A 2006 survey of 28,000 individuals in 28 post-communist countries reveals overwhelming support for revising privatization, but most respondents prefer to leave firms in private hands. We examine who wants to revise privatization and why. Respondents with poor human capital and few assets...

Studies of mass support for economic reform reveal a simple conclusion: Everyone hates privatization. Yet whether respondents hold this view due to a preference for state property or concerns about the legitimacy of privatization is unclear. We test these arguments using a 2006 survey of 28,000...

Hundreds of thousands of landslides were triggered by the May 12, 2008, Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in China. A detailed inventory of landslides triggered by the earthquake was prepared based on geographic information systems and remote sensing technology. Visual interpretation of high-resolution...