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Is there a Political “Left” or “Right” in China? Charting China’s Ideological Spectrum

Analysis of hundreds of thousands of survey responses reveals that ideological positions in China do not align neatly along a left-right divide, but do reflect important economic, political, and nationalistic preferences of China’s body politic
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The Rise of the State-Connected Private Sector in China
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How distinct are the lines in China today between state-owned enterprises and privately-owned enterprises?
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How Participation in China’s Poverty Alleviation Campaign Affected Firm Performance and Access to Credit
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Did business involvement in assisting local governments achieve anti-poverty goals impact corporate access to credit and firm outcomes?
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The Rise of Wealth, Private Property, and Income Inequality in China
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Analysis of a unique dataset provides a systematic estimate of the accumulation and distribution of China’s wealth and income between 1978 and 2015
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Assessing the Strengths and Limitations of China’s Technology Transfer Policies
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A novel study analyzes China’s use of certain foreign technology transfer policies after it joined the WTO in 2001
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Tier 3 Cities: A Hotbed of Trouble in China’s Property Sector?
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Research sheds new light on a looming crisis in China’s property sector
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China’s Real Estate Boom and Capital Misallocation
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How do fluctuations in land prices impact firms beyond the real estate sector?
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The Impact of COVID-19 on China's Consumption
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What have been the financial impacts of COVID-19 and the earliest lockdowns on China's economy?
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"Common Prosperity" in an Era of Wage Polarization?
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Among the biggest obstacles in China’s drive to achieve Common Prosperity is rising wage polarization between high- and low-skilled workers
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