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Who gains more from which infrastructure in rural People's Republic of China?
Wan, Guanghua; Zhang, Xun - 2015
Since the oil price shocks of the 1970s, several studies have found significant impacts of oil prices on macro variables. However, it is particularly crucial to know how each micro sector in an economy, such as the residential, transport, industrial and non-energy sectors, respond to oil price...
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Pollution and road infrastructure in cities of the People's Republic of China
Luo, Zhi; Wan, Guanghua; Wang, Chen; Zhang, Xun - 2017
Urban road infrastructure is crucial in determining air pollution. Yet, little is known about the roles played by road … width vs. road length. This paper attempts to fill this gap by estimating the effects of road infrastructure on 10-micron … particulate matter (PM10) using city-level data from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Our robust modeling results show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635173
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The direct and indirect effects of infrastructure on firm productivity : evidence from manufacturing in the People's Republic of China
Wan, Guanghua; Zhang, Yan - 2017
This paper attempts to distinguish and estimate the direct and indirect effects of infrastructure on firm productivity …. The latter arises from the infrastructure-agglomeration link and has been largely overlooked in the literature on … infrastructure. An analytical framework is then developed to estimate both effects. Finally, empirical results are obtained using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635346
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Measuring the impact of vulnerability on the number of poor : a new methodology with empirical illustrations
Chakravarty, Satya R.; Chattopadhyay, Nachiketa; … - 2016
constant relative risk aversion applies to countries involved in the Asia-Pacific region. Upward adjustment of the poverty line …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561749
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Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia
Heshmati, Almas - 2015
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth … to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing …; breakdown of poverty into chronic and transitory components; and a comparative study on poverty issues in Asia and other regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698530
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Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia
Heshmati, Almas (contributor);  … - 2015
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth … to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing …; breakdown of poverty into chronic and transitory components; and a comparative study on poverty issues in Asia and other regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902394
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Exploring the trade-urbanization nexus in developing economies : evidence and implications
Zhang, Yuan; Wan, Guanghua - 2017
People's Republic of China and India further highlighting the critical role of cereals trade in population urbanization in …
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Globalization and the labor share in national income
Doan Ha Thi Thanh; Wan, Guanghua - 2017
Contradicting the conventional wisdom of constant factor shares, the portion of national income accruing to labor has been trending downward in the last three decades. This decline must have contributed to rising inequality as labor income is more evenly distributed than capital income. This...
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Income polarization in the People's Republic of China : trends and changes
Wan, Guanghua; Wang, Chen - 2015
'http://www.adb.org/publications/income-polarization-prc-trends-changess Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 2010 and decomposes the estimated polarization by population subgroup. In addition, a …
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The fiscal risk of local government revenue in the People's Republic of China
Fan, Ziying; Wan, Guanghua - 2016
Since the Tax Sharing Reform in 1994, the local government revenue of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has faced … promote the construction of local infrastructure. Earmarked transfers had an effect, but lump-sum transfers did not. Results … showed every 1% increase in earmarked transfers to be associated with a 5% increase in local spending on infrastructure …
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