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Buying Online: Sequential Decision Making by Shopbot Visitors
Dulleck, Uwe; Hackl, Franz; Weiss, Bernhard; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In this article we propose a two stage procedure to model demand decisions by customers who are balancing several dimensions of a product. We then test our procedure by analyzing the behavior of buyers from an Austrian price comparison site. Although in such a market a consumer will typically...
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Why every Economist should Learn some Auction Theory
Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This is a preliminary draft of an Invited Symposium paper for the World Congress of the Econometric Society to be held in Seattle in August 2000. We discuss the strong connections between auction theory and 'standard' economic theory, and argue that auction-theoretic tools and intuitions can...
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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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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 …
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