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The proliferation of social organizations in China has engendered a lively debate about how to conceptualize these … the formation of social networks according to their own self-image as members of a budding Chinese civil society. -- China …
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China's shift in energy policies has been broader, deeper and more successful than that of most other emerging … economies, although the economic costs of this transition are tremendous because China is an over-industrialized country whose … community, China's dangerously growing dependence on energy imports, and the uncertain prospects of equity oil abroad for energy …
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From the long-term threat of nuclear war between the United States and China, to the disappearance of the African … elephant due to Chinese demand for ivory, each week brings a new round of critique and denunciation of the risks China poses to … challenges these views in this updated edition, with an incisive review of China's economic strategy, deployment of resources …
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How do judgment devices influence price formation? We investigate this question through a study of the German wine market. The German wine market is characterized by the simultaneous existence of two classification systems: the official classification system referring to the "quality in the...
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Several anthropological scholars have argued from an ethnographic viewpoint that local understandings of corruption vary around the world. Others who have critically analyzed the international and transnational anti-corruption campaign (ITACC) have argued that the ITACC is capable of covering up...
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In this paper we study the diffusion of non-hydro renewable energy (NHRE) technologies for electricity generation across 108 developing countries between 1980 and 2010. We use two-stage estimation methods to identify the determinants behind the choice of whether or not to adopt NHRE as well as...
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