This paper employs monthly data on China's net oil import from January 1997 to June 2010 to assess the role of China's net import in the evolution of the crude oil price. Based on a vector autoregression (VAR) analysis, we find that the growth of China's net oil import has no significant impact...

This study draws upon a large national survey of Chinese public cognition and attitude towards climate change and analyze the determinants of consumers' WTP for energy-efficient and environment-friendly products. 85 percent of respondents indicate that they are willing to pay at least 10 percent...

This paper provides both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of whether the Chinese oil companies have “overpaid” than international counterparts in overseas asset acquisitions. Using a difference-in-difference and hedonic pricing framework, we find that while the Chinese companies did...

This paper provides both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of whether the Chinese oil companies have “overpaid” than international oil companies in overseas asset acquisitions. By controlling oil price and a number of asset- and deal-specific attributes that are known to affect the...

This paper provides both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of whether the Chinese national oil companies have “overpaid” than international counterparts in overseas asset acquisitions during 2001-2017. Using a hedonic pricing framework, we find that while the Chinese companies did not...