We examine the effect of a large-scale administrative reorganization in China, where counties are annexed into cities …

the gradual unfolding of transcontinental rail freight connections between China and Europe, our empirical findings …

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to political capture by political leaders … results show that current political leaders’ birth regions receive substantially larger financial ows from China than other …

China's Hukou system poses severe restrictions on labor mobility. This paper assesses the consequences of relaxing … these restrictions for China's internal economic geography. We base our analysis on a new economic geography model. First …, we obtain estimates of the important model parameters on the basis of information on 264 of China's prefecture cities …

This paper exploits a short-lived cooperation program between the U.S.S.R. and China, which led to the construction of …

We examine the effect of a large-scale administrative reorganization in China, where counties are annexed into cities …

estimate direct and indirect domestic value added in exports of different types of firm. We find that in China, both state … downstream within industries. These findings suggest that SOEs still play an important role in shaping China's exports. …