Laixiang Sun

Laixiang Sun is a senior researcher and economist with the Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) Program (formerly with the Land Use Change and Agriculture (LUC) Program) at IIASA. He is also a professor at the Department of Financial and Management Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London, an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, USA, a visiting research professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) and China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a senior research fellow at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, China. In February 2010, he was conferred the award of Academician by the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) in the United Kingdom, and in June 2005, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scholar" by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Professor Sun has been a principal investigator and/or leading scientist in a number of research projects sponsored by the EU; the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society in the UK; the Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Natural Sciences Foundation of China. He has produced more than 90 research publications in comparative economics and transition economics, business and management, integrated modeling, ecology, agriculture, and environment.

During 1996-2002, he was also affiliated with the United Nations University (UNU), WIDER, in Helsinki, Finland, as a consultant researcher, and then a Project Director on property rights regimes, microeconomic incentives, and development. In the years between 1985 and 1991, Prof. Sun was a lecturer and later also Associate Chairman of the Department of Economic Management, and senior researcher at the Research Centre for Social Development of Contemporary China, both at Peking University in Beijing, China.

He was a core team member and senior researcher in the State System Reform Commission's priority project: A program for China's economic institutional reform in 1988-95, which won the Sun Yefang prize in economics in 1988, awarded by the China Society of Economics. Prof. Sun was also a core team member and senior researcher in two other state programs, namely, the welfare models of the Chinese Society for the Ministry of Labor and Personnel Administration, and labor force mobility and economic development for the Institute of Economic Research, State Planning Commission.

Prof. Sun received his PhD in economics in 1997 from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and his MSc (1985) and BSc (1982) in mathematics from Peking University.

Last update: 04-SEP-2012

Tian,Z. Zhong,H. Shi,R. Sun,L. Fischer,G. Liang,Z. (2012)

Estimating potential yield of wheat production in China based on cross-scale data-model fusion ... More

Sun,L. (2012)

Who will feed China's livestock? ... More

Tang,X. Yang,X. Tian,Z. Fischer,G. Sun,L. Pan,J. (2011)

Impacts of climate change on agro-climatic resources in China ... More

Hong,E. Sun,L. (2011)

Foreign direct investment and total factor productivity in China: A spatial dynamic panel analysis ... More

Fischer,G. Ermolieva,T. Sun,L. (2010)

Planning sustainable agricultural development under risks ... More

Sun,L. (2010)

Who will feed China's livestock? ... More

Li,T. Sun,L. Zou,L. (2009)

State ownership and corporate performance: A quantile regression analysis of Chinese listed companies ... More

Pesque-Cela,V. Tao,R. Liu,Y. Sun,L. (2009)

Challenging, complementing or assuming 'the Mandate of Heaven'? Political distrust and the rise of self-governing social organizations in rural China ... More

Fischer,G. Ermolieva,T. Ermoliev,Y. Sun,L. (2009)

Risk-adjusted approaches for planning sustainable agricultural development ... More

Fischer,G. Cao,G.-Y. Ermolieva,T. Sun,L. (2008)

Urbanization and livestock production projection: An approach to healthy and environmental risks ... More

Fischer,G. Ermolieva,T. Ermoliev,Y. Sun,L. (2007)

Integrated risk management approaches for planning sustainable agriculture ... More

Fischer,G. Huang,J. Keyzer,M.A. Qiu,H. Sun,L. Veen,W.C.M. van (2007)

Chinas agricultural prospects and challenges ... More

Sun,L. (2007)

Ownership Reform in China's Township and Village Enterprises ... More

Hong,E. Sun,L. (2007)

Dynamics of Internationalization and Outward Investment: Chinese Corporations' Strategies ... More

Hubacek,K. Sun,L. (2007)

Economic and Societal Changes in China and their Effects on Water Use ... More

Sun,L. (2005)

Ownership reform in china's township and village enterprises ... More

Sun,L. Hubacek,K. Guan,D. (2005)

An analysis of China's water problems: A long-term perspective ... More

Sun,L. Giljum,S. Hubacek,K. (2004)

Beyond the simple material balance: A reply to Sangwong Suh's note on physical input-output analysis ... More

Sun,L. Liu,H. Li,X. Fischer,G. (2004)

Study on the impact of climate change on China's agriculture ... More

Liu,H. Sun,L. (2004)

Beyond phase-out of quota in textile and clothing trading: WTO-plus rules and the case of US safeguards against Chinese exports in 2003 ... More

Liu,H. Li,X. Fischer,G. Sun,L. (2004)

Study on the impacts of climate change on China's agriculture ... More

Sun,L. (2003)

Ownership reform in the absence of crisis: China's township, village and private enterprises in the 1990s ... More

Sun,L. (2003)

An evolving diversity of ownership forms and implications for the reforms of state-owned enterprises ... More

Sun,L. (2003)

Ownership and Governance of Enterprises: Recent Innovative Developments ... More

Sun,L. Fischer,G. Zhang,F. (2003)

The role of government in combating desertification ... More

Sun,L. (2002)

Unconventional ownership and governance forms of the firm ... More

Sun,L. (2002)

Fading out of local government ownership: Recent ownership reform in China's township and village enterprises ... More

Sun,L. (2002)

Adaptive efficiency and evolving diversity of enterprise ownership and governance: Introduction to the symposium ... More

Sun,L. Albersen,P. Fischer,G. Keyzer,M.A. (2002)

Towards estimating agricultural production relations for China ... More

Sun,L. Wuyts,M. (2002)

The employment relation in industrial transition: The case of China ... More

Albersen,P. Fischer,G. Keyzer,M.A. Sun,L. (2002)

Estimation of Agricultural Production Relations in the LUC Model for China ... More

Sun,L. (2001)

Price scissors, rationing, and coercion: An extended framework for understanding primitive socialist accumulation ... More

Hubacek,K. Sun,L. (2001)

A scenario analysis of China's land use and land cover change: Incorporating biophysical information into input-output modeling ... More

Fischer,G. Sun,L. (2001)

Model-based analysis of future land-use development in China ... More

Sun,L. (2001)

Unorthodox ownership and governance structures in transitional East Asia ... More

Sun,L. Albersen,P. (2001)

Land degradation as a transformation process in an intertemporal welfare optimization framework ... More

Sun,L. (2001)

Aggregate Behavior of Investment in China, 1953-96: An Analysis of Investment Hunger and Fluctuation ... More

Hubacek,K. Sun,L. (2001)

A Scenario Analysis of China's Land Use and Land Cover Change: Incorporating Biophysical Information into Input-Output Modeling ... More

Hubacek,K. Sun,L. (2000)

Dance with the increasing scarcity of land: A scenario analysis for China in 2025 ... More

Sun,L. (2000)

Anticipatory ownership reform driven by competition: China's township - Village and private enterprises in the 1990s ... More

Zou,L. Sun,L. (2000)

Liability sharing as a mechanism to improve firms' investment and liquidation decisions ... More

Sun,L. (2000)

Price Scissors, Rationing, and Coercion: An Extended Framework for Understanding Primitive Socialist Accumulation ... More

Sun,L. (2000)

New Paradigms on Ownership of the Firm: A Comparative Analysis across Development Stages and Institutional and Technological Contexts ... More

Hubacek,K. Sun,L. (2000)

Land Use Change at the National and Regional Level in China: A Scenario Analysis Based on Input-Output Modeling ... More

Albersen,P. Fischer,G. Keyzer,M.A. Sun,L. (2000)

Estimation of Agricultural Production Relations in the LUC Model for China ... More

Sun,L. (2000)

Anticipatory Ownership Reform Driven by Competition: China's Township-Village and Private Enterprises in the 1990s ... More

Perotti,E.C. Sun,L. Zhou,L. (1999)

State-owned versus township and village enterprises in China ... More

Sun,L. (1999)

The Evolutionary Dynamics of China's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the 1990s ... More

Hubacek,K. Sun,L. (1999)

Land Use Change in China: A Scenario Analysis Based on Input- Output Modeling ... More

Sun,L. (1998)

Estimating investment functions based on cointegration: The case of China ... More

Sun,L. (1998)

Unorthodox ownership and governance structures in East Asia ... More

Zou,L. Sun,L. (1998)

A Theory of Risk Pooling and Voluntary Liquidation of Firms ... More

Perotti,E.C. Sun,L. Zou,L. (1998)

State-Owned versus Township-Village Enterprises in China ... More

Fischer,G. Chen,Y. Sun,L. (1998)

The Balance of Cultivated Land in China during 1988-1995 ... More

Perotti,E.C. Sun,L. Zou,L. (1998)

State-Owned versus Township and Village Enterprises in China ... More

Sun,L. (1998)

Unorthodox Ownership and Governance Structures in East Asia ... More

Sun,L. (1998)

Estimating Investment Functions Based on Cointegration: The Case of China ... More

Sun,L. (1997)

Emergence of Unorthodox Ownership and Governance Structures in East Asia: An Alternative Transition Path ... More

Sun,L. Li,X. (1997)

Driving Forces of Arable Land Conversion in China ... More

Zou,L. Sun,L. (1996)

Interest rate policy and incentives of state-owned enterprises in the transitional China ... More