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Published Papers
Malesky, Edmund, Regina M. Abrami, and Yu Zheng. "Institutions and Inequality in Single Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China." Comparative Politics (forthcoming).
Abrami, Regina M. "Preferential Treatment: The New Face of Protectionism?" Harvard Business Review 87, nos. 7-8 (July - August 2009). Abstract
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Abrami, Regina M. "On the High Road: Trade, International Standards, and National Competitiveness." Accountability Forum (winter 2005): 39-47.
Abrami, Regina M., and Leonard Bierman. "Labor Law: The New Tools of Trade." Harvard Business Review 83, no. 5 (May 2005): 26-28.
Abrami, Regina M. "Review of Private Entrepreneurs in China and Vietnam: Social and Political Functioning of Strategic Groups by Thomas Heberer (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003), translated by Timothy J. Gluckman." China Quarterly 178 (June 2004): 511-513.
Abrami, Regina M. "Review of Entrepreneurship in Vietnam: Transformation and Dynamics edited by Per Ronnas and Bhargavi Ramamurthy." Journal of Asian Studies 62, no. 2 (May 2003): 713-715.
Abrami, Regina M. "Vietnam in 2002." Asian Survey 43, no. 1 (January 2003): 91-100.
Abrami, Regina M. "Review of Authority Relations and Economic Decision-making in Vietnam: An Historical Perspective by Dang Phong and Melanie Beresford." Journal of Asian Studies 61, no. 3 (August 2002): 1104-1106.
Book Chapters
Abrami, Regina M., Edmund Malesky and Yu Zheng. "Vietnam through Chinese Eyes: Divergent Accountability in Single-Party Regimes." In Why Communism Didn’t Collapse: Understanding Regime Resilience in China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea, and Cuba, edited by Martin Dmitrov. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
Abrami, Regina M. and Richard Doner. "Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development." In Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis, edited by Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater and Tuong Vu. Stanford University Press, 2008. Abstract
This chapter assesses contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia and its contribution to the field of political economy. It focuses especially on the political origins of economic institutions and their influence on economic performance. It provides evidence of how intra-regional differences in socio-political variables have aided theoretical development, and with respect to questions of entrepreneurship, regime durability, and democratic transition especially.
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Abrami, Regina M. and Nolwen Henaff. "The City and the Countryside: Economy, State and Socialist Legacies in the Vietnamese Labor Market." In Reaching for the Dream: Challenges of Sustainable Development in Vietnam, edited by Melanie Beresford and Angie Tran. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004.
Abrami, Regina M. "Just a Peasant? Economy and Legacy in Vietnam." In Post-Socialist Peasant: Rural and Urban Constructions of Identity in Eastern Europe, East Asia and the former Soviet Union, edited by Pamela Leonard and Deema Kaneff, 94-116. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Other Papers
Abrami, Regina M. "Tiao-Kuai goes Global: Understanding the Political Economy of China’s Infrastructure Engagements in Africa." November 2009.
Zheng, Yu, and Regina M. Abrami. "The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in Petrochemical and Steel Industries." August 2009.
Abrami, Regina M., Edmund Malesky, and Yu Zheng. "Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-099, May 2008. Abstract
Over the past two decades, no two economies have averaged more rapid economic growth than China and Vietnam. But while China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants fail to account for these divergent pathways. Existing political variables are also unhelpful. China and Vietnam are coded in exactly the same way, even in the path-breaking work on authoritarian regimes. In this paper, we take a deeper look at political institutions in the two countries, demonstrating that profound differences between the polities directly impact distributional choices. In particular, we find that Vietnamese elite institutions require construction of broader coalitions of policymakers, place more constraints on executive decision making, and have more competitive selection processes. As a result, there are stronger political motivations for Vietnamese leaders to provide equalizing transfers that limit inequality growth.
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Abrami, Regina M., and David M. Woodruff. "Toward a Manifesto: Interpretive Materialist Political Economy." American Political Science Association Roundtable on "Polanyi to North: The Economy as an Instituted Process."
Abrami, Regina M. "Bottlenecks, Beliefs, and Breakthroughs: The Normative Logic of Economic Reform in Vietnam." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-007.
Presentations
Abrami, Regina M. "Get Some Class! The Socialist Transformation of Small Traders in Chengdu, 1949-1957." Paper presented at the European Business History Conference, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, June 2009.
Abrami, Regina M. "The Vietnamese Model of Market Reform: Lessons for Cuba." Havana University, March 2009.
Abrami, Regina M. "China’s Rise and its Implication for Linking FTAs and Labor Rights." Conference on Humanizing Trade, University of Quebec, April 2008.
Abrami, Regina M. "The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in Petrochemical and Steel Industries." April 2008.
Abrami, Regina M. "A Private Sector without Prerequisites: Ordered Uncertainty in Vietnam and China." Global and Economic Management Seminar Series, MIT Sloan, December 2007.
Abrami, Regina M. "Legacies of Danger: Political Origins of Entrepreneurial Innovation in Vietnam and China." China Business Seminar, Chazen Institute, Columbia School of Business, March 2006.
Abrami, Regina M., and Yoshiko Herrera. "Constructivist Political Economy: Seeing Transition in Russia, Vietnam, and China from a Different Lens." Communist and Post-Communist Seminar, Harvard University, October 2005.
Abrami, Regina M. "Cambodia vs. Lesotho: Paved with Good Intentions?" Conference on “The End of Global Textile Quotas: Understanding the New Shape of the World Economy,” Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School, May 2005.
Abrami, Regina M. "Economies under Different Command: Socialist Legacies or Political Purpose in Vietnam and China?" Paper presented at the Interuniversity Seminar Series on Comparative Development, Brown University, April 2004.
Abrami, Regina M. "Just Jobs? China and the Geopolitics of Virtuous Production." In China in the WTO: The World Responds. Paper presented at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, April 2004.
Abrami, Regina M., and Jorge Dominguez. "What Legacy? Varieties of Socialism in Contemporary China, Cuba and Vietnam." Communist and Post-Communist Faculty Seminar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, March 2004.
Abrami, Regina M. "Building Institutions from the Outside In? Virtuous Growth, Cross-border Union Activism and Worker Rights in Cambodia." Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) Seminar Series, MIT Sloan School of Management, November 2003.
Abrami, Regina M. "Corporate Social Responsibility, Trade and National Competitiveness." Keynote Speaker, Conference on Public Policy for Corporate Social Responsibility, World Bank, Washington, DC, October 2003.
Abrami, Regina M. "A Different View from the Bottom-Up: Socialist State Strategies of Political Mobilization and Economic Non-Compliance in Vietnam." International Convention of Asian Scholars, Singapore, August 2003.
Teaching and Training Materials
Abrami, Regina M. Active Learning and Experiential Learning: An Introduction for Immersion Experience Program (IXP) Faculty Leaders.
HBS Course Materials
Abrami, Regina M. "China and the WTO: Doing the Right Thing?" Harvard Business School Case 704-041.
Abrami, Regina M. "China and the WTO: Doing the Right Thing? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 705-002.
Abrami, Regina M., and Eunice Ajambo. "China in Africa: The Case of Sudan." Harvard Business School Case 308-060.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Xiangdong, and Tracy Manty. "China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 308-027.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 308-091.
Abrami, Regina M., and Weiqi Zhang. "China Rising: An Economic Snapshot." Harvard Business School Note 308-064.
Abrami, Regina M., and Weiqi Zhang. "China: The Political System." Harvard Business School Note 308-063.
Abrami, Regina M. "The Delta Blues: U.S. - Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-003.
Abrami, Regina M., and Alan W Tu. "The Delta Blues: U.S. - Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 706-006.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Luc R. Wathieu, Gao Wang, Fei Li, and Tracy Manty. "Fiyta - The Case of a Chinese Watch Company." Harvard Business School Case 308-025.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Gao Wang, Fei Li, Tracy Manty, and Waishun Lo. "Gome Electronics: Evolving the Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 308-026.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand." Harvard Business School Case 308-052.
Abdelal, Rawi E., Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer, and Aldo Musacchio. "The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry." Harvard Business School Case 706-043.
Abdelal, Rawi E., Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer, and Aldo Musacchio. "The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-003.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, Elisabeth Koll, and F. Warren McFarlan. "Political and Economic History of the People's Republic of China: An Annotated Timeline." Harvard Business School Note 309-073.
Abrami, Regina, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Sealed Air China." Harvard Business School Case 308-051.
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong, and Tracy Manty. "Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 308-058.
Abrami, Regina M. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 703-034.
Abrami, Regina M. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 704-018.
Abrami, Regina M., and Weiqi Zhang. "The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today." Harvard Business School Case 808-123.