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How do career opportunities in China’s private sector affect officials’ subsidy allocation to firms, and what is the cost to public spending?
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Research provides the first empirical account of the wealth gap between CCP and non-CCP households in urban China from 1995 to 2017
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China’s bank managers face monthly lending quotas. What is the effect of these quotas on the accumulation of bad debt and economic efficiency?
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What do China’s government venture capital (VC) investments reveal about China’s VC industry and AI firms?
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How much have shifting sentiment on global trade and recent U.S. policy actions restructured U.S. import value chains and their reliance on China?
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How much do career tracks and patronage networks matter for those who reach the highest echelons of power within the Chinese Communist Party?
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Why does China’s government charge political critics with non-political crimes when political activism itself is often illegal?
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Why did China’s government allow for village elections only to later deprive elected officials of meaningful authority?
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New research assesses the likelihood of China’s top talent to launch businesses versus join the state sector
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New research examines the economic costs and benefits of China’s 2009 banking deregulation
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By analyzing China’s 2015 stock market crash, researchers explore the tradeoffs of large-scale government stock purchases for its financial markets
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New research explores how the promotion of a “victimization narrative” in China affects national identity, foreign policy, and regime support
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What are the ongoing consequences of the U.S. Department of Justice’s policy on scientists of Chinese descent in the U.S.?
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China’s government barred public officials from holding directorships on corporate boards in 2013. How has this regulation affected firm performance?
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New research explores how the relationships between firms and local government officials are built in China following political turnovers
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How have China’s judicial reforms aimed at shielding local courts from the influence of local governments affected judicial and economic outcomes?
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Nationally representative data reveals trends in China’s income growth, inequality, and the role of government redistribution since 1988
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How do venture capital/private equity fund managers assess the relative costs and benefits of government capital investment?
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New research explores the connection between China’s government subsidies and firm-level productivity growth
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How much do households in China spend on their children’s education?
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How much did China’s domestic automakers benefit from a policy that forced foreign firms to form joint ventures in exchange for market access?
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Researchers provide a look into the evolution and institutional roots of income and wealth inequality in Hong Kong over the last four decades
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To what extent did China use unofficial trade restrictions (versus official tariffs) in the U.S.-China trade war?
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Survey analysis of over 40,000 graduating college students in China reveals their preferences for jobs in the state sector and their employment outcomes
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Using a new measure of state ownership, researchers reexamine the role of SOEs in advancing China’s economy