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This paper unfolds an analytical perspective on the evolution of property rights in Russia from Tsarist times until today, combining the theory on violence and institutions suggested by North, Wallis and Weingast with Foucault's analysis of power in society, especially his notions of biopolitics...
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shared framed emotions into the central place. I apply this new approach on China, especially with reference to the notion of …
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China is the odd man out in the research on social capital and economic performance. A brief survey of recent World … Values Survey data depicts China to be a high-trust, achievement oriented society, which does not fit into popular pictures … guanxi in China, which results into their re-conceptualization as Ego-centric networking and relational collectivism, based …
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investigates the channels through which height influences income in China. Our first key finding is that taller people are more …
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We use data from China Family Panel Studies to examine the effects of being a child or adolescent in China's Great …
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China's recent economic reforms have led to impressive growth, and an unprecedented enthusiasm for establishing foreign … enterprises in China. Since 1993, China has been the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world and is now … its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has further accelerated its market-oriented economic reforms. China …
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There is ample evidence for a "democracy premium". Laws that have been implemented via election lead to a more cooperative behavior compared to a top-down approach. This has been observed using field data and laboratory experiments. We present evidence from Chinese students and workers who...
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