sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of … states of Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, and Yi Korea by focusing on the way in which agricultural taxes were enforced. It also …

behavioral coordination game between local officials and private businessmen. With field facts in China, this study suggests that …

We advance a conceptual frame for explaining economic transformation in China that combines a dynamic and a comparative …

We advance a conceptual frame for explaining economic transformation in China that combines a dynamic and a comparative …

China has achieved phenomenal economic growth in an institutional environment that defies conventional economic … local governments and from government to firms are the driving forces behind China's institutional changes that have shaped … vigorous empirical test using data from China's industrial census, covering all 2000 counties and over 500 manufacturing …

This paper examines how the rise of a market economy in urban China redefines the rules governing economic activities … China show how these three causal mechanisms stemming from the transition to a market economy contribute to new patterns of …

This study examines the factors that affect the choice of location for foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. We …, and institutional changes resulting from the economic reform. The study utilizes the most recent data from China …

corporatism in the context of ongoing institutional changes in China as a transition economy. Specifically, I attempt to integrate … lies in China's dual-track reform paradigm (i.e. a market-for-mass track and a state-for-elite track). Lastly, I discuss …