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Professor, Associate Director of PHBS Think Tank
Shuanglin Lin
Ph.D. in Economics
Research Interests: China’s Public Finance, Public Economics, Economic Growth
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Biography
Research Interests
China’s Public Finance, Public Economics, Economic Growth

Education
Ph.D., Purdue University (U.S.A.), Economics, 1989
M.A., Northwestern University (U.S.A.), Economics, 1984
B.A., Peking University (China), Economics, 1982

Academic Positions
2006-2021 Noddle Distinguished Professor, University of Nebraska, Omaha
2007-2020 Director, China Center for Public Finance, Peking University
2005-2013 Professor and Chair, Department of Public Finance, College of
Economics, Peking University
2000-2006 Lindley Professor, University of Nebraska, Omaha
2002-2012 Research Associate, Visiting Research Professor, East Asian
Institute, National University of Singapore
2002-2003 President, The Chinese Economists Society (CES).
1997-1998 Vice President, The Chinese Economists Society (CES).
1996 World Bank Visiting Fellow, CCER, Peking University, China
1989-2000 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor, University
of Nebraska, Omaha
1985-1989 Graduate Instructor, Department of Economics, Purdue University

Selected Journal Articles:
1. Public Economics, Economic Growth  
“Social Security Reforms, Capital Accumulation, and Welfare: A Notional Defined Contribution System vs a Modified PAYG System”, coauthored with Shiyu Li, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 37(1),2024, 1-34.
 
“Existence of equilibrium in an overlapping‐generations model with government debt”, coauthored with J. Li, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 23, 2021, 691-709.
 
“Optimal Income Taxation with Discrete Skill Distribution,” with J. Li, Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol. 83, 2016, 58–70.
 
“Tax Progressivity and Tax Incidence of the Rich and the Poor,” with C. Li, Economics Letters, Vol. 134, 2015, 148–151.
 
“Skill Distribution and the Optimal Marginal Tax rate,” co-authored with J. Li and C. Zhang, Economics Letters, Vol. 118, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013, 515–518.
 
“Existence and Uniqueness of Steady-State Equilibrium in a Generalized Overlapping Generations Model,” co-authored with J. Li, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 16 (Supplement 3), 2012, 299–311.
 
“The Effect of Corruption on Capital Accumulation,” with W. Zhang, Journal of Economics, Vol. 97, 2009, 67-93.
 
“Existence and Uniqueness of Steady-State Equilibrium in a Two-sector Overlapping Generations Model,” co-authored with J. Li, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 141, 2008, 255–275.
 
“On the Existence of Nash Equilibrium for Infinite Matrix Games," co-authored with J. Li and C. Zhang, Journal of Nonlinear Analysis Real World Application,” 2008.
 
“China's Capital Tax Reforms in an Open Economy,” Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 31, 2004, 128-147.
 
“Population Growth and Social Security Financing,” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 16, 2003, 91–110.
 
“The Effect of Public Transfers on Physical and Human Capital Accumulation,” Public Finance Review, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2003, 649-669.
 
“Government Debt and Economic Growth,” co-authored with Kim Sosin, Economics of Transition, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2001, 635-655.
 
“Taxation, Human Capital Accumulation, and Economic Growth,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, June 2001, 185-197.
 
“Government Debt and Economic Growth in an Overlapping Generations Model,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 66, No. 3, January 2000, 754-763. 
 
“Tax Reform and External Balance,” Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 18, No. 6, October 1999, 891-909.
 
“Resource Allocation and Economic Growth in China,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 38, Number 3, 2000, 515-526.  
 
“Labor Income Taxation and Human Capital Accumulation,” Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 68, May 1998, 291-302.
 
"Government Education Spending and Human Capital Accumulation," Economics Letters, Vol. 61, December 1998, 391-393. 
 
“Taxing Consumption in an Open Economy,” Public Finance Review (Formerly Public Finance Quarterly), Vol. 26, No. 3, May 1998, 250-269. 
 
“Capital Taxation and External Accounts in a Small Growing Economy," Review of International Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 1998, 59-73.
 
“Welfare Effects of Capital Taxation in a Small Open Economy," co-authored with Wei Zhang, Open Economies Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 1998, 5-20.
 
“Welfare Effects of Capital Taxation," Public Finance/Finances Publiques, co-authored with Yong Shi, Vol. 49, 1994, 391-408.  
 
“Budget Deficits, Time Preference, and the External Deficits," Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 4, December 1994, 289-305.
 
“Capital Taxation and Accumulation in a Growing World Economy with Deficit Finance," International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 1, No.2, 1994, 127-146. 
 
2. Chinese Economy
“Belt and Road Countries’ External Debt and China’s New Strategies, China Economic Journal, 17(2), April 2024, 140-165.  
 
“Housing Property Tax, Economic Growth, and Intergenerational Welfare: The Case of China,” Coauthored with Shiyu Li, Review of International Economics and Finance, September 2022.  
 
“How to Reform China’s Fiscal System?” China Economic Journal, 13 (1), 2020, 62-81.
 
“China’s Explicit Social Security Debt: How Large?” China Economic Review, China Economic Review, Volume 53, February 2019, Pages 128-139. (The 2020 Elsevier Best Paper Award)
 
“The Effects of Substituting Retail Sales Tax for Value-Added Tax in China,” with S. Li, Asian Economic Papers, electronic version online, June 2018.
 
“China’s Growing Government Debt in a Computable Overlapping Generations Model,” with S. Li, Y. Wang, and F. Zhai, Pacific Economic Review, 2017.
 
“How Much Will China Save? Projecting China’s National Savings Through 2040,” with S. Li, L. Kotlikoff, W. Woo, and Y. Jiang, Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2016, 255–274.
 
“Population Aging and China’s Social Security Reforms,” with S. Li, Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 38, 2016, 65–95.
 
“China to Curtail Local Government Debt,” East Asian Policy, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2016, 69-81.
 
“Optimal Income Tax for China,” with C. Li and J. Li, Pacific Economic Review, Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2015, 243–267.
 
“Reforming China’s Public Finances to Sustain Growth,” with Sarah Tong, East Asian Policy, April 2014, Vol. 06, No. 2, 71-85.
 
“Is There Any Gain from Social Security Privatization?” co-authored with S. Li, China Economic Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 2011, 282-293.
 
“Tax Reforms in China and Russia,” The Chinese Economy, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2009, 24-40. 
 
“China's Value-Added Tax Reform, Capital Accumulation, and Welfare Implications,” China Economic Review, Vol. 19, 2008, 197-214.
 
“Forced Savings, Social Safety Net, and Family Support: A New Old-age Security System for China,” The Chinese Economy, vol. 41, No. 6, 2008, 10–44.
 
“Determinants of the Profitability of China’s Regional SOEs,” co-authored with Wei Rowe, China Economic Review, 2006.
 
“The Excessive Fee Collections in China: Reasons, Consequences, and Strategies,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 23, No. 1, January 2005, 91-106.
 
“China's Government Debt: How Serious?” China: An International Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2003, 73-98.
 
“Urban Economic Growth in China: Theory and Evidence,” co-authored with Shunfeng Song, Urban Studies, Vol. 39, No. 12, 2002, 2251-2266, November 2002.
 
“Public Infrastructure Development in China,” Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 38, Summer, 2001, 83-109.
 
“The Decline of China’s Budgetary Revenue: Reasons and Consequences,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 27, Number 4, 2000, 477-490.
 
“Export Expansion and Economic Growth: Evidence from Chinese Provinces,” Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, February 1999, 65-77.
 
“Education and Economic Development in China,” Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3&4, December 1997, 66-85.
 
3. Journal Articles in Chinese: 
“实行幼儿园到高中免费教育的必要性及可能性,”《改革内参》,2024年10月,即将刊出。“The Necessity and Possibility of Implementing Free Education from Kindergarten to High School,” Internal Journal of Reforms, October 2024.
 
“中国共建‘一带一路’新策略展望”,《北大金融评论》,总第19期, 2024年第2期,77-80。"Prospects for China's New Strategies in Jointly Building the Belt and Road Initiative", Peking University Financial Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2024, 77-80.
 
“以部分国有资产转让降低地方债务,”《国家治理》, 人民论坛杂志社, 2023. “Liquidating Some Local SOEs’ Assets to Repay Local Government Debt.” National Governance, People's Forum Magazine.

“新加坡非土地财政模式的启示与借鉴,”《人民论坛》, 2021年2月15日。“Singapore Model of Public Finance without a Large Revenue from Land Sales,” People’s Forum, February 15, 2021.
 

“征收财产税的意义,”《人民论坛》, 2019年2月20日。“The Significance of Collecting Property Tax in China,” People’s Forum, February 20, 2019.
 

“建立可持续的地方财政体系,”《内部参阅》, 2016年6月10日,第23期(总第1314期), 3-6. Establishing Sustainable Local Public Finance System, Internal Reference, June 10,2016, 3-6.
 
“健全地方财政收支平衡的政策体系,”《国家治理》, 人民论坛杂志社,2015. “Rebalancing China’s local governments’ Revenues and Expenditures,” National Governance, 2015.
 
“中国财政赤字和政府债务分析,”《经济科学》, 2010第3期,5-16. China’s Fiscal Deficit and Government Debt, Economic Sciences, 2010, No.3, 5-16. 
 
“赤字财政连年不止,谨防透支未来,”《改革内参》, 2010年8月,第30期,19-22. “Consecutive Government Budget Deficits and Prevention of Using up Too Much Future Resource,” Internal Journal of Reforms, August 2010, No 30, 19-22.  
 
“实行十二年义务教育,促进中国和谐发展,”《改革内参》, 2010年2月。“Providing Twelve-year Compulsory Education to Achieve Equitable Development,” Internal Journal of Reforms, February 2010.
 
“加大地方公共基础设施投资,保持中国经济持续高速增长,”《改革内参》, 2008年。“Increasing Local Infrastructure Expenditures to Sustain China’s Economic Growth,” Internal Journal of Economic Reforms (For Policymakers only), October 2008.
 
“增加地方政府财力势在必行,”《改革内参》, 2008年。“Increasing Local Government Fiscal Revenue Is Inevitable,” Internal Journal of Economic Reforms (For Policymakers only), October 2008.
 
“减轻企业税赋,缓解当前经济困难”《改革内参》,2008年5月, 第13期,10-13。“Reducing Tax Burden of Enterprises for Sustainable Economic Growth,” Internal Journal of Economic Reforms, May 2008.
 
“养老保障体制改革机不可失,”《改革内参》, 2008年3月,第7期,24-25。“The Chance of Reforming Social Security System Should Not Be Missed,” Internal Journal of Economic Reforms, 2008.
 
“现行养老保障制度存在的五个问题,”《改革内参》, 2008年2月,第4期,31-33。“Five Problems in China’s Current Social Security System,” Internal Journal of Economic Reforms, 2008.
 
“‘增值税返还’应尽早取消,”《改革内参》, 2007年第28期,12-15页。“Eliminating the Value-added Tax Rebate as Early as Possible,” Internal Journal on Economic Reforms, 28, 2007, 12-15.
 
“财政支出应首重民生淡化‘官本位’,”《人民论坛》,2007年12月25日。“More Government Expenditures for Public Consumption Goods and Less for Government Officials,” People’s Forum, December 25, 2007.
 
“中国企业所得税改革与工资收入差距,”(合作者:李锦路,余向荣)《经济科学》,158期2007年第2期,14-27页。“China’s Corporate Income Tax Reforms and Wage Inequality,” Economic Sciences 158, 2007, 14-27.
 
“中国公共财政面临的挑战与对策,”《北京大学学报》,第43卷,第六期,2006年,102-110页。 The Challenges and Strategies of China’s Public Finance,” The Peking University Journal, Vol. 43, No. 6, 2006, 102-110.
 
Books Authored/Edited:
1. Books in English: 
China’s Public Finance: Reforms, Challenges, and Options, Cambridge University Press, September 22, 2022.
 
Private Enterprises and China’s Economic Development, Co-edited with Xiaodong Zhu, Routledge, England, May 2007, 286 pages.  (Reprinted in paperback in 2011)
 
The Chinese Economy, Vol. 42, No. 3, May-June 2009, Guest Editor, With an Introduction.
 
The Revival of China’s Private Enterprises, Co-edited with Shunfeng Song, Ashgate, England, May 2007,300 pages.
 
Chinese Economy After WTO: Challenges and Strategies, Co-edited with Shuming Bao, Ashgate, England, 2006, 300 pages.
 
Social Security Reform: Options for China, Co-edited with Jason Yin and David F. Gates, World Scientific Publisher, Singapore/New Jersey, 2000, 463 pages. 
 
China’s Return to Expansionary Fiscal Policy, EAI Occasional Paper, No. 26, World Scientific Publisher, Singapore/New Jersey, 1999, 29 pages.
 
2. Books in Chinese: 
《中国公共财政:改革,挑战于对策》,林双林 著,北京大学出版社,即将出版, 2024年10月。 China’s Public Finance: Reforms, Challenges and Options, Peking University Press, October 2024.
 
《大国财税改革》,林双林 著,北京大学出版社,2020年11月。 Fiscal Reforms in China, Peking University Press, November 2020.
 
《中国税制改革可持续与经济发展》,林双林,刘怡,钱立,主编,中国财政经济出版社, 2013年12月。 Tax Reforms and China’s Sustainable Development, Co-edited with Liu Yi and Qian Li, China Finance and Economics Press, December 2013.
 
《西方经济学名著提要:公共财政学卷》,林双林,钱立,主编,江西人民出版社,2013年2月。 Classical Essays in Public Finance, Co-edited with Qian Li, Jiangxi People’s Press, February 2013.
 
《公共财政改革与中国城市化》,林双林,刘怡,钱立,主编,中国财政经济出版社,2011年10月出版。Public Finance Reforms and China’s Urbanization, Co-edited with Liu Yi and Qian Li, China Finance and Economics Press, October 2011. (In Chinese)
 
《中国地方财政改革:新视野新思维》,林双林,刘怡,钱立,蒋云赟,主编,中国财政经济出版社,北京,2009年12月。China’s Local Public Finance Reforms: New Perspectives and New Views, Co-edited with Liu Yi, Qian Li, and Jiang Yunyun, China Finance and Economics Press, December 2010, 330 pages. (In Chinese)
 
《中国社会保障体制探索》,林双林,刘怡,钱立,主编,中国财政经济出版社,北京,2008年5月, 320页。Exploration of China’s Social Security System, Co-edited with Liu Yi and Qian Li, China Finance and Economics Press, May 2008, 320 pages. (In Chinese)
 
《俄罗斯经济改革:中国可吸取的经验和教训》,林双林,李建民, 主编,中国社会科学出版社,2007年。 Russia Economic Reforms: Lessons for China, Co-edited with Jianmin Li, Chinese Social Sciences Press, 2007. (In Chinese)
 
《中国公共财政改革:挑战与对策》,林双林,刘怡,主编,中国财政经济出版社,北京,2007年3月, 479页。China’s Public Finance Reforms: Challenges and Strategies, China Finance and Economics Press, March 2007, 479 pages. (In Chinese)
 
《民营经济与中国发展》,林双林,王振中,尹尊声,主编,北京大学出版社,2006年。Private Economy and China’s Development, Peking University Press, Beijing 2006。(In Chinese)
 
《开放型经济中的政府财政赤字》,林双林 著,中国社会科学出版社,北京,1997年。 Government Budget Deficits in Open Economies, Social Science Publishing Inc., Beijing, China, December 1997, 160 pages.  (In Chinese)
 
《管理中的经济学》,海闻,林双林,著,上海人民出版社,1995。Economics in Management, Co-authored with Wen Hai, Shanghai People’s Press, 1995, 208 pages. (In Chinese)
 
Selected Book Chapters:
1. Book Chapters in English:
Evolving government budget and roles of state, with Chenjian Li, Handbook of Public Finance in China, Edward Elgar Handbooks Series on Research in Contemporary China, Edited by David Goodman, University of Sydney and Che Lan Linda Li, City University of Hong Kong, Forthcoming, December 2024.

“Reforming the Fiscal System,” China 2049: Economic Challenges of a Rising Global Power,Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao, Brookings Institution Press, May 2020.
 
“China’s Fiscal Reforms: Towards High-Quality Economic Growth”, China’s Economic Modernization and Structural Changes, edited by Sarah Tong, World Scientific, 2019.
 
"China Reforms its Social Security System," China’s Economic Reforms, edited by Sarah Tong, World Scientific, 2017, 43-64.
 
“Fiscal Policy and China’s Economic Growth,” in The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy: Changing Paradigms, edited by Vai Io Lo and Mary Hiscock, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013.
 
"China's Government Expenditures," in The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China edited by S. Fan, Ravi Kanbur, S. J. Wei and X. Zhang, Oxford University Press, 2014.
 
“China’s Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Sustainability”, in Ito, T. and F. Parulian (eds.), Assessment on the Impact of Stimulus, Fiscal Transparency and Fiscal Risk. ERIA Research Project Report 2010-01, pp.77-116,2011. ERIA [online]. Available at: www.eria.org/publications/research_project_reports/images/pdf/y2010/no1/ch3China_Fiscal_Sustainability_Shuanglin_Lin.pdf
 
“Central Government Transfers: For Equity or for Growth?” China’s Local Public Finance in Transition, Edited by Joyce Man and Yu-Hung Hong and Danbury, CT: Westchester Book Services, 2011, 203-227.
 
“Pollution across Chinese Provinces,” Emerging Giants: Chinese and India in the World Economy, Coauthored with C. Co and F. Kong, Edited by Barry Eichengreen and Poonam Gupta, Oxford University Press, 2010, 281-305.
 
2. Book Chapters in Chinese 
“公共财政改革,”《中国2049:崛起中的全球经济大国如何应对挑战》,姚洋、黄益平等主编,北京大学出版社,2020年8月。
 
“中国税制存在的问题与改革方向,”林双林、刘怡、钱立,主编,《中国税制改革可持续与经济发展》,中国财政经济出版社, 2013年12月,3-19页.China’s Tax Reforms: Problems and Solutions,” Tax Reforms and China’s Sustainable Development, Co-edited by Lin Shuanglin, Liu Yi and Qian Li, China Finance and Economics Press, December 2013,3-19.
 
“城市化与财税改革,”于鸿君、蔡洪滨主编:《经济学理论与中国道路》,北京大学出版社,2012年。“Fiscal Policies and China's Urbanization,” in Economic Theory and The Chinese Way: Celebration of the Achievements of Professor Li Yining, edited by H. Yu and H. Cai, 2012, 94-106.
 
“改革公共财政促进城市化发展,”《公共财政改革与中国城市化》,林双林、刘怡、钱立,主编,中国财政经济出版社,2011年10月,8-22页。“Reforming Public Finance for China’s Further Urbanization,” in Public Finance Reforms and China’s Urbanization, Co-edited with Liu Yi and Qian Li, China Finance and Economics Press, October 2011.
 
“民营企业投资于中国经济增长,”《民营经济与中国发展》,林双林、王振中、尹尊声,主编, 北京大学出版社,2006, 247-266页。“Private Investment and China’s Economic Growth,” In Private Enterprises and China’s Economic Development, Edited by Shuanglin Lin, Zhenzhong Wang and Jason Yin, Peking University Press, 2006, 247-266.
 
“中国城市经济增长的决定因素,” 《中国城市化:挑战与机遇》, 陈甬军、陈爱民编,厦门大学出版社,2002年。“Determinants of Urban Economic Growth in China,” Urbanization in China: Challenges and Opportunities, Edited by Chen Yongjun and Chen Aimin, Xiamen: Xiamen University Press, 2002.
 
“教育水平与失业:来自中国的证据,” 《中国劳动市场和就业问题》,王裕国、陈爱民主编,西南财经大学出版社,2000年, 468-480页。“Education and Unemployment: Evidence from China,” China’s Labor Market and Problems of Employment, Edited by Wang Yuguo and Aimin Chen, Southwest University of Economics and Finance, Sichuan, 2000, 468-480. 
 
“中国外债分析,” 《新世纪中国面临的挑战与对策》, 文贯中等主编,人民大学出版社,2000年。 “China’s External Debt,” China’s Opportunities and Challenges in the New Century, Edited by James Wen and others, People’s University Press,
Beijing, 2000. 
 
“民营企业与中国经济增长,”《中西部民营企业发展与经济发展》,方星海、左学金主编,上海社会科学出版社, 1999年, 57-74页。“Private Enterprises and Economic Growth in China,” Private Enterprises and Economic Development in Middle West China, Edited by Xinghai Fang and Xuejing Zuo, Shanghai Academy of Social Science Press, Shanghai, 1999, 57-74. 
 
“台湾的教育与经济发展,” 《提升国际竞争力》,方星海、宋顺风主编,中国经济出版社,1998年,46-62页。“Education and Economic Development in Taiwan,” Raising International Competitiveness, Edited by Xinghai Fang and Shunfeng Song, China’s Economics Press, Beijing, 1998, 46-62.
Selected Courses Taught:
Public Finance
Current Issues in China’s Public Finance
Advanced Public Economics