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Gao, Nan - 2015

Despite an emerging literature on political determinants of economic performance in China, little is known about …

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The government, private firms, and dual-track private sector development : China's experience in two crucial decades

Long, Xiaoning; Xu, Lixin Colin; Yang, Jin - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 6 (2022), pp. 1-19

the government set up to shape the business environment of private firms. Focusing on China during its crucial two decades … educated, with more diverse sectoral experiences. Market competition increased over time, especially after China's World Trade …

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The effect of aid on growth : evidence from a quasi-experiment

Galiani, Sebastian; Knack, Stephen; Xu, Lixin Colin; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

The literature on aid and growth has not found a convincing instrumental variable to identify the causal effects of aid. This paper exploits an instrumental variable based on the fact that since 1987, eligibility for aid from the International Development Association (IDA) has been based partly...

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Finance and income inequality : test of alternative theories

Clarke, George; Xu, Lixin Colin; Zou, Heng-fu - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003

income inequality, little empirical research has been conducted to compare their relative explanatory power. The authors … examine the relation between financial intermediary development and income inequality in a panel data set of 91 countries for … the period 1960-95. Their results provide evidence that inequality decreases as economies develop their financial …

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Local elections and consumption insurance : evidence from Chinese villages

Gan, Li; Xu, Lixin Colin; Yao, Yang - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007

While the literature on consumption insurance is growing fast, little research has been conducted on how rural consumption insurance is affected by democracy. In this paper the authors examine how consumption insurance of Chinese rural residents is affected if the local leader is democratically...

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The effects of business environments on development : surveying new firm-level evidence

Xu, Lixin Colin - 2010

In the past decade, the World Bank has promoted improving business environments as a key strategy for development, which has resulted in a significant amount of investment in collecting firm-level investment climate surveys across countries. What lessons have emerged from the papers using these...

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