Peter Lorentzen

Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research concerns the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China.  He has written on anti-corruption campaigns, media control, environmental transparency, popular protest, rights consciousness, and the relationship of adult mortality to long-run economic growth, among other topics. Lorentzen's research has been published in outlets including the American Journal of Political Science, the China Quarterly, the Journal of Economic Growth, the Journal of Politics, and World Development. He received his PhD in Economic Analysis and Policy from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and his BA in Asian Studies from Dartmouth College. He also studied at the London School of Economics, Beijing Normal University, National Taiwan University, and on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.