Using household-level survey and housing transaction data, we detect the flight to safety vis-a-vis housing in China: Great economic uncertainty causes the prices of housing assets to soar, especially those of good quality. To stabilize housing prices, China has imposed purchase restrictions on...

In the past decade, the Chinese economy has witnessed a great housing boom, accompanied by a slowdown in economic growth and an increase in firms' financial investment. The waning economic prospects are shown to lead to a surge in housing prices by stimulating firms' demand for financial...

As the largest source of carbon emissions in China, the thermal power industry is the only emission-controlled industry in the first national carbon market compliance cycle. Its conversion to clean-energy generation technologies is also an important means of reducing CO2 emissions and achieving...