Using the provincial panel data from 1978 to 2007, this paper makes an empirical analysis of the relationship between international trade and rural-urban income inequality in China. The results show that international trade has a fundamental impact on rural-urban income inequality. For the whole...

Beijing and Shenzhen are both well known for their high-tech industries. This paper compares the financial performance of the two cities¡¯ technology firms and explores the effects of the firms¡¯ operating characteristics and strategy choices on their performance. We find that when...

China is believed to have gained immensely from its admission into to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. One of the direct gains comes from the lessening of deadweight loss (DWL) due to tariff reduction. Conventional measures for DWL, however, are too aggregate to capture the trade...

This paper provides estimates of brother income correlations for rural China. Brother correlations are a parsimonious measure of the importance of family and community background as determinants of individuals¡¯ economic status. We find internationally high levels of income similarity for...

In this paper, we present a simple theoretical model to investigate how economic development affects AIDS epidemics through its influence on individuals¡¯ sexual behavior, building on the literature on economic growth with endogenous mortality concern. We employ provincial data from China on...

This paper investigates the impact of innovation on export decisions of Chinese high-tech firms during the period of 2005¨C2007. Using a parametric, instrumental variable approach and a non-parametric matching method, we find that firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D spending and new...

This paper studies price-matching guarantees in a market where entrant does not have perfect information about incumbent¡¯s cost. The low-cost incumbent can adopt price-matching guarantees as a signal to distinguish itself from the high-cost type and thus effectively deter entry. On the other...

The purpose of this paper is to explain the determinants of migration in China with special concern for elderly support based on evidences from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data. We find parents¡¯ needs for care significantly affect adult children¡¯s...