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The Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires : Human Capital in China
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2019
detected by high-resolution satellites in China during 2005 to 2011, this paper investigates the impacts of fires on cognitive …
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Target setting and Allocative Inefficiency in Lending : Evidence from Two Chinese Banks
Cao, Yiming - 2018
We study the consequences of month-end lending incentives for Chinese bank managers. Using data from two banks, one state-owned and the other partially privatized, we show a clear increase in lending in the final days of each month, a result of both more loan issuance and higher value per loan....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480614
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Relaxing Migration Constraints for Rural Households
Kinnan, Cynthia - 2015
This paper exploits two unique features of China's history to study the effects of access to internal migration …: reforms to the household registration (hukou) system, and historical migration flows. We show that temporary migration due to … volatility for rural households. Furthermore, household production shifts into high-risk, high-return activities …
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