Showing 1 - 10 of 562
Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to implement policies effectively and provide a supportive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269020
Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data … listing suspension mechanism, i.e., the ST designation, adopted by China's securities regulatory agency appears to be … literature on economic transition, our findings suggest that any fundamental improvement in China's corporate governance will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274393
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269021
across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481591
This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597560
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012889
across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105049
existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …, and policy trends in the internal and external environments of the Chinese economy will likely lead to a decline in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274634
This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262559
We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The empirical results suggest a positive correlation between on the one side the adoption of an exchange rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267471