political connections in China's state-controlled going public process, a subject that has rarely been investigated in existing … authorities. The findings of this article may provide answer to the question why China has been so reluctant to adopt disclosure …-based regulatory regime as well as insights into the puzzle of the consistent poor performance of China's stock markets …

This article investigates tunneling by controlling shareholders in China's public companies, and finds that, first …. This article argues that in China, where there is not sufficient and effective legal protection for investors, controlling …

This paper examines differences in the spatial and temporal variations of rice yields in China and Brazil. Our analysis … indicates that, in China, rice yields have converged over time and rice production has become increasingly homogeneous. In … explanations may account for the different behaviors of rice yields in Brazil and China, namely: 1) differences in production …

through the Sloping Land Conservation Program in China. The analysis is based on household survey data from Ningxia Autonomous … Region in China. From our questionnaire two trust factors are derived and distinguished, using factor analysis: general trust …

This paper analyzes why no foreign direct investment (FDI) has entered basic telecom services in China despite relaxed …

public hospitals in China. Using city-level data and a difference-in-difference (DID) model, this paper estimates the changes …

the effects of China's economic growth on its current account. The results showed that as China switches from exports to … domestic demand as a key driver for economic growth, China's trade surplus would be expected to shrink rather quickly. …

inequality in China, from 1978 to 2007. Fiscal decentralization is a multifaceted concept not likely to be captured by a single …, revenue decentralization, and autonomy power, and tests the effects of each aspect on the regional income inequality in China … decentralization on spending side in China has contributed to rising income inequality over the last three decades. On the revenue side …

Since China's transition to a market economy, the labour productivity growth has been dramatically rapid, in particular … since 1994. This speeding up has been accompanied by the reverse of the exchange rate policy of China, which has strongly …

We explore the relative positions of China and India in the international fragmentation of automobile production by … two countries; China is a net car importer, while India is a net car exporter. We find evidence of the increasing … importance of two-way trade in vertically differentiated goods, indicating that China and India are becoming more active …