, fuel economy standards for automobiles, renewable portfolio standards, low carbon fuel standards, and—most recently—China … substantial gains could arise from shifting two programs, China’s new national carbon market (~60% gain) and the California Low …

subsidies for poor households in two provinces of China and find no evidence that the subsidies improved nutrition. In fact, it …

research on China. Second, we document, through various empirical methods, the robust findings about striking patterns of trend … offers a constructive framework for studying China's modern macroeconomy …

cross-provincial variation in institutional quality in China, and export data that distinguishes between foreign and …

Weak institutions ought to deter foreign direction investment (FDI), and mass media stories highlight China …'s institutional deficiencies, yet China is now one of the world's largest FDI destinations. This incongruity characterizes China …'s paradoxical growth. Cross-country regressions show that China's FDI inflow is not exceptionally large, given the quality of its …

China presents several macroeconomic patterns that appear inconsistent with standard stylized facts about economic …