, a level that China should achieve by or soon after 2015. Among our more provocative findings is that growth slowdowns …

To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using …

sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint …

, China's stimulus boosted real GDP growth from an annualized 6.2% in the first quarter of 2009 trough to 11.9% in the first … speed and efficacy of China's stimulus derives from state control over its banking system and corporate sector. Beijing …, fueling a real estate bubble; and that China's seemingly highly effective macroeconomic stimulus package may well have induced …

This paper studies the effect that changing demographic patterns have had on the household saving rate in China. We …

biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase …

take this classic question to the data by measuring the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth. Our framework … the spillover e¤ects of China's productivity growth are small causing the real incomes of China's trading partners to …

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 …

China's securities markets are unlike those of Amsterdam, London or New York. Those markets evolved over centuries from … spontaneous securities markets did emerge throughout China in the 1980s following the start of economic liberalization, but these …

What are the incentives faced by local officials in China? Without democratic institutions, there is no mechanism for … successes and the problems arising from local government activity in China …