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Xuewen Li

Dr. Xuewen Li is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Development & Management at the School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Southeast University and obtained his Master's degree and Doctoral degree from Zhejiang University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, respectively, before joining Zhejiang University.



Dr. Li's research focuses on local government behavior, urban development and economic growth, as well as urban-rural integration and the spatial structural evolution of economic activities. He has completed several major projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China project titled "Theoretical Exploration and Empirical Research on the Path of Urban-Rural Integration in the Era of E-commerce" (Project No. 71603234), the Youth Project of the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education, the Special Grant Project of the China Postdoctoral Foundation, and the General Project of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, among others.



Currently, he is leading research on the National Science Foundation of China project titled "Research on Regional and Urban Cooperation and Development from the Perspective of the Enclave Economy: Theoretical Mechanism, Empirical Evaluation, and Policy Optimization" (Project No. 72074192) and is also involved in the sub-topic "Research on the Urbanization of Undeveloped Counties Under the Goal of Absorbing Local Agricultural Migrant Populations" as part of the National Social Science Major Project titled "Promoting the Urbanization of Counties."



He has published numerous papers in leading Chinese and international SSCI/SCI journals, including Management World, China Economic Quarterly, World Economy, Rural Economy in China, Land Science in China, Local Government Studies, Land Use Policy, and Land, among others. His paper "Local Government and Extra-Budgetary Income: The Problem of China's Economic Growth Model" published in World Economy was reprinted by Xinhua Digest and China Social Science Excellence and won the Second Prize at the 9th Hubei Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (Paper).

Land Developmentalism: Local Governments and Land Overdevelopment in China

Land Developmentalism: Local Governments and Land Overdevelopment in China

This book examines the strategies adopted by local governments to obtain excess construction land quotas in the face of the central government’s strict land management system. It applies game theory, principal-agent theory, collective action theory, and competition and collusion theory to analyze the trade-offs and constraints faced by local governments under the existing institutional framework.

Land Developmentalism: Local Governments and Land Overdevelopment in China

Land Developmentalism: Local Governments and Land Overdevelopment in China

This book examines the strategies adopted by local governments to obtain excess construction land quotas in the face of the central government’s strict land management system. It applies game theory, principal-agent theory, collective action theory, and competition and collusion theory to analyze the trade-offs and constraints faced by local governments under the existing institutional framework.