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European Regional Policies in Light of Recent Location Theories
Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Despite large regional policy expenditures, regional inequalities in Europe have not narrowed substantially over the last two decades, and by some measures have even widened. Income differences across states have fallen, but inequalities between regions within each state have risen. European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124014
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The Impacts of Urban Public Transportation: Evidence from the Paris Region
Mayer, Thierry; Trevien, Corentin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Evaluating the impact of transport infrastructure meets a major challenge since rail lines are not randomly located. We use the natural experiment offered by the opening and progressive extension of the Regional Express Rail (RER) between 1970 and 2000 in the Paris metropolitan region, and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201358
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123495
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123532
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123794
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Globalization and Inequality: Evidence from within China
Wei, Shang-Jin; Wu, Yi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
, the urban-rural income inequality. This pattern in the data suggests that inferences based solely on China's national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124080
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Regional Decentralization and the Soft Budget Constraint: The Case of China
Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The majority of enterprises in China are controlled by local governments at the provincial, city, county, township and … lower-level governments of townships and villages in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124311
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China, GMOs and World Trade in Agricultural and Textile Products
Anderson, Kym; Yao, Shunli - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
China has always strived for self-sufficiency in farm products, particularly staple foods. Its rapid industrialization … for China, since it is prospectively not only a major producer and consumer of GM farm products but also a potential … exporter of some of them. It explores the potential economic effects of China not adopting versus adopting GMOs when some of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124347
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Chinese Currency Controversies
Eichengreen, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper reviews the controversy over China’s exchange rate regime. Placing the issue in the context of the … literature on exit strategies, it argues that now is the best time for China to exit from its peg. Moving to a managed float …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067647
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Rebalancing Growth in China: A Three-Handed Approach
Blanchard, Olivier J; Giavazzi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Our paper is an attempt to define the contours of the right macroeconomic strategy for China. In a nutshell, we believe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114183