The quality of governance depends on public sector worker productivity. We use micro data from China to document that …

admissions data for 1.8 million individuals with the universe of firm registration records in China. Within a college, we find …

, as well as in South Korea and China--two countries on different sides of the trilemma triangle of international finance …. We document that global financial shocks in both China and South Korea explain a substantial share of equity return … than 10 percent in Korea and negligible in the case of China). We also find that the combination of a closer capital …

over a single generation. China now seems poised to follow a similar trajectory. All three cases highlight the importance …

and China the loosest. The fraction of grants that are inconsistent with the office's own standard ranges from 2-6 per …

prices of East Asian economies including China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. We find significant and positive …

that transboundary air pollution from China significantly increases mortality and morbidity in South Korea. Using these … benefit. Finally, we examine China's strategic pollution reductions and provide their implications for the potential Coasian …