Dass mich die Beendigung von Beziehungen nicht nur in beruflicher, sondern auch in privater Hinsicht stark beschäftigen würde, habe ich zu Beginn meiner Arbeit natürlich nicht gewusst. Die ersten sechs Wochen meiner Schreibphase waren gerade beendet, als mich die Nachricht von Tode meines...

We analyze the relationship between greater bank competition and the screening of potential borrowers. Using a large sample of Chinese private firms and China's entry into the WTO as a natural experiment, we find the following. First, the sensitivity of bank credit to prior borrowing-firm...

This paper documents and assesses the significance of the policy changes in China that WTO accession implies in 3 key service categories (banking, insurance, and telecoms), asking whether it is likely they will really be fully implemented in their entirety as undertaken at signature in 2002....