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Incremental Reform and Distortions in China’s Product and Factor Markets
Zhang, Xiaobo; Tan, Kong-Yam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The purpose of economic reform is to reduce distortions and enhance efficiency. However, when reforms are partial and incremental, individuals and local governments are often able to capture the rent inherent in the gradual transition process. Young (2000) warned that such rent-seeking behavior...
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Does Female Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation? : Evidence from China's Gender Imbalance
Zhibo, Tan - 2016
labor scarcity affects corporate innovation based on the matched dataset of annual surveys of industrial firms in China and …
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The patterns of patents in China
Xie, Zhuan; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2014
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Does female labor scarcity encourage innovation? : evidence from China's gender imbalance
Tan, Zhibo; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2016
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Roads to innovation : firm-level evidence from China development
Wang, Xu; Zhang, Xiaobo; Xie, Zhuan; Huang, Yiping - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527199
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From “Made in China” to “Innovated in China” : Necessity, Prospect, and Challenges
Wei, Shang-Jin - 2016
on its ability to generate productivity increase, and domestic innovation will be an important part of it. In this paper …. In terms of drivers of innovation growth, we find that embracing expanded market opportunities in the world economy and … misallocation in the innovation area: while state-owned firms receive more subsidies, private firms exhibit more innovation results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978531
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Roads to Innovation : Firm-Level Evidence from China
Wang, Xu - 2016
Although both infrastructure and innovation play an important role in fostering a country's economic growth, discussion … innovation in China using a matched patent database at the firm level and road information at the city level. Regional variation … number of approved patents per firm by 0.71 percent. Road development spurs innovation by enlarging market size and …
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From "Made in China" to "Innovated in China" : necessity, prospect, and challenges
Wei, Shang-jin; Xie, Zhuan; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590955
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From “Made in China” to “Innovated in China” : Necessity, Prospect, and Challenges
Wei, Shang-Jin - 2016
on its ability to generate productivity increase, and domestic innovation will be an important part of it. In this paper …. In terms of drivers of innovation growth, we find that embracing expanded market opportunities in the world economy and … misallocation in the innovation area: while state-owned firms receive more subsidies, private firms exhibit more innovation results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455826
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Social Interactions and Stigmatized Behavior: "Donating" Blood Plasma in Rural China
Chen, Xi; Sahn, David E.; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2018
Despite the resultant disutility, some people, in particular, the poor, are engaged in behaviors that carry social stigma. Empirical studies on stigmatized behavior are rare, largely due to the formidable challenges of collecting data on stigmatized goods and services. In this paper, we add to...
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