficient? Fixed Commissions and Social Waste in the Real Estate Industry," in the Journal of...
Related Working Papers
-
Aug 1, 2022Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in the U.S.-China Trade War
-
Aug 16, 2021Contract Labor and Firm Growth in India
-
Nov 30, 2020Special Deals from Special Investors: The Rise of State-Connected Private Owners in China
-
Sep 3, 2020Measuring the Cost of Living in Mexico and the US
-
Jul 21, 2020The Cost of Privacy: Welfare Effects of the Disclosure of COVID-19 Cases
-
Jun 19, 2020Post-Lockdown Economic Recovery in China: April and May
-
Apr 27, 2020Post-Lockdown Economic Recovery in China: February and March
-
Apr 15, 2020Guidance on Standstill Implementation
-
Nov 18, 2019A Global View of Creative Destruction
-
Oct 16, 2019Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small: The Transformation of the State Sector in China
-
Oct 16, 2019The Return to Capital in China
-
Jun 18, 2019The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth
-
Jun 17, 2019The Industrial Revolution in Services
-
May 20, 2019Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics
-
Apr 15, 2019A Forensic Examination of China’s National Accounts
-
Nov 7, 2016The Long Shadow of a Fiscal Expansion
1 of 1
Related Events
-
Nov 16, 2023UChicago Alumni Reception
Related Insights
-
Aug 1, 2022Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in the U.S.-China Trade War
-
Sep 8, 2020The Allocation of Talent and US Economic Growth
-
Jun 26, 2020Superpower Showdown: Discussion of New Book by Bob Davis and Lingling Wei
-
Jun 4, 2020How to Prevent a Sovereign Debt Disaster
-
Jun 1, 2020Key Economic Facts About COVID-19
-
May 28, 2020Sovereign Debt Standstills: An Update
-
Apr 21, 2020The Bolton Committee
-
Apr 11, 2020The COVID-19 Default Time Bomb
-
Feb 28, 2020Industrial Revolution in Services: Is Big Business Driving Economic Growth?
-
Feb 21, 2020Will the Coronavirus Derail the Global Economy?
-
Feb 3, 2020A Global View of Creative Destruction
-
Feb 3, 2020A Global View of Creative Destruction
-
Jun 17, 2019The Industrial Revolution in Services
-
Mar 6, 2019Crony Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, Featuring Chicago Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh
-
Jan 6, 2019Improving US-China Relations Through Research Partnerships
1 of 1
Related News
-
Feb 26, 2024How America’s CHIPS Act Hurts Taiwan
-
Jan 29, 2024The Promises and Problems of Buying Local
-
Jan 29, 2024Professor Chang-Tai Hsieh to Lead UChicago’s BFI-China
-
Mar 20, 2023Is Apartment-phobia Driving America’s Housing Crisis?
-
Mar 7, 2023What China Can Teach Latin America About Good and Bad Graft
-
Feb 20, 2023What lies ahead for Asia’s economies in post-pandemic world?
-
Nov 21, 2022The U.S. Needs More Housing Than Almost Anyone Can Imagine
-
Aug 18, 2022Tsinghua University – UChicago Joint Research Center for Economics and Finance Awards Seven 2022 Research Grants
-
Jun 12, 2022China Company Registrations Plummet During Covid Lockdowns
-
May 26, 2022Is Taiwan Next?
-
Apr 1, 2022Taiwan’s Fatal Attractions
-
Feb 20, 2022The Cue Question
-
Feb 16, 2022Bury the US-China Trade Agreement
-
Feb 11, 2022How China’s Communist Officials Became Venture Capitalists
-
Nov 14, 2021China’s Communist authorities reinvent state capitalism
-
Oct 7, 2021When talent is no longer wasted
-
Sep 22, 2021Building the future depends on building more housing
-
Sep 19, 2021Countering Chinese Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive
-
Sep 15, 2021Countering Chinese Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive
-
Jul 24, 2021Biden’s Antitrust Team Signals a Big Swing at Corporate Titans
-
May 16, 2021Meritocracy, Not Democracy, Is the Golden Ticket to Growth
-
May 6, 2021Covid Has Made Orlando Less Affordable Than San Francisco
-
May 6, 2021Covid Has Made Orlando Less Affordable Than San Francisco
-
Apr 19, 2021To Build Back Better, America Must Build More Hoursing
-
Apr 16, 2021Amy Klobuchar has a plan to build more housing
-
Apr 12, 2021How Biden Can Free America From Its Zoning Straitjacket
-
Apr 12, 2021What Biden’s plan to tackle housing prices is missing
-
Apr 8, 2021Biden’s innovative idea for tackling skyrocketing housing prices
-
Feb 24, 2021How to convince a NIMBY to build more housing
-
Nov 5, 2020Systemic racism is a drag on the US economy
-
Aug 16, 2020We Killed the Middle Class. Here’s How We Can Revive It.
-
Aug 6, 2020The Real Reason the American Economy Boomed After World War II
-
Jul 15, 2020How discrimination harms the economy and business
-
Jun 12, 2020How South Korea limited COVID-19 deaths and economic damage
-
Jun 12, 2020Investing in the Future of Work? Follow Population Growth
-
Jun 6, 2020Coronavirus Shutdowns: Economists Look for Better Answers
-
Jun 1, 2020Mit Eigenverantwortung gegen das Virus
-
May 26, 2020Knock down the barriers to a quick recovery: After the coronavirus, we need to pave the path to growth
-
May 12, 2020BFI Awards 16 New Grants for the Study of Economic Effects of the Coronavirus
-
May 11, 2020Why the coming emerging markets debt crisis will be messy
-
May 3, 2020A solution to the looming debt crisis in emerging markets
-
Apr 30, 2020Debt freeze for poor nations is in interest of all
-
Apr 23, 2020Infrastructure investments have never been so good
-
Apr 23, 2020The Necessity of a Global Debt Standstill that Works
-
Apr 22, 2020Poor Countries Don’t Have What It Takes To Face This Economic Crisis
-
Apr 21, 2020Pressure mounts to change EM debt standstill terms
-
Apr 21, 2020Necessity is the Mother of Invention: How to Implement a Comprehensive Debt Standstill for COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
-
Apr 14, 2020What were the preliminary economic effects of China’s lockdowns?
-
Apr 5, 2020How Economists, Too, Are Taking On the Coronavirus Crisis
-
Mar 5, 2020Forget Seattle and L.A. We should bet big on St. Louis and Baltimore.
-
Feb 27, 2020Trump Administration Faces Economic Test as Coronavirus Shakes Markets
-
Feb 26, 2020Surprise: China’s Economy Is Smaller Than You Think
-
Feb 25, 2020Big Brains: Why The Coronavirus Could Send China’s Economy Back To The ‘80s, With Chang-Tai Hsieh (Ep. 41)
-
Feb 6, 2020Is (Productive) Big Business Taking Over Services?
-
Feb 5, 2020Big Business Is Driving America’s Smaller Cities
-
Feb 4, 2020How California Housing Reforms Would Boost Workers Nationwide
-
Oct 24, 2019How to Get a Better Deal From a Real Estate Agent
-
Mar 7, 2019A New Study Led by Chicago Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh Examines Tax Revenues to Revise Down Growth Estimates in China’s Economy
-
Mar 6, 2019Research by Chicago Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh Shows China’s Economy is About 12% Smaller Than Official Figures Suggest
-
Jun 22, 2018Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh, Co-Director of BFI’s Development Economics Initiative, discusses Chinese intellectual property theft
-
Jun 14, 2018Research from Booth’s Chang Tai-Hsieh, Co-Director of the BFI Development Economics Initiative, argues more permissive zoning codes could make U.S. workers richer
-
Apr 6, 2018Research from Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh argues real estate has become a constraint to growth in high-wage cities
-
Mar 13, 2018Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh cited in discussion of local regulations’ influence on housing costs
-
Mar 6, 2018Watch New Videos of Winter Quarter Friedman Forum Talk With Erik Hurst and Becker Brownbag Talk With Chang-Tai Hsieh
-
Sep 6, 2017Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh Explains Land-use Restrictions’ Effect on Economic Growth
1 of 1