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Melitz, Jacques - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The significance of a common language in foreign trade hinges on translation as well as the ability to communicate directly. In fact, without admitting the facility of translation from one or two selected languages, it is impossible to explain adequately the impact of a common language on...

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Foreign Languages and Trade

Fidrmuc, Jan; Fidrmuc, Jarko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Cultural factors and especially common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries....

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Competition And Firm Performance: Lessons From Russia

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

The 'big-bang' liberalization of the inefficient Russian economy in 1992 provides a fruitful setting for analysing the impact of several dimensions of market competition and other factors on enterprise efficiency. We analyse 1992-1998 panel data on 14,961 enterprises covering 75 percent of...

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Cultural and Institutional Bifurcation: China and Europe Compared

Greif, Avner; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How to sustain cooperation is a key challenge for any society. Different social organizations have evolved in the course of history to cope with this challenge by relying on different combinations of external (formal and informal) enforcement institutions and intrinsic motivation. Some societies...

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Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms

Cai, Hongbin; Li, Hongbin; Park, Albert; Zhou, Li-An - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Analyzing data from a unique survey of managers of Chinese private firms, we investigate how family ties with firm heads affect managerial compensation and job assignment. We find that family managers earn higher salaries and receive more bonuses, hold higher positions, and are given more...

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Community-based Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China’s Poor Village Investment Program

Park, Albert; Wang, Sangui - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We conduct the first systematic evaluation of the world’s largest community-based development program--China’s flagship …

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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development

Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …

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A Macro-Theoretic Model of the Chinese Economy

Dixon, Huw David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

A stylized model of the Chinese economy is developed with three production sectors: agriculture, non-traded industrial goods, and industrial exports. The state purchases food from farmers by dual-track pricing; urban food sales are subsidized through ration coupons. Marginal prices clear markets...

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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a comprehensive firm level panel data set of Chinese SOEs covering the period 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital...

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Growing like China

Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...

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