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Working Papers

2021

1. Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)

2020

2. Special Deals from Special Investors: The Rise of State-Connected Private Owners in China
   Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics View citations (6)
3. The Rise of State-Connected Private Owners in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

4. Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
   See also Chapter Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (25) (2019)
   Journal Article Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics, NBER Macroeconomics Annual, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (26) (2020)

2017

5. Is the People’s Republic of China’s Current Slowdown a Cyclical Downturn or a Long-term Trend? A Productivity-Based Analysis
   ADBI Working Papers, Asian Development Bank Institute View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Is the People's Republic of China's current slowdown a cyclical downturn or a long-term trend? A productivity-based analysis, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (12) (2017)

2016

6. The Long Shadow of a Fiscal Expansion
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (108)

2013

7. Do College Entrance Examination Scores Predict Undergraduate GPAs? A Tale of Two Universities
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Do college entrance examination scores predict undergraduate GPAs? A tale of two universities, China Economic Review, Elsevier (2014) View citations (13) (2014)

2011

8. Determinants of undergraduate GPAs in China: college entrance examination scores, high school achievement, and admission route
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2007

9. How Does Privatization Work in China?
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article How does privatization work in China?, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (90) (2009)

2006

10. The Return to Capital in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (231)
    See also Journal Article The Return to Capital in China, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (2006) View citations (231) (2006)

2003

11. Corporate Governance and Market Valuation in China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Corporate governance and market valuation in China, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (207) (2004)
12. Local Protectionism and Regional Specialization: Evidence from China’s Industries
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Local protectionism and regional specialization: evidence from China's industries, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (186) (2004)
13. Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures.*
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (2004) View citations (26) (2004)

2001

14. A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (12)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article A Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (138) (2000)
15. Ownership, Incentives and Monitoring
    STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2001) View citations (2)
16. Quality of Bureaucracy and Open-Economy Macro Policies
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (20)
17. The quality of bureaucracy and capital account policies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)

2000

18. Expropriation and Incentives for Team Production
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society
19. Franchising as a Nexus of Incentive Devices for Production Involving Brand Name
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society

1999

20. Anonymous Banking and Financial Repression: How Does China's Reform Limit Government Predation without Reducing Its Revenue?
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (13)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (16)
21. Limiting Government Predation Through Anonymous Banking: A Theory with Evidence from China
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (12)

1998

22. Intragovernment Procurement of Local Public Good: A Theory of Decentralization in Nondemocratic Government
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
23. Investment Portfolio under Soft Budget: Implications for Growth, Volatility and Savings
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

1997

24. Agency in Project Screening and Termination Decisions: Why Is Good Money Thrown After Bad?
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (1)
    Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (1997) View citations (3)
25. Contract Mix and Ownership
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
26. Why Is the Productivity Analysis Misleading for Gauging State Enterprise Performance?
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

1996

27. Latent Policies: An Extended Example
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1995

28. A Theory of the Soft-Budget Constraint
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)
29. Does Employee Ownership Improve Incentives for Efforts
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (2)

1994

30. Capital Structure and Product Market Strategy
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Capital Structure and Product Market Strategy, Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF (2000) View citations (3) (2000)
31. Specific Human Capital Investment and Turnover Under Uncertainty
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1993

32. Wage Contracts And Specific Human Capital Investment Under Uncertainty
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1992

33. Specific Human Capital Investment and Wage Profiles
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
34. Wage Contracts and Specific Human Capital Investment
    Working Papers, Minnesota - Industrial Relations Center View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Boosting pension enrollment and household consumption by example: A field experiment on information provision
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, (C) View citations (4)

2020

2. Earnings inequality and China's preferential lending policy
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 145, (C) View citations (3)
3. Property Rights, Finance, and Reinvestment: Evidence from China's Private Enterprises
   Annals of Economics and Finance, 2020, 21, (2), 363-392 View citations (1)
4. Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics
   NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2020, 34, (1), 341 - 379 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (28) (2019)
   Chapter Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics, NBER Chapters, 2019, 341-379 (2019) View citations (25) (2019)

2017

5. Is the People's Republic of China's current slowdown a cyclical downturn or a long-term trend? A productivity-based analysis
   Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2017, 22, (1), 29-46 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Is the People’s Republic of China’s Current Slowdown a Cyclical Downturn or a Long-term Trend? A Productivity-Based Analysis, ADBI Working Papers (2017) View citations (14) (2017)

2016

6. The Long Shadow of China’s Fiscal Expansion
   Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2016, 47, (2 (Fall)), 129-181 View citations (72)

2015

7. China’s structural adjustment from the income distribution perspective
   China Finance and Economic Review, 2015, 3, (1), 1-10

2014

8. Do college entrance examination scores predict undergraduate GPAs? A tale of two universities
   China Economic Review, 2014, 30, (C), 632-647 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Do College Entrance Examination Scores Predict Undergraduate GPAs? A Tale of Two Universities, MPRA Paper (2013) View citations (6) (2013)
9. Health insurance and consumption: Evidence from China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42, (2), 450-469 View citations (48)
10. Income inequality and mobility of rural households in China from 2003 to 2006
    China Agricultural Economic Review, 2014, 6, (1), 73-91 View citations (9)
11. Measuring market concentration in China: the problem with using censored data and its rectification
    China Economic Review, 2014, 30, (C), 432-447 View citations (8)
12. Property taxes and home prices: A tale of two cities
    Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 180, (1), 1-15 View citations (77)

2012

13. Spatial spillover and regional economic growth in China
    China Economic Review, 2012, 23, (4), 982-990 View citations (43)

2010

14. Capital or knowhow: The role of foreign multinationals in Sino-foreign joint ventures
    China Economic Review, 2010, 21, (4), 629-638 View citations (4)
15. Infrastructure development in China: The cases of electricity, highways, and railways
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, 38, (1), 34-51 View citations (40)
16. The factor income distribution in China: 1978-2007
    China Economic Review, 2010, 21, (4), 650-670 View citations (65)

2009

17. Excludable public goods: Pricing and social welfare maximization
    Economics Letters, 2009, 103, (2), 72-74 View citations (2)
18. How does privatization work in China?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37, (3), 453-470 View citations (90)
    See also Working Paper How Does Privatization Work in China?, MPRA Paper (2007) View citations (19) (2007)

2008

19. Bureaucratic integration and regional specialization in China
    China Economic Review, 2008, 19, (2), 308-319 View citations (22)

2006

20. An Empirical Study on Corporate Governance and Market Valuation in China
    Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, 2006, 1, (1), 83-111 View citations (8)
21. Property rights protection and access to bank loans
    The Economics of Transition, 2006, 14, (4), 611-628 View citations (47)
22. The Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform: Empirical Evidence from China
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 353-357 View citations (207)
23. The Return to Capital in China
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2006, 37, (2), 61-102 View citations (231)
    See also Working Paper The Return to Capital in China, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (231) (2006)

2005

24. Incentives for CEOs with multitasks: Evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (3), 517-539 View citations (63)

2004

25. Corporate governance and market valuation in China
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2004, 32, (4), 599-616 View citations (207)
    See also Working Paper Corporate Governance and Market Valuation in China, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2003) View citations (12) (2003)
26. Local protectionism and regional specialization: evidence from China's industries
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 63, (2), 397-417 View citations (186)
    See also Working Paper Local Protectionism and Regional Specialization: Evidence from China’s Industries, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2003) View citations (5) (2003)
27. Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2004, 35, (2), 277-305 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures.*, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2003) View citations (3) (2003)

2003

28. Uncertainty in Labor Productivity and Specific Human Capital Investment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, 21, (3), 651-676 View citations (11)

2001

29. Financial repression and optimal taxation
    Economics Letters, 2001, 70, (2), 245-251 View citations (10)

2000

30. A Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28, (4), 716-738 View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2001) View citations (12) (2001)
31. Capital Structure and Product Market Strategy
    Annals of Economics and Finance, 2000, 1, (2), 381-400 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Capital Structure and Product Market Strategy, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1994) View citations (3) (1994)
32. Contract Mixing in Franchising as a Mechanism for Public‐Good Provision
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2000, 9, (1), 85-113 View citations (23)

1999

33. Efficiency losses from tax distortions vs. government control
    European Economic Review, 1999, 43, (4-6), 1095-1103 View citations (18)
34. The Myth of the East Asian Miracle: The Macroeconomic Implications of Soft Budgets
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 432-437 View citations (12)

1998

35. Bureaucratic Control and the Soft Budget Constraint
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (1), 41-61 View citations (31)
36. The Soft Budget Constraint and Transition Economies
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (1), 9-10 View citations (1)

1997

37. Earnings profile and monitoring under asymmetric information
    Economics Letters, 1997, 57, (2), 219-225 View citations (5)
38. Enterprise Productivity and Efficiency: When Is Up Really Down?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997, 24, (3), 265-280 View citations (41)

Edited books

2003

1. Technology and the New Economy, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (1)

Chapters

2019

1. Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2019, volume 34, 2019, pp 341-379 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (28) (2019)
   Journal Article Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (26) (2020)

2012

2. Social Insurance and Household Consumption in China
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)