private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state …

Using comprehensive loan-level data in China, we investigate how the deregulation on bank entry barriers alters local …

Arguments in favor of school choice depend on the idea that competition between schools improves the quality of … education. However, we have almost no empirical evidence on whether competition actually affects school quality. In this study …, I examine the effects of inter-school competition on public schools by using exogenous variation in the availability and …

This paper studies dynamic labor demand by private and public manufacturing plants in China. It contributes along two …

China's high corporate savings rate is commonly claimed to be a key driver for the country's large current account …

We use firm-level data to identify financial frictions in China and explore the extent to which they can explain firms …

and widely taking place in China, it is much less known whether and to what extent privatization has improved resource …

allocation. We develop a two-stage estimation approach and apply it to China's loan-level data that covers all sectors in the …

We study the efficiency of capital allocations at state-controlled and privately owned business groups in China. Using …