Based on the university mergers policy in China that began in the 1990s, this paper uses a DID regression model to study the impact of higher education resource reallocation on university R&D. It reveals that the university mergers have significantly increased the output of R&D, and the...

Reports of rising income segregation have been brought into question by the observation that post-2000 estimates are upwardly biased due to a reduction in the sample sizes on which they are based. Recent studies have offered estimates of this “sample-count” bias using public data. We show...

Situated in China's Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign in 1958, this study examines the spatial diffusion of “launching high-yield satellites” – exaggerating grain yields, which contributed to the 1959-1961 GLF famine that claimed millions of human lives. We conceptualize exaggerating grain...

Reports of rising income segregation have been brought into question by the observation that post-2000 estimates are upwardly biased due to a reduction in the sample sizes on which they are based. Recent studies have offered estimates of this "sample-count" bias using public data. We show here...

This book addresses the integration of the Internet and finance which recently has been one of the most notable topics of discussion in the media, the business community, academia, and among policymakers, both in China and worldwide. As a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the one of the...

Introduction to Online Lending -- Statistic Analyses of Online Lending Industry -- Business Model Analysis of Online Lending Platforms in China -- Business Model Analysis of Online Lending Platforms outside China -- Risks in Online Lending Industry -- A Comprehensive Rating System of Online...

Based on the university mergers policy in China that began in the 1990s, this paper uses a DID regression model to study the impact of higher education resource reallocation on university R&D. It reveals that the university mergers have significantly increased the output of R&D, and the...