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Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment : Theory and Evidence

Branstetter, Lee - 2010

which Northern innovation, Southern imitation, and FDI are all endogenous. Our model predicts that IPR reform in the South … leads to increased FDI in the North, as Northern firms shift production to Southern affiliates. This FDI accelerates … Southern industrial development. The South's share of global manufacturing and the pace at which production of recently …

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Social Ties and Favoritism in Chinese Science

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2017

We study favoritism via hometown ties, a common source of favor exchange in China, in fellow selection of the Chinese …

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The Distortionary Effects of Incentives in Government : Evidence from China's “Death Ceiling” Program

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2017

We study a 2004 program designed to motivate Chinese bureaucrats to reduce accidental deaths. Each province received a set of ‘death ceilings' that, if exceeded, would impede government officials' promotions. For each category of accidental deaths, we observe a sharp discontinuity in reported...

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Target Setting and Allocative Inefficiency in Lending : Evidence from Two Chinese Banks

Cao, Yiming - 2018

We study the consequences of month-end lending incentives for Chinese bank managers. Using data from two banks, one state-owned and the other partially privatized, we show a clear increase in lending in the final days of each month, a result of both more loan issuance and higher value per loan....

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Profiting from Government Stakes in a Command Economy : Evidence from Chinese Asset Sales

Calomiris, Charles W. - 2010

We document the market response to an unexpected announcement of proposed sales of government-owned shares in China. In …

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Outsourcing Tariff Evasion : A New Explanation for Entrepot Trade

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2010

that entrepots may facilitate tariff evasion. Using data on direct exports to mainland China and indirect exports via Hong …

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Corruption in Chinese Privatizations

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014

We document evidence of corruption in Chinese state asset sales. These sales involved stakes in partially privatized firms, providing a benchmark - the price of publicly traded shares - to measure underpricing. Underpricing is correlated with deal attributes associated with misgovernance and...

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Nationalism and Economic Exchange : Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014

reaction to adverse shocks to Sino-Japanese relations in 2005 and 2010. Japanese companies with high China exposure suffer …

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The Mortality Cost of Political Connections

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2015

We study the relationship between the political connections of Chinese firms and workplace fatalities. In our preferred specification we find that the worker death rate for connected companies is two to three times that of unconnected firms (depending on the sample employed), a pattern that...

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Hometown Ties and the Quality of Government Monitoring : Evidence from Rotation of Chinese Auditors

Chu, Jian; Fisman, Raymond J.; Tan, Songtao; Wang, Yongxiang - 2022

, however, may be affected by relationships between auditor and target. We study whether provincial chief auditors in China show …

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