between China and its top trading partners. The empirical evidence suggests exchange rates (both real and nominal) do not … exert a significant influence on the overall exports from China. Thus, a devaluation or revaluation of the yuan should be … expected to have only limited impact on China’s trade balance. Moreover, previous studies provide limited evidence of a …

This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … efficiency scores for a sample of Chinese banks over the period 2002-2011. Granger-causality tests are performed in a dynamic GMM … competition over the period, even as cost efficiency improves. In a departure from the empirical literature showing that …

of actual corruption; and (iii) studying the influence of market competition and other factors on corruption. The results … show that economic prosperity, population, market competition and urbanization are significant determinants of Russian … competition and urbanization. …

We investigate ownership effects on capital and adjustments speed to the target capital ratio in China from 2000 to …

the experience of China, an economy undergoing dramatic institutional change in the last 20 years with rich variation in …

conspiracy thinking on expectations of collusion among individuals in Russia and China. For this purpose, we conduct a novel … significant effect of anti-Western conspiracy thinking in China: Anti-Western conspiracy thinking correlates with lower …

Our study examines home drivers of China’s regional outward FDI. We propose a theoretical framework that incorporates … proposed theories (except for geographic aspects) are found to provide important perspectives explaining China’s regional …

This paper provides an empirical examination of the regional banking structures in China and their effects on …

industries across 31 regions (and 8 regional blocks) of China during the period 2002–2007. Taking into account labour movement …Using a CGE model (PRCGEM) updated to 2002, the paper explores how WTO membership could affect earnings in 40 … between regions within China, the direct contribution of WTO membership to overall economic growth and development is …

county- and city-level dataset that spans all of mainland China and provides a detailed view of Chinese regional growth over …