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China is now the world's largest destination of FDI, despite assessments highlighting its institutional deficiencies …. But this FDI inflow corresponds closely to predicted FDI flows into China from a model that predicts FDI inflow based on … discrepancy is that, if government quality is measured by constraints on executive power, China receives somewhat more FDI than …
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We have developed a self‐enforcing contract model to show that better economic fundamentals can help an area or a region under a weak rule of law – but with order – to attract foreign direct investments (FDIs), whereas lowering taxes does not necessarily help. Using a cross‐region...
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Over the last 3 decades, the product, labor, and capital markets of the People’s Republic of China have become …
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Weak institutions ought to deter foreign direction investment (FDI), and mass media stories highlight China …'s institutional deficiencies, yet China is now one of the world's largest FDI destinations. This incongruity characterizes China …'s paradoxical growth. Cross-country regressions show that China's FDI inflow is not exceptionally large, given the quality of its …
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-supporting (financial) institutions should become more important. This paper re-examines these issues in the context of China in 2002, a … of private ownership is associated with greater reinvestment. At China's current stage of development, it appears that …
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This paper examines the determinants of the marriage timing decisions of young men and women in China. We pay …
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We propose "Entertainment and Travel Costs" (ETC) expenditures as a measure of corruption in Chinese firms. These expenses are publicly reported in firms' accounting books, and on average they amount to about 3% of firms' total value added. We find that ETC is a mix that includes "grease money"...
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This paper develops a self-enforcing contract model to show that better economic fundamentals can help when there is weak rule of law-but with order-to attract foreign direct investment, whereas lowering taxes does not necessarily help. Using a cross-region Chinese dataset, the analysis finds...
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