found from both the foreign acquisition and going-public reform strategies. Foreign acquisition may benefit bank efficiency …China has accelerated and deepened bank reform since it joined the WTO in 2001. Employing a stochastic distance … function, this paper investigates the technical efficiency of banks and examines the static, selection and dynamic effects of …

Morocco charted its own distinctive path of power sector reform. It selectively introduced private sector participation … disparate actions of political parties and sector institutions. Ambitious targets for electricity access, liberalization, and … operational efficiency has been broadly adequate, performance has fluctuated over time. Moreover, the sector's achievements …

the quality of local institutions. Although the impact of national institutions on innovation is well-documented, the … China. We examine the adoption of these reforms between 2009 and 2016 as an exogenous shock to regional institutions. Our … highlights the critical role of government institutions in driving innovation across China, bringing to the fore important …