We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. -- China ; TFP growth ; economic growth …

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …

Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades … China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution. We use high-frequency and high spatial resolution data to track …

China’s Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013 to revitalise the Silk Road and promote economic development … northwest China which connects China’s northwestern provinces along this Silk Road land route. We use a recently developed … geographical demarcation in China that is of vast economic significance, not all counties benefited from the opening of the HSR …

In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical …. We estimate the impact of this program on health care utilization and expenditure using 2006 and 2009 waves of the China …-income families, and for the residents in the relatively poor western region. -- urban China ; health insurance ; health care …

China's R&D policy could have been more than twice as effective in boosting R&D without misappropriation. R&D expenditures … could have been stimulated beyond the subsidy amount (additionality), but noncompliant behavior has resulted in a moderately … strong partial crowding out effect. We find significant treatment heterogeneity by period, subsidy size, industry, and …

China is perceived to rely on subsidizing firms in targeted industries to improve their performance and stay …