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Gaokao, Ability, and Occupation Choice
Chong-En Bai, Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li, Xin Wang, Jul 28, 2021In China, the college entrance exam score is predictive for both firm success and wage-job success in the future, yet higher-score individuals are less likely to create firms.
The 2009 Monetary Stimulus in China
Kaiji Chen, Patrick Higgins, Daniel F. Waggoner, Tao Zha, Mar 21, 2018Massive monetary injections occurred in 2009Q1-Q4 as a result of a drastic change in monetary policy causing an unprecedented credit expansion in 2009-2011, which stimulated economic growth in the short-run. New credit was disproportionately allocated to real estate and its supporting heavy industries and fueled a sharp rise in land prices. The long-lasting consequence of this monetary stimulus resulted in a twin problem facing China: the high investment-to-GDP and debt-to-GDP ratios.
The Rise and Fall of Imperial China
Yuhua Wang, Dec 21, 2022Why do some states stay intact for centuries, while others fall relatively soon after they are founded?
Industry/Policy View Post-COVID-19 Reconfiguration of the Global Value Chains and China
Hanming Fang, Bernard Yeung, Jun 10, 2020Tariff Passthrough at the Border and at the Store: Evidence from US Trade Policy
Alberto Cavallo, Gita Gopinath, Brent Neiman, Jenny Tang, Sep 02, 2020We study the impact of recent tariffs on US prices at the border and at the store. Our results imply that, so far, the tariffs’ incidence has fallen in large part on US firms.
