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Working Papers

2016

1. 2015 Trans-Pacific Intellectual Dialogue
   Conference Proceedings, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

2014

2. Taxation under Autocracy: Theory and Evidence from Late Imperial China
   SDU Working Papers, School of Economics, Shandong University

2009

3. Ownership, Performance and Executive Turnover
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007)

2008

4. Bribe-Taking by Bureaucrats: Personal and Circumstantial Determinants
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2001

5. A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (10)
   Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2001) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article A Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (140) (2000)

2000

6. Incentive Contracting versus Ownership Reforms: Evidence from China's Township and Village Enterprises
   William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Incentive contracting versus ownership reforms: evidence from China's township and village enterprises, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (15) (2003)
7. Limiting Government Predation through Anonymous Banking: A Theory and Evidence from China
   Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (1)

1999

8. 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)
9. 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

10. 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
11. 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

12. 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)
13. Towards a Model of China as a Partially Reformed Developing Economy Under a Semifederalist Government
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
14. 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)

1995

15. A Theory of the Soft-Budget Constraint
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)

1994

16. Specific Human Capital Investment and Turnover Under Uncertainty
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1992

17. Wage Contracts and Specific Human Capital Investment
    Working Papers, Minnesota - Industrial Relations Center View citations (1)

Undated

18. Demand, Supply and Coordination: An Integrated Theory of the Division of Labor
    Working Papers, Human Resources and Labor Studies, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus)
19. Labor Policy and Investment
    Working Papers, Human Resources and Labor Studies, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus) View citations (1)
20. Product Market Conditions and Job Design
    Working Papers, Human Resources and Labor Studies, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus)

Journal Articles

2014

1. What Do Unions in China Do? Provincial-Level Evidence on Wages, Employment, Productivity, and Economic Output
   Journal of Labor Research, 2014, 35, (2), 185-204 View citations (15)

2010

2. Union effects on performance and employment relations: Evidence from China
   China Economic Review, 2010, 21, (1), 202-210 View citations (40)

2009

3. Ownership, performance and executive turnover in China
   Journal of Asian Economics, 2009, 20, (4), 465-478 View citations (13)

2007

4. By force of thought -- Irregular memoirs of an intellectual journey, Janos Kornai
   China Economic Review, 2007, 18, (2), 205-206

2006

5. Political Conditions for Reform: China vs. Eastern Europe Revisited
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (2-3), 342-351

2004

6. Note
   China Economic Review, 2004, 15, (4), 373-374

2003

7. Incentive contracting versus ownership reforms: evidence from China's township and village enterprises
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (3), 414-428 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Incentive Contracting versus Ownership Reforms: Evidence from China's Township and Village Enterprises, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2000) View citations (4) (2000)
8. Monitoring the Monitor: Does Ownership Matter?
   Annals of Economics and Finance, 2003, 4, (1), 137-149
9. Uncertainty in Labor Productivity and Specific Human Capital Investment
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, 21, (3), 651-676 View citations (11)

2001

10. Editorial note
    China Economic Review, 2001, 12, (4), 261-262
11. Financial repression and optimal taxation
    Economics Letters, 2001, 70, (2), 245-251 View citations (10)

2000

12. A Multitask Theory of State Enterprise Reform
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28, (4), 716-738 View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform, CEPR Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (10) (2001)
13. Choosing between Up-or-Out and Spot Contracts: Human Capital Investment versus Job-Matching Considerations
    Annals of Economics and Finance, 2000, 1, (1), 189-210 View citations (1)
14. Introduction
    China Economic Review, 2000, 11, (2), 113-113

1999

15. 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

16. Bureaucratic Control and the Soft Budget Constraint
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (1), 41-61 View citations (32)
17. Economic transition under a semifederalist government: The experience of China
    China Economic Review, 1998, 9, (1), 1-23 View citations (9)

1997

18. Enterprise Productivity and Efficiency: When Is Up Really Down?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997, 24, (3), 265-280 View citations (41)

1996

19. Human Capital Investment under Asymmetric Information: The Pigovian Conjecture Revisited
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1996, 14, (3), 505-19 View citations (176)

1995

20. A framework for understanding differences in labor turnover and human capital investment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1995, 28, (1), 91-105 View citations (32)
21. Firm's information-sharing policy and strike incidence
    Economics Letters, 1995, 48, (1), 73-76 View citations (1)

1994

22. The Nature of the Township-Village Enterprise
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1994, 19, (3), 434-452 View citations (67)

1993

23. Eastern Europe and China: Institutional development as a resource allocation problem
    China Economic Review, 1993, 4, (1), 37-47 View citations (2)
24. When Privatization Should Be Delayed: The Effect of Communist Legacies on Organizational and Institutional Reforms
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1993, 17, (2), 385-406 View citations (26)

1992

25. Optimal liquidation rule and debt in the principal-agent model
    Economics Letters, 1992, 40, (1), 23-26

1991

26. Economic reform, fixed capital investment expansion, and inflation: A behavioral model based on the Chinese experience
    China Economic Review, 1991, 2, (1), 3-27 View citations (13)