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Foreign Direct Investment Under Weak Rule of Law : Theory and Evidence from China

Wang, Xiaozu - 2017

This paper develops a self-enforcing contract model to show that better economic fundamentals can help when there is weak rule of law -- but with order -- to attract foreign direct investment, whereas lowering taxes does not necessarily help. Using a cross-region Chinese dataset, the analysis...

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Institutions and Foreign Investment : China versus the World

Fan, Joseph P.H. - 2007

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 …

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Microeconomic Consequences and Macroeconomic Causes of Foreign Direct Investment in Southern African Economies

Lederman, Daniel - 2017

intermediaries, and they are more likely to export than domestic firms. They also exhibit positive spillover effects to domestic …

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Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship

Fang, Sheng - 2019

Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other factors such as business environment and female empowerment,...

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Stationary Bandits, State Capacity, and the Malthusian Transition : The Lasting Impact of the Taiping Rebellion

Xu, Lixin Colin - 2018

The Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) in China was the deadliest civil war in history. This paper provides evidence that …

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Social Capital, Finance, and Consumption : Evidence from a Representative Sample of Chinese Households

Cull, Robert - 2018

development in China, as it has in countries with higher levels of private sector development …

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Dual Credit Markets and Household Access to Finance : Evidence from a Representative Chinese Household Survey

Cull, Robert - 2018

Using a new and representative data set of Chinese household finance, this paper documents household access to and costs of finance, along with their correlates. As in most developing countries, informal finance is a crucial element of household finance, and wealth tends to be associated with...

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Hayek, Local Information, and the Decentralization of State-Owned Enterprises in China

Huang, Zhangkai - 2017

Hayek argues that local knowledge is a key for understanding whether production should be decentralized. This paper tests Hayek?s predictions by examining the causes of the Chinese government?s decision to decentralize state-owned enterprises. Since the government located closer to a state-owned...

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Love, Money, and Old Age Support : Does Parental Matchmaking Matter?

Huang, Fali - 2017

Parental involvement in matchmaking may distort the choice of spouse because parents are willing to substitute love for market and household production, which are more sharable between parents and their children. This paper finds supportive evidence in a survey of Chinese couples. In both rural...

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Water Quality, Brawn, and Education : The Rural Drinking Water Program in China

Xu, Lixin Colin - 2017

about the effect of water treatment on education. This paper examines the educational benefits to rural youth in China of a … from having access to treated water. The program can account for the gender gap in educational attainment in rural China in …

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