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We investigate the effects of the recently constructed Chinese national highway system on local economic outcomes. On average, roads that improve access to local markets have small or negative effects on prefecture economic activity and population. However, these averages mask a distinct pattern...
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We investigate the effects of the recently constructed Chinese national highway system on local economic outcomes. On average, roads that improve access to local markets have small or negative effects on prefecture economic activity and population. However, these averages mask a distinct pattern...
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continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and …
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continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved … our key results to alternative data sets. -- China ; investment ; growth ; productivity ; capital market distortions …China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of …
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continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and …
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industrial upgrading in a developing economy through an analysis of the mobile telecom sector in China. Over the last decade …, China has become the world's largest market for mobile phones, and domestic Chinese firms have been able to take advantage … knowledge. The key to long-term success for domestic firms is investment in design capabilities, and a shift away from purely …
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continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … to the role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocations across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and …
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. We next consider the ability of village-level elections in rural China to reduce rent seeking, and the extent to which …
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