John David Minnich

Assistant Professor of International Political Economy @LSEIRDept

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@jcanfil @RoselynHsueh @ISQ_Jrnl Thanks both!!

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@michaelxpettis Thank you for listening, @michaelxpettis! I couldn't agree more: "The point is to understand when and how it works and when and how it doesn't."

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

Very interesting Soumaya Keynes podcast with John Minnich on Chinese industrial policy. Minnich makes the point (surprisingly controversial among mainstream economists, although it shouldn't be) that industrial policy – like trade policy, I would add – can be expansionary under one set of conditions and contractionary under another. The point is to understand when and how it works and when and how it doesn't.
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https://t.co/hcRCCMk5ae via @ft

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@SusanShirk1 @kyleichan Thank you @SusanShirk1! The JOP article should be out later this year, but you can find a version here:

https://t.co/hiscTpWvWQ

Or just look under the research tab at https://t.co/dzoUeutj60

Another related article was recently published in ISQ:

https://t.co/PigHViUGgt

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@jonasnahm Excellent thread @jonasnahm. Couldn't agree more. I owe much of what I know about the wind case from your and Joanna Lewis's work. I hope I characterized the sector correctly!

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

Really important framing of China's so-called "forced technology transfer."

These were voluntary agreements that foreign companies entered with open eyes. China didn't have the benefit of being a US ally like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. So they had to use the leverage they had--in this case market access--to get the tech they needed.

Awesome discussion with @john_d_minnich on The Economics Show with @SoumayaKeynes:
https://t.co/H4dpZ2gnIa

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

Thanks @JacobShap!

[jacob l. shapiro @JacobShap]

There’s no one smarter out there than @john_d_minnich !

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@SoumayaKeynes I love this!

[Soumaya Keynes @SoumayaKeynes]

Wrote a weirdly earnest song jumping off the pod

You’re welcome

[Brad Setser @Brad_Setser]

Interesting podcast; full of case history and institutional detail --

Agree with Minnich's view that China's auto JV requirement was actually rather successful (created a modern supplier industrial ecosystem and thus the foundation for the EV explosion)

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@Brad_Setser Thank you @Brad_Setser! I'm a great admirer of your work.

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@ShipingTang I fully agree @ShipingTang! That's what I was trying to get at by emphasizing domestic firms' absorptive capacity a little later on in the discussion, but you're absolutely right: the success of foreign technology transfer is depends heavily on what domestic firms do with it.

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@SoumayaKeynes One small correction: When discussing China's installed wind power capacity, I say "Between 2004 and 2005...". I meant to say "Between 2004 and 2009...". Apologies!

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

It was a real pleasure to chat with @SoumayaKeynes about technology transfer policies in China -- and what other countries can learn from China's experience.

Listen here: https://t.co/r9ADhnTjtj

[John David Minnich @john_d_minnich]

@SoumayaKeynes @ChadBown Thank you so much for having me on @SoumayaKeynes! I had a blast.