Using a novel, nationally representative data set on fraud victimization, this paper examines the impact of credit constraints on fraud victimization and potential underlying mechanisms in Chinese urban areas. After controlling for other household characteristics and regional fixed effects,...

This study investigates how regulatory ability and banking market structure affect explicit deposit insurance scheme (eDIS) adoption and banks' risk taking under eDIS. We find that:(i) The regulatory ability exists a threshold if the government regulator's regulatory ability above the threshold,...

This paper examines the impact of leadership transition on government expenditure, particularly the composition of the expenditure. Using the Chinese provincial-level data during the period 1992-2006, we find that the transition of provincial leaders seems to have no significant effect on...