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Working Papers

2007

1. Does " good government " draw foreign capital ? Explaining China ' s exceptional foreign direct investment inflow
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Formal finance and trade credit during China ' s transition
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
3. Institutions and Foreign Investment: China versus the World
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Local elections and consumption insurance: evidence from Chinese villages
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2006

5. Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-Term Income: Evidence from Rural China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2005

6. Eat, Drink, Firms and Government: An Investigation of Corruption from Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2004

7. New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing countries: thetelecommunications and electricity regulation database
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
   See Also Journal Article in Review of Network Economics (2004)

2003

8. Finance and income inequality: test of alternative theories
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
9. The investment climate and the firm: firm-level evidence from China
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

2002

10. Ownership, competition, and corruption: bribe takers versus bribe payers
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

2001

11. The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2002)

2000

12. Institutions, politics, and contracts: the attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
13. Reforming the urban water system in Santiago, Chile
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
14. Surveying surveys and questioning questions - learning from World Bank experience
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

1999

15. Are There Returns to the Wages of Young Men from Working While in School?
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2002)

1998

16. The empirical effects of performance contracts: evidence from China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1997

17. How China's government and state enterprises partitioned property and control rights
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
18. Information, incentives, and commitment: an empirical analysis of contracts between government and state enterprises
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1998)
19. The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

Undated

20. Initial Labor Market Experiences of Black, Hispanic and White Men
    University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. The impact of China's millennium labour restructuring program on firm performance and employee earnings
   The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (2), 223-245

2006

2. Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?
   Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 72, (3), 578-596 View citations
3. Ownership, investment climate and firm performance
   The Economics of Transition, 2006, 14, (4), 629-647 View citations
4. Understanding China's capital productivity and flow
   Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2006

2005

5. Incentives for CEOs with multitasks: Evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (3), 517-539 View citations
6. Institutions, ownership, and finance: the determinants of profit reinvestment among Chinese firms
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2005, 77, (1), 117-146 View citations
7. Medals in transition: explaining medal performance and inequality of Chinese provinces
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (1), 158-172 View citations
8. Politician control, agency problems and ownership reform
   The Economics of Transition, 2005, 13, (1), 1-24 View citations
9. Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy and Private Interests
   World Development, 2005, 33, (8), 1307-1324

2004

10. Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22, (3), vi-524 View citations
11. New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
    Review of Network Economics, 2004, 3, (3), 248-282 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2004)
12. Privatization, competition, and corruption: how characteristics of bribe takers and payers affect bribes to utilities
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (9-10), 2067-2097
13. State-owned enterprises going public "The case of China"
    The Economics of Transition, 2004, 12, (3), 467-487 View citations
14. The Impact of Privatization and Competition in the Telecommunications Sector around the World
    Journal of Law & Economics, 2004, 47, (2), 395-430 View citations

2003

15. Who gets credit? The behavior of bureaucrats and state banks in allocating credit to Chinese state-owned enterprises
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (2), 533-559 View citations

2002

16. Are There Returns To The Wages Of Young Men From Working While In School?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (2), 221-236 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
17. The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2002, 30, (3), 439-462 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)

2001

18. Empirical Effects of Performance Contracts: Evidence from China
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2001, 17, (1), 168-200 View citations

2000

19. Bureaucrats, State Banks, and the Efficiency of Credit Allocation: The Experience of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28, (1), 1-31 View citations
20. Control, Incentives and Competition: The Impact of Reform on Chinese State-owned Enterprises
    The Economics of Transition, 2000, 8, (1), 151-173 View citations
21. Corporate Performance in the East Asian Financial Crisis
    World Bank Research Observer, 2000, 15, (1), 23-46 View citations
22. Corruption, Income Distribution, and Growth
    Economics and Politics, 2000, 12, (2), 155-182 View citations
23. Explaining the changes of income distribution in China
    China Economic Review, 2000, 11, (2), 149-170 View citations

1998

24. Determinants of the Repartitioning of Property Rights between the Government and State Enterprises
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1998, 46, (3), 537-60
25. Information, Incentives, and Commitment: An Empirical Analysis of Contracts between Government and State Enterprises
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1998, 14, (2), 358-78 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1997)