This paper presents a synopsis of recent NBER studies of the history of corporate governance in Canada, China, France …

establishments to quantify the potential extent of misallocation in China and India compared to the U.S. Compared to the U.S., we … measure sizable gaps in marginal products of labor and capital across plants within narrowly-defined industries in China and ….S., we calculate manufacturing TFP gains of 30-50% in China and 40-60% in India …

market countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), adding constraints that reflect a central bank%u2019s desire to hold a …

Following the introduction of the one-child policy in China, the capital-labor (K/L) ratio of China increased relative … to that of India, and, simultaneously, FDI inflows relative to GDP for China versus India declined. These observations … inherited from the previous generation. The resulting increase in China's (domestic K)/L thus ‘crowds out' the need for FDI in …

examine this in the context of China and India – two large, rapidly-growing developing economies. Using theory, we develop a … in China and 15 percentage points in India. This impact has fallen over time in both countries as firm concentration in …

Popular literature suggests a rapid narrowing of the technology gap between China and the U.S. based on large … (especially in sciences) in China in recent years. Little literature attempts to measure the technology gap directly using … the later reflect both differing factor endowments and technology parameters. This paper assesses changes in China …

substantially shift towards Asia and especially towards the Asian Giants, China and India. While such forecasts may pan out, there … are substantial reasons that China and India may grow much less rapidly than is currently anticipated. Most importantly … discontinuities account for a large fraction of the variation in growth rates. We suggest that salient characteristics of China …

evolve as we expected. China is likely to graduate from the periphery to the center in the next few years. This graduation … cycle. Finally, recent policy initiatives suggest that India is poised to replace China as the dominant periphery country …

patrilocality and concern for women's "purity" help explain the male-skewed sex ratio in India and China and low female employment …