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Working Papers

2009

1. Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Large Demographic Shocks and Small Changes in the Marriage Market
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

2008

3. Large Shocks and Small Changes in the Marriage Market for Famine Born Cohorts in China
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations

2007

4. Exports and Productivity: Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries
   CIE Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics View citations
5. Inequality and Poverty in China during Reform
   Cahiers de recherche PMMA, PEP-PMMA View citations

2006

6. Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations
7. The Usefulness of Corruptible Elections
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics
   Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2003)
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2003)

2005

8. Income Inequality During China's Economic Transition
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations
9. Spatial Price Differences in China: Estimates and Implications
   Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
   Also in Microeconomics, EconWPA (2005) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2006)

2004

10. Informal Credit in Village Economies: Contract Duration with Personal and Community Enforcement
    Law and Economics, EconWPA
11. The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2003) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2005)
12. Why Do Governments Privatize?
    Discussion Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2001) View citations

2003

13. Ceaseless Toil? Health and Labor Supply of the Elderly in Rural China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2003)

2002

14. Agriculture and Income Distribution in Rural Vietnam under Economic Reforms: A Tale of Two Regions
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2002) View citations
15. Bank Discrimination in Transition Economies: Ideology, Information or Incentives?
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)
16. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BEHAVIOR AND PROPERTY RIGHTS FORMATION IN RURAL CHINA
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) (2004)
17. Property Rights, Labour Markets, and Efficiency in a Transition Economy: The Case of Rural China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2002)

2000

18. Markets, Human Capital, and Inequality: Evidence from Rural China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2000) View citations

1998

19. AGING, WELL-BEING, AND SOCIAL SECURITY IN RURAL NORTH CHINA
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations

1997

20. Decentralization and the Macroeconomic Consequences of Commitment to State-Owned Firms
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School
21. Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: The Changing Role of Rural Financial Institutions in China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations

Journal Articles

2007

1. THE USEFULNESS OF IMPERFECT ELECTIONS: THE CASE OF VILLAGE ELECTIONS IN RURAL CHINA
   Economics and Politics, 2007, 19, (3), 453-480

2006

2. Spatial Price Differences in China: Estimates and Implications
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, (1), 43-86 View citations
   Also in Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, 43-86 (2006) View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

3. Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China
   Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2005, 21, (2), 524-546 View citations
4. The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53, (4), 769-824 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

5. Local Government Behavior and Property Right Formation in Rural China
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2004, 160, (4), 627- View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

6. Bank discrimination in transition economies: ideology, information, or incentives?
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (3), 387-413 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)
7. Competition under credit rationing: theory and evidence from rural China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (2), 463-495 View citations
8. What ails China?
   The Region, 2003, (Dec), 48-54, 56-59 View citations

2002

9. Property rights, labour markets, and efficiency in a transition economy: the case of rural China
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2002, 35, (4), 689-716 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

10. Soft budget constraint and inflation cycles: a positive model of the macro-dynamics in China during transition
    Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 64, (2), 437-457 View citations

2000

11. Comment on Shaw-Taylor, Shiue, and Moriguchi
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (02), 525-529
12. Redistribution in a Decentralized Economy: Growth and Inflation in China under Reform
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (2), 422-451 View citations

1999

13. Markets and Inequality in Rural China: Parallels with the Past
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 292-295 View citations

1998

14. Tenure, land rights, and farmer investment incentives in China
    Agricultural Economics, 1998, 19, (1-2), 63-71 View citations

1997

15. Land, Factor Markets, and Inequality in Rural China: Historical Evidence
    Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34, (4), 460-494 View citations

1996

16. Credit, Incentives, and Reputation: A Hedonic Analysis of Contractual Wage Profiles
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (6), 1172-1226 View citations

1995

17. Markets, Discrimination, and the Economic Contribution of Women in China: Historical Evidence
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1995, 44, (1), 63-104

1993

18. Interwar Japanese Agriculture: Revisionist Views on the Impact of the Colonial Rice Policy and the Labor-Surplus Hypothesis
    Explorations in Economic History, 1993, 30, (3), 259-293 View citations

1991

19. A flexible model of factor biased technological change An application to Japanese agriculture
    Journal of Development Economics, 1991, 35, (1), 127-145 View citations

1990

20. Beyond Malthus and Ricardo: Economic Growth, Land Concentration, and Income Distribution in Early Twentieth-Century Rural China
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (04), 807-827

1989

21. Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870?1940. By Richard J. Smethurst. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. Pp. xii, 472. $52.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (03), 749-750
22. Interpreting new evidence about China and U.S. silver purchases
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1989, 23, (1), 31-51 View citations

1988

23. Asia and Australia Man and Land in Chinese History: An Economic Analysis. By Kang Chao. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1986. Pp. xii, 268. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (03), 759-760

1987

24. Farm Household Behavior, Factor Markets, and the Distributive Consequences of Commercialization in Early Twentieth-Century China
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (03), 711-737 View citations

1985

25. Chinese agriculture and the international economy, 1870-1930: A reassessment
    Explorations in Economic History, 1985, 22, (2), 168-193 View citations