This book has been most of a decade in the making and has taken shape across three
continents. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to pursue a project of this scope, even if …

This article examines the unit root hypothesis for real GDP per capita in 25 of China's
provinces. When we test for unit roots assuming either no structural breaks or one structural …

China's economy, as a whole, has developed rapidly over the past 35 years, and yet its
richest county is over 100 times richer in per capita terms than its poorest county. To explain …

It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights
and a strong private sector will help boost an economy. This book investigates the property …

This article introduces the analytical framework of “government competition”, which
encompasses current models of Chinese local government like the “developmental” or …

Culture is back in economics, with seminal contributions originating in different
subdisciplines such as the new institutional economics, applied game theory, and …

Analyses of regional economic disparities in China mostly refer to the level of the province.
The report provides a survey of the prospects and limitations of using prefecture-level data in …

It is clear that some subnational governments are better than others at orchestrating major
policy programs, yet important questions remain about how and why subnational …

This paper analyses the investment patterns of Sino‐British joint ventures in China. The
research is based on the data of 551 Sino‐British joint ventures formed over the period of …

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