appropriate data set for China.  The tests favour the early theories.  Implications are drawn. …

China and the United States.  We construct a firm-level dataset by matching USPTO and SIPO patents to Chinese manufacturing … China are considerably younger, larger and substantially more export-oriented than firms patenting exclusively in China ….  Our study contributes to the debate on China's innovative prowess and its potential to transition from an imitator to an …

generate a poverty trap.  The setting is rural China, and the data are from a national household survey for 2002, designed with … research hypotheses in mind.  Enrolment is high in rural China by comparison with most poor rural societies, but the quality of …

there is strong son preference in rural China, we postulate two main hypotheses: income-based sex selection making it more …, this is the first study to test these hypotheses in rural China and more generally in developing countries. …

This paper provides micro-level evidence that drug advertising regulations and inspections in China are used by local … inherent in a partially reformed economy such as China. …

The paper examines the notion of a 'developmental state' and shows that China possesses the characteristics of a … developmental state.  It explains the political economy which generated such a state in China and in some other economies.  It … the question: can China's developmental state be sustained?  Conclusions are drawn for both China and other developing …

developing countries to "catch up" and has been a key component of Chinese economic policy.  We collect original survey data on … component.  We estimate that without International joint ventures China's growth would have been about one percentage point …