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Working Papers

2017

1. The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-off
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2016

2. Manufacturing as the Key Engine of Economic Growth for Middle-Income Economies
   ADBI Working Papers, Asian Development Bank Institute View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Manufacturing as the key engine of economic growth for middle-income economies, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (15) (2017)

2015

3. Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (27)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (24)

2013

4. Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (4)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (11)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (4)

2012

5. Elections in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
6. The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (20)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (18)

2011

7. Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (39)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2011) View citations (38)

2010

8. Unions Improve Chinese Workers' Welfare
   Labor Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (5)
9. Unions Improve Chinese Workers' Welfare - Results from 1,268 Firms
   Microeconomics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (3)

2009

10. A Chinese Way of Democratization?
    Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (1)

2007

11. Local elections and consumption insurance: evidence from Chinese villages
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2006

12. Grassroots Democracy and Income Distribution: Evidence from Village Elections in China
    Governance Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (2)
13. Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-Term Income: Evidence from Rural China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
14. Impacts of Privatization on Employment - Evidence from China
    Microeconomics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Impacts of privatization on employment: evidence from China, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

1999

15. Market versus administrative reallocation of agricultural land in a period of rapid industrialization
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
16. Specialization without regret - transfer rights, agricultural productivity, and investment in an industrializing economy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (21)

1996

17. ABSTRACT OF DIMENSIONS AND DIVERSITY OF PROPERTY RIGHTS IN RURAL CHINA: DILEMMAS ON THE ROAD TO FURTHER REFORM
    Staff Papers, University of Wisconsin Madison, AAE View citations (3)
18. Dimensions and Diversity of Property Rights in Rural China: Delimmas on the Road to Further Reform
    Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics Staff Papers, Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics Department
    See also Journal Article Dimensions and diversity of property rights in rural China: Dilemmas on the road to further reform, World Development, Elsevier (1998) View citations (91) (1998)

Journal Articles

2018

1. Women’s political participation and gender gaps of education in China: 1950–1990
   World Development, 2018, 106, (C), 220-237 View citations (1)

2017

2. Manufacturing as the key engine of economic growth for middle-income economies
   Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2017, 22, (1), 47-70 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Manufacturing as the Key Engine of Economic Growth for Middle-Income Economies, ADBI Working Papers (2016) View citations (12) (2016)

2016

3. Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes, Real Undervaluation, and Economic Growth
   Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2016, 07, (02), 1-35 View citations (1)
4. Will China be Able to Avoid the Japan Syndrome?
   China & World Economy, 2016, 24, (5), 98-121 View citations (3)

2015

5. Financial structure, corporate savings and current account imbalances
   Journal of International Money and Finance, 2015, 54, (C), 142-167 View citations (19)
6. Individual social welfare preferences: An experimental study
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2015, 57, (C), 89-97 View citations (10)
7. Informal Institutions, Collective Action, and Public Investment in Rural China
   American Political Science Review, 2015, 109, (2), 371-391 View citations (62)
8. Subnational leaders and economic growth: evidence from Chinese cities
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2015, 20, (4), 405-436 View citations (146)

2014

9. Health shocks, village elections, and household income: Evidence from rural China
   China Economic Review, 2014, 30, (C), 155-168 View citations (2)

2013

10. Unions and Workers' Welfare in Chinese Firms
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31, (3), 633 - 667 View citations (46)

2012

11. Environmental Compliance and Firm Performance: Evidence from China
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74, (3), 397-424 View citations (22)
12. Local elections and consumption insurance
    The Economics of Transition, 2012, 20, (3), 521-547 View citations (2)
13. STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY: AN APPLICATION TO SOUTH KOREA
    Pacific Economic Review, 2012, 17, (1), 29-56 View citations (20)

2011

14. Economic Growth in China: Productivity and Policy
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 73, 719-721
15. The Cursed Virtue: Government Infrastructural Investment and Household Consumption in Chinese Provinces
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 73, 856-877 View citations (16)
16. The Relationship between China's Export-led Growth and Its Double Transition of Demographic Change and Industrialization-super-∗
    Asian Economic Papers, 2011, 10, (2), 52-76 View citations (4)

2010

17. Health shocks and children's school attainments in rural China
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (3), 375-382 View citations (38)
18. Impacts of privatization on employment: evidence from China
    Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2010, 8, (2), 133-156 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Impacts of Privatization on Employment - Evidence from China, Microeconomics Working Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2009

19. Labour, Demography, and the Export-oriented Growth Model in China
    The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies (JCES), 2009, 5, 61-78 View citations (2)
20. Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China: An Introduction
    World Development, 2009, 37, (4), 753-762 View citations (21)
21. The Effectiveness of Law, Financial Development, and Economic Growth in an Economy of Financial Repression: Evidence from China
    World Development, 2009, 37, (4), 763-777 View citations (24)

2008

22. Does grassroots democracy reduce income inequality in China?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (10-11), 2182-2198 View citations (55)

2007

23. Externalities and development of heavy industry
    Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, 2007, 2, (4), 467-489 View citations (3)
24. Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance: Evidence from Rural China
    World Development, 2007, 35, (10), 1635-1649 View citations (35)

2006

25. Gender Gaps in Access to Health Care in Rural China
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, (1), 87-107 View citations (9)
26. Understanding China's Economic Transformation
    World Economics, 2006, 7, (2), 73-95
27. Village Elections, Accountability and Income Distribution in Rural China
    China & World Economy, 2006, 14, (6), 20-38 View citations (4)

2005

28. Causes of privatization in China
    The Economics of Transition, 2005, 13, (2), 211-238 View citations (22)

2004

29. Land Tenure Choice in Chinese Villages: The Rational versus the Political Model
    Land Economics, 2004, 80, (4) View citations (7)
30. Political Process and Efficient Institutional Change
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2004, 160, (3), 439-453 View citations (6)

2003

31. Public service provision and the demand for electric appliances in rural China
    China Economic Review, 2003, 14, (2), 131-141 View citations (8)

2002

32. Local versus Global Separability in Agricultural Household Models: The Factor Price Equalization Effect of Land Transfer Rights
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 84, (3), 702-715 View citations (116)
33. Market Reforms, Technological Capabilities and the Performance of Small Enterprises in China
    Small Business Economics, 2002, 18, (1-3), 197-211 View citations (7)

2000

34. The Development of the Land Lease Market in Rural China
    Land Economics, 2000, 76, (2), 252-266 View citations (70)

1999

35. Implementation of socially optimal outcomes in the liquidation of public enterprises in China
    China Economic Review, 1999, 10, (1), 41-58 View citations (2)
36. Rural industry and labor market integration in eastern China
    Journal of Development Economics, 1999, 59, (2), 463-496 View citations (26)

1998

37. Dimensions and diversity of property rights in rural China: Dilemmas on the road to further reform
    World Development, 1998, 26, (10), 1789-1806 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper Dimensions and Diversity of Property Rights in Rural China: Delimmas on the Road to Further Reform, Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics Staff Papers (1996) (1996)

Chapters

2014

1. The Chinese Growth Miracle
   Chapter 07 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2014, vol. 2, pp 943-1031 View citations (22)

2004

2. Government Commitment and the Outcome of Privatization in China
   A chapter in Governance, Regulation, and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2004, pp 251-274