Victor Shih

Victor Shih is a scholar of the political economy of China, and an expert on the politics of Chinese banking policies, fiscal policies, and exchange rate, as well as the elite politics of China. Shih is the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, and Associate Professor of Political Economy at the University of California, San Diego of Global Policy and Strategy. Prior to joining UC San Diego, Shih was a Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and Former Principal of global markets strategy for The Carlyle Group, where he continues to advise the financial community on China related issues. Shih was the first analyst to identify the risk of massive local government debt. Today, he is engaged in a study of how the coalition-formation strategies of founding leaders had a profound impact on the evolution of the Chinese Communist Party. He is also constructing a large database on biographical information of elites in China to better understand the importance of networks in political decision making.