We make randomized firm-to-firm referrals between 700 supplier and client firms in the industry producing the Chinese writing brush. Subsidized referrals lead to subsequent transactions and a partial crowding out of prior partners; information-only referrals have no effect. The referrals...

Pull contracts are extensively studied in supply chains, but without considering barter exchange, which can help to handle the excessive inventory. We examine this gap by exploring the implications of barter exchange in a wholesale-price pull contract within the framework of a two-level supply...

CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (CO 2 -EOR) is a potential CO 2 capture, geological utilization and storage technology. In particular, the injected CO 2 can break the balance of water-rock, CO 2 is expected to dissolve into the formation water and even convert into carbonate minerals which is...

How and why did property rights to collectively owned informal housing become secure at the local level in China? The security of such property rights, especially those subject to strong state interference, is significantly associated with the strategic interaction of local governments and local...