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Working Papers

2022

1. Bureaucrats, Tournament Competition, and Performance Manipulation: Evidence from Chinese Cities
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Firm Resources, Strategies, and Survival and Growth during COVID-19: Evidence from Two-Wave Global Surveys
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2021

3. Organizational Resources, Country Institutions, and National Culture behind Firm Survival and Growth during COVID-19
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
4. Warlords, State Failures, and the Rise of Communism in China
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2020

5. Business Environment and Dual-Track Private Sector Development: China's Experience in Two Crucial Decades
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
6. Credit Constraints and Fraud Victimization: Evidence from a Representative Chinese Household Survey
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
7. Female Business Leaders, Business and Cultural Environment, and Productivity around the World
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
8. Heterogeneous Effects of the de jure and de facto Business Environment: Findings from Multiple Data Sets on the Business Environment
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
9. The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of Covid-19
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
10. The Transformative Effects of Privatization in China: A Natural Experiment Based on Politician Career Concern
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2019

11. Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: County-Level Evidence from a Chinese Province
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
12. Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2019) View citations (1)
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
14. Property Rights, Political Connections, and Corporate Investment
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
15. The Effects of Pollution and Business Environment on Firm Productivity in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in International Regional Science Review (2021)

2018

16. Stationary Bandits, State Capacity, and the Malthusian Transition: The Lasting Impact of the Taiping Rebellion
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2017

17. The heterogeneous growth effects of the business environment: firm-level evidence for a global sample of cities
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2016

18. Love, Money, and Parental Goods: Does Parental Matchmaking Matter?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2017)
19. Social capital, finance, and consumption: evidence from a representative sample of Chinese households
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Banking & Finance (2022)
20. The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2017)

2015

21. Dual credit markets and household access to finance: evidence from a representative Chinese household survey
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
22. Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (153)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Corporate Finance (2015)
23. Hayek, local information, and the decentralization of state-owned enterprises in China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
24. Love, money, and old age support: does parental matchmaking matter ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
25. R&D returns, spillovers, and firm incentives: evidence from China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Frontiers of Economics in China (2016)
26. The dark side of disclosure: evidence of government expropriation from worldwide firms
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
27. The internet as a general-purpose technology: firm-level evidence from around the world
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2015)
28. Unbundling institutions for external finance: worldwide firm-level evidence
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Corporate Finance (2017)

2014

29. Interactions among donors'aid allocations: evidence from an exogenous World Bank income threshold
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
30. Water quality, brawn, and education: the rural drinking water program in China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2013

31. Business environment, economic agglomeration and job creation around the world
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2016)
32. Explaining Africa's (Dis)advantage
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2014)
33. Market facilitation by local government and firm efficiency: evidence from China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Corporate Finance (2017)
34. Telecommunications externality on migration: evidence from Chinese Villages
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in China Economic Review (2016)

2011

35. Diagnosing development bottlenecks: China and India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2011)
36. Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?
    CEMA Working Papers, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Southern Economic Journal (2006)
37. Foreign direct investment under weak rule of law: theory and evidence from China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
38. Market integration in China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

2010

39. Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2013)
40. The effects of business environments on development: surveying new firm-level evidence
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2011)

2007

41. Does"good government"draw foreign capital ? Explaining China's exceptional foreign direct investment inflow
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
42. Formal finance and trade credit during China's transition
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Intermediation (2009)
43. Institutions and Foreign Investment: China versus the World
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
44. Local elections and consumption insurance: evidence from Chinese villages
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2006

45. Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-Term Income: Evidence from Rural China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2005

46. 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 (12)

2004

47. New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing countries: the telecommunications and electricity regulation database
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Network Economics (2004)

2003

48. Finance and Income Inequality: Test of Alternative Theories
    CEMA Working Papers, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics View citations (75)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations (72)
49. The investment climate and the firm: firm-level evidence from China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (26)

2002

50. Ownership, competition, and corruption: bribe takers versus bribe payers
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (21)

2001

51. 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 (9)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2002)

2000

52. Corruption, Income Distribution, and Growth
    CEMA Working Papers, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics View citations (184)
    See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (2000)
53. Explaining the Changes of Income Distribution in China
    CEMA Working Papers, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article in China Economic Review (2000)
54. Institutions, politics, and contracts: the attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
55. Reforming the urban water system in Santiago, Chile
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
56. Surveying surveys and questioning questions - learning from World Bank experience
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)

1999

57. 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 (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2002)

1998

58. The empirical effects of performance contracts: evidence from China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2001)

1997

59. How China's government and state enterprises partitioned property and control rights
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
60. Information, incentives, and commitment: an empirical analysis of contracts between government and state enterprises
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (1998)
61. The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

Undated

62. Initial Labor Market Experiences of Black, Hispanic and White Men
    University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Does FDI have a social demonstration effect in developing economies? Evidence based on the presence of women-led local firms
   Journal of International Business Studies, 2023, 54, (7), 1332-1350
2. Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51, (1), 15-40

2022

3. Female entrepreneurs and productivity around the world: Rule of law, network, culture, and gender equality
   World Development, 2022, 154, (C) View citations (3)
4. Social capital, finance, and consumption: Evidence from a representative sample of Chinese households
   Journal of Banking & Finance, 2022, 145, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2021

5. Enforcing government policies: The role of state-owned enterprise in China’s one child policy
   World Development, 2021, 146, (C)
6. Ownership, Enforcement, and the Effects of Business Environment
   Journal of Government and Economics, 2021, 2, (C)
7. Power struggle and pork barrel politics in authoritarian countries: Evidence from China
   Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2021, 29, (1), 123-150
8. The Effects of Pollution and Business Environment on Firm Productivity in Africa
   International Regional Science Review, 2021, 44, (2), 203-228 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
9. The Interplay of Policy and Institutions during COVID-19
   The International Trade Journal, 2021, 35, (6), 493-522
10. The dark side of transparency in developing countries: The link between financial reporting practices and corruption
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021, 66, (C) View citations (5)

2019

11. Dual Credit Markets and Household Usage to Finance: Evidence from a Representative Chinese Household Survey
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 81, (6), 1280-1317 View citations (13)

2017

12. Hayek, Local Information, and Commanding Heights: Decentralizing State-Owned Enterprises in China
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (8), 2455-78 View citations (93)
13. Love, money, and parental goods: Does parental matchmaking matter?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45, (2), 224-245 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
14. Market facilitation by local government and firm efficiency: Evidence from China
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2017, 42, (C), 460-480 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
15. The effect of aid on growth: evidence from a Quasi-experiment
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22, (1), 1-33 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
16. Unbundling institutions for external finance: Worldwide firm-level evidence
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2017, 44, (C), 215-232 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2016

17. Business environment, economic agglomeration and job creation around the world
    Applied Economics, 2016, 48, (33), 3088-3103 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
18. Cheung, Becker and Marriage
    Man and the Economy, 2016, 3, (1), 65-76
19. Collective Leadership, Career Concern, and the Housing Market in China: The Role of Standing Committees
    Review of Development Economics, 2016, 20, (1), 1-13 View citations (4)
20. R&D Returns, Spillovers and Firm Incentives: Evidence from China
    Frontiers of Economics in China, 2016, 11, (4), 581-607
    See also Working Paper (2015)
21. Telecommunication externality on migration: Evidence from Chinese villages
    China Economic Review, 2016, 39, (C), 77-90 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
22. The long-run effects of treated water on education: The rural drinking water program in China
    Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 122, (C), 1-15 View citations (14)

2015

23. Government connections and financial constraints: Evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2015, 32, (C), 271-294 View citations (158)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
24. The Internet as a general-purpose technology: Firm-level evidence from around the world
    Economics Letters, 2015, 135, (C), 24-27 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

25. Explaining Africa’s (Dis)advantage
    World Development, 2014, 63, (C), 59-77 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
26. Health shocks, village elections, and household income: Evidence from rural China
    China Economic Review, 2014, 30, (C), 155-168 View citations (2)

2013

27. Job Growth and Finance: Are Some Financial Institutions Better Suited to the Early Stages of Development than Others?-super-1
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2013, 27, (3), 542-572 View citations (6)
28. Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
    Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (25), 3637-3649 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2012

29. Foreign direct investment under a weak rule of law
    The Economics of Transition, 2012, 20, (3), 401-424 View citations (10)
30. Local elections and consumption insurance
    The Economics of Transition, 2012, 20, (3), 521-547 View citations (2)
31. Love and Money by Parental Matchmaking: Evidence from Urban Couples in China
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 555-60 View citations (18)

2011

32. Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 73, 722-752 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
33. Eat, Drink, Firms, Government: An Investigation of Corruption from the Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54, (1), 55 - 78 View citations (201)
34. Market Integration in the People’s Republic of China
    Asian Development Review (ADR), 2011, 28, (01), 72-93
35. Market Integration in the People’s Republic of China
    Asian Development Review, 2011, 28, (1), 72-93 View citations (7)
36. The Effects of Business Environments on Development: Surveying New Firm-level Evidence
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2011, 26, (2), 310-340 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

37. Formal finance and trade credit during China's transition
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2009, 18, (2), 173-192 View citations (116)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
38. Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment: China versus the Rest of the World
    World Development, 2009, 37, (4), 852-865 View citations (41)
39. Labor restructuring in China: Toward a functioning labor market
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37, (2), 287-305 View citations (48)

2008

40. The impact of China's millennium labour restructuring program on firm performance and employee earnings1
    The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (2), 223-245 View citations (9)

2006

41. Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?
    Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 72, (3), 578-596 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
42. Ownership, investment climate and firm performance
    The Economics of Transition, 2006, 14, (4), 629-647 View citations (44)
43. Understanding China's capital productivity and flow
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2006, 51

2005

44. Incentives for CEOs with multitasks: Evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (3), 517-539 View citations (51)
45. Institutions, ownership, and finance: the determinants of profit reinvestment among Chinese firms
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2005, 77, (1), 117-146 View citations (381)
46. Medals in transition: explaining medal performance and inequality of Chinese provinces
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (1), 158-172 View citations (11)
47. Politician control, agency problems and ownership reform
    The Economics of Transition, 2005, 13, (1), 1-24 View citations (53)
48. Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy and Private Interests
    World Development, 2005, 33, (8), 1307-1324 View citations (11)

2004

49. Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22, (3), 615-638 View citations (56)
50. New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
    Review of Network Economics, 2004, 3, (3), 1-35 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
51. 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 View citations (108)
52. State‐owned enterprises going public The case of China
    The Economics of Transition, 2004, 12, (3), 467-487 View citations (64)
53. The Impact of Privatization and Competition in the Telecommunications Sector around the World
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2004, 47, (2), 395-430 View citations (83)

2003

54. The Timing of Marriage in China
    Annals of Economics and Finance, 2003, 4, (2), 343-357 View citations (2)
55. 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 (179)

2002

56. 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 (117)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
57. 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 (69)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2001

58. Empirical Effects of Performance Contracts: Evidence from China
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2001, 17, (1), 168-200 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

2000

59. 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 (93)
60. Control, Incentives and Competition: The Impact of Reform on Chinese State‐owned Enterprises
    The Economics of Transition, 2000, 8, (1), 151-173 View citations (26)
61. Corporate Performance in the East Asian Financial Crisis
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2000, 15, (1), 23-46 View citations (70)
62. Corruption, Income Distribution, and Growth
    Economics and Politics, 2000, 12, (2), 155-182 View citations (184)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
63. Explaining the changes of income distribution in China
    China Economic Review, 2000, 11, (2), 149-170 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

1998

64. Determinants of the Repartitioning of Property Rights between the Government and State Enterprises
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1998, 46, (3), 537-60 View citations (7)
65. Information, Incentives, and Commitment: An Empirical Analysis of Contracts between Government and State Enterprises
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1998, 14, (2), 358-78 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

Books

2007

1. Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (63)

Chapters

2012

1. Some Recent Progresses on Financial Structure and Development
   Palgrave Macmillan

2004

2. El intento de privatización de las empresas de agua y desagüe de Lima-Perú
   Chapter 7 in Experiencias de regulación en el Perú, 2004, vol. 1, pp 295-332