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Emotion at stake : the role of stake size and emotions in a power-to-take game experiment in China with a comparison to Europe

Bosman, Ronald; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Winden, Frans A. … - 2016

This paper experimentally investigates how monetary incentives and emotions influence behaviour in a two-player power-to-take game. In this game, one player can claim any part of the other's endowment (take rate), and the second player can respond by destroying his or her own endowment. We focus...

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Confucius Institute, Belt and Road Initiative, and internationalization

Wang, Hao; Han, Yonghui; Fidrmuc, Jan; Wei, Dongming - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Center for …; … - 2020

In this paper, we study the role of Confucius Institute in supporting internationalization of Chinese enterprises. Employing a panel dataset containing 66 Belt-Road countries and 75 non Belt-Road countries from 2006 to 2017, we find that the Confucius Institute has had a positive effect on...

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The long-term effect of Western customs institution on firm innovation in China

Jin, Gan; Schulze, Günther G. - 2024

Can historical institutions affect today's firm innovation? We analyze a historical experiment in 1902, when the foreign-run Chinese Maritime Customs Service (CMC), known for its efficient and transparent governance, took over some of the notoriously corrupt Chinese Native Custom stations and...

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Assessing market (dis)integration in early modern China and Europe

Bernhofen, Daniel M.; Eberhardt, Markus; Liang, Yusheng; … - 2015

This paper challenges established claims of comparable degrees of market integration in Europe and China on the eve of industrialization. Our empirical strategy focuses on the dynamics of price convergence and accounts for general equilibrium effects arising from common shocks and network...

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Credit constraints and FDI spillovers in China

Agarwal, Natasha; Milner, Chris; Riaño, Alejandro - 2013

This paper examines whether credit constraints affect Chinese firms' absorption of productivity spillovers from foreign firms. Using firm-level data for 2001-2005, we find evidence of positive spillovers originating from FDI from countries other than Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for non-state...

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Trends and patterns of growth, development, achievements of China and India : a comparative analysis

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Bhattacharyay, Madhurima - 2016

Even before the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis and ongoing European debt crisis, much attention has been given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained unprecedented growth and economic development-PRC and...

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Productivity as if space mattered : an application to factor markets across China

Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - 2013

Although firms may face radically different production conditions, this dimension of firm heterogeneity is often overlooked. We model input demand across local factor markets, explicitly considering search costs which explain why firms care about both the price and availability of inputs. The...

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Investor tax breaks and financing for start-ups : evidence from China

Güçeri, İrem; Hou, Xipei; Xing, Jing - 2024

We examine how investor-level tax incentives affect financing for start-ups using the introduction of a generous tax deduction for qualified angel and VC investment in China as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that the tax incentive increases funding for eligible start-ups, with stronger...

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Why is China investing in Africa? : evidence from the firm level

Chen, Wenjie; Dollar, David; Tang, Heiwai - 2016

China's increased trade with and investment in Africa have boosted the continent's economic growth but have also … generated considerable controversy. In this paper we investigate China's outward direct investment ODI in Africa using macro and … registered Chinese firms investing in Africa between 1998 and 2012. We use key words in project descriptions to code the …

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Aid on demand : African leaders and the geography of China's foreign assistance

Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2015

development finance projects across 3,097 physical locations committed to Africa over the 2000-2012 period. Our econometric …

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