• Ph.D. at University of Minnesota
• B.Commerce at Univerisity of British Columbia

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Globalization and trade Don't blame free trade for a weak economy April 10, 2008 -- Even though the benefits of free trade outweigh the harm, the subject has not garnered a lot of attention during this year's election cycle. WUSTL business professor Jim Little discusses why it is important for Congress to liberalize trade and the dangers of embracing stricter policies.

Will China be the next India? Business professor explains the evolving global economic landscape Feb. 7, 2007 -- Over the past 18 months, many trees have given their lives so that articles titled something like, "Is India the next China?" could appear. But, an equally interesting question a professor from Washington University in St. Louis posed is, "Is China the next India?" These two questions offer a lens through which we might glimpse, however darkly, the economic futures of India and China. And by posing these questions side by side, Professor Jim Little said we can see an interesting pattern emerge: as China moves up the technology ladder, the drivers of its growth are becoming more like India's. At the same time, India increasingly resembles China's current economy as it develops as a manufacturing base.

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Areas of Expertise: Business Policy and Strategy; Economics - Economic Development; Economic Policy; International Economics; Finance/Investments - Corporate Finance; Intenational Business; Management Strategy; Monetary Policy

Research interests: Microeconomics, international economics, corporate strategy, insurance regulation

Selected Publications:

* "Regulation of Life Insurer Market Conduct: Experience in Four Countries," in Alternative Approaches to Insurance Regulation, with N. M. Bernstein, R.W. Klein (ed), 1998, National Association of Insurance Commissioners

* "Business Restructuring in Response to the Single Market," in Europe After Maastricht: American and European Perspectives, Paul Michael Lutzeler, Ed., Berghan Books, 1994

* "Indirect Preferences," in Journal of Economic Theory, 1979

* "Indirect Preferences," Journal of Economic Theory, 1979

* "Residential Preferences, Neighborhood Filtering, and Neighborhood Change," in Journal of Urban Economics, 1976

* "Residential Preferences, Neighborhood Filtering, and Neighborhood Change," Journal of Urban Economics, 1976

* "Individual Choice When 'Objects' Have Ordinal Properties," Review of Economic Studies, with C. Plott and R. Parks, 1975

Academic/professional activities: Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Millers First Insurance Companies

Personal interests: Professor Little enjoys French and Chinese history and jazz.