The aim of the paper is to study the relation between the demand for human rights and for economic prosperity. It analyzes the demand not, as it is often done in the literature, from the “voice” perspective (political activity), but rather looks at the “exit” perspective (migration...

The aim of the paper is to study the relation between the demand for human rights and for economic prosperity. It analyzes the demand not, as it is often done in the literature, from the "voice" perspective (political activity), but rather looks at the "exit" perspective (migration patterns)....

We contribute to the rich literature on the role of political boundaries for international and inter-regional transactions by introducing a new methodology and testing it on an important case, China. This paper is based on new identification approach, which combines the use of sub-regional data...

In the past two decades, controversial evidence has been produced supporting the case for local protectionism in China. This paper overviews the most important contributions and presents a new approach which applies spatial econometrics on prefectural-level data. The main advantage of this...

In the past two decades, controversial evidence has been produced supporting the case for local protectionism in China. This paper overviews the most important contributions and presents a new approach which applies spatial econometrics on prefectural-level data. The main advantage of this...