goods has expanded from household utilities, toll road access and software downloads to standard consumption goods paid by … decisions. This paper exploits hourly household electricity consumption data collected by "smart" electricity meters to examine … receipt of an electricity bill, but the response varies considerably by household type and season. Our results also suggest …

human capital in STEMI areas. We conclude with a comparison of the US research ecosystem to that of China to understand how …

detected by high-resolution satellites in China during 2005 to 2011, this paper investigates the impacts of fires on cognitive …

, however, may be affected by relationships between auditor and target. We study whether provincial chief auditors in China show …

second from China. In each case, we find that women are far less likely to be investigated for corruption than men. In our … enforcement authorities; in China, female prefectural leaders are as much as 75 percent less likely to be arrested for corruption …

country using data from the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in China. The NCEE is one of the most important … institutions in China and affects hundreds of millions of families. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in temperature …

This paper examines the impact of a property rights reform in rural China that allowed farmers to lease out their land …