China Economic Journal

2008 - 2026

Current editor(s): Tiechang Gao and Yiping Huang

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Volume 19, issue 3, 2026

Early-life environment protection experience of political leaders and carbon governance: evidence from China pp. 325-354

Zhenbing Yang, Chengxia Xu, Sijie Wang, Kehong Jia and Chunyan Hao

Early life exposure and human capital in China: a review of evidence and policy lessons pp. 355-377

Wei Huang

Hidden health costs of overtime culture: evidence from China pp. 378-399

Qi Zhang and Bin Zhao

Debt sustainability in Belt and Road Initiative recipient countries pp. 400-419

Chee Loong Lee and Yang Liu

Extreme temperature changes and firm ESG performance pp. 420-449

Weibing Li and Siyuan Chen

Data assetization and firms’ investment efficiency: evidence from China pp. 450-482

Youzhi Xiao and Xin Liu

Unintended benefits of parental son preference: sibling gender composition, personalities, and eldest daughters’ income pp. 483-498

Qiang Li, Yuli Ye and Lian An

Spatial spillover effects of climate policy: evidence from the carbon inclusion scheme in the Greater Bay Area in China pp. 499-523

Ziang Qiu, Fung Kwan, Shaohua Tian and Yang Zhang

Intelligent manufacturing and firm productivity: Textual evidence from China pp. 524-565

Ziqi Zhang

Automation and decarbonization: the role of industrial robots in China pp. 566-600

Wenqi Zhao and Kunpeng Liu

Volume 19, issue 2, 2026

Brief review of China’s forest tenure reform and introduction of the special issue pp. 201-212

Jintao Xu, Klaus Deininger and William F. Hyde

Forest tenure decision under imperfect village democracy pp. 213-240

Jintao Xu, Klaus Deininger, Yongjie Ji and William F. Hyde

Forest tenure reform and the re-allocation of rural labor pp. 241-261

Jintao Xu, Yongjie Ji, Klaus Deininger and William F. Hyde

Devolution of forest tenure and forest growth pp. 262-289

Zhumei Huang, Jintao Xu and Yuanyuan Yi

Collective forest tenure reform and rural consumption inequality in China pp. 290-306

Zhumei Huang, Shuai Chen and Jintao Xu

China’s collective forest tenure reform post-2010: a decade of challenges, insights, and future directions pp. 307-324

Qi Liu, Shilei Liu, Yan Sun, Jintao Xu and Yuanyuan Yi

Volume 19, issue 1, 2026

Introduction to the special issue on development and cooperation in the Global South pp. 1-4

Huayu Xu

Social learning, agricultural extension, and fertilizer application in Nepal pp. 5-33

Diwas Raj Bista, Zhenle Duan and Huayu Xu

Tobacco contract farming and poverty reduction: Zimbabwe evidence and China lessons pp. 34-68

Felix Mufunda, Changhua Yu and Jinjie Wang

The impact of performance-based school grants on students’ academic achievement: quasi-experimental evidence from Southern Ethiopia pp. 69-87

Mohammed Ahmedin, Tianyang Liu and Chengfang Liu

Understanding social protection in vulnerable regions: evidence from Ethiopia’s PSNP pp. 88-103

Zelalem Lijalem Assefa and Hang Yu

Evaluating the outcomes of trade liberalization in Uzbekistan: impacts and paths forward pp. 104-116

Abdurashid Bozorov, Cong Peng and Zhuoran Shang

Design effects in the developing context: lessons from a paradoxical list experiment on corruption in Egypt pp. 117-130

Ashraf Momtaz and Shiyao Liu

Financial incentives and pro-social behavior in plastic bottle recycling: evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Oman pp. 131-154

Mutadhid Al Habsi, Qingyang Huang and Xu Liu

China Pakistan Economic Corridor: from stocktaking to New Structural Economics driven strategy pp. 155-185

Erfa Iqbal and Yong Wang

Boosting Africa’s agri-food exports to China——two policy levers: tariff reduction and SPS improvements pp. 186-200

Xiaochen Liu and Yongmei Zhou

Volume 18, issue 3, 2025

Local government land monopoly in China: the influence of residential land price on supply pp. 263-292

Tunye Qiu

Economic impact of retirement on the elderly population: a literature review pp. 293-321

Wei Huang

Connecting sustainability: harnessing digital infrastructure for green economic efficiency pp. 322-344

Yang Liu and Yu Fan

A reevaluation of the Inverted-U theory of income distribution in China’s public economy pp. 345-384

Chen Zongsheng, Zhang Jie and Muhmmad Ayaz

Heterogeneity in air pollution’s influence on health pp. 385-413

Zhongfei Chen, Fanglin Chen, Heather M. Stephens, Mark D. Partridge and Anping Chen

Unintended consequences of the impact of MOR on ESG performance pp. 414-446

Qing Liu, Xinxin Jiang and Zeqiang Ni

Decoupling or resilience? Technological GVCs in the face of Trump’s policies pp. 447-495

Ewa Cieślik and Anna Zamojska

Economic benefits of the International Land-Sea Trade Corridor: insights from New Rail-Sea Intermodal Services pp. 496-536

Jinghua Ou and Ting Yang

Enhancing sustainable mobility in Africa: the role of Chinese investment and construction projects pp. 537-555

Vincent Tawiah, Abdulrasheed Zakari and Stefania Pinzon

CEO risk preference and M&A payment choice in emerging economy firms: considering the moderating roles of environmental regulation and performance feedback on green innovation pp. 556-597

Jianquan Guo and He Cheng

Volume 18, issue 2, 2025

Introduction to the special issue: rethinking institutions and development pp. 155-156

Tianyang Xi

Institution vs. strategy: the determinant of development success or failure pp. 157-185

Justin Yifu Lin, Zitong Zhang and Yuxuan Liu

Institutions, development, and causality pp. 186-195

Adam Przeworski

Institutional change and development from a dynamic perspective pp. 196-208

Zhaotian Luo and Tianyang Xi

Infrastructure and economic growth: from new structural economics perspective pp. 209-224

Shenzhe Jiang, Justin Yifu Lin and Ling Wang

The policy-driven misallocation: a political economy perspective pp. 225-240

Shiyuan Pan and Qi Zhang

Chinese economy in a changing world pp. 241-262

Wen Hai

Volume 18, issue 1, 2025

Introduction pp. 1-2

Xun Wang

Fallacy of the ‘China Collapse’ theory pp. 3-20

Justin Yifu Lin

The framework of macroeconomic policy in China pp. 21-36

Yiping Huang

China’s international environment and development challenges pp. 37-57

Xiuping Hua, Haolin Li and Yong Wang

Overseas investment by China’s manufacturing industry: where to go? pp. 58-77

Rong Cai

The growth of the county economy in China pp. 78-105

Henry H. Bi

The price of implicit guarantee: evidence from municipal bond markets in China pp. 106-130

Ping Zhang, Jiahe Zheng, Kexin Tang, Xun Ge and Guangwei Liu

The effects of macroeconomic uncertainty on corporate default risk: evidence from China pp. 131-154

Rui Wang and Zhuo Huang