This paper investigates the impacts of transportation infrastructure expansions on firm productivity and productivity gaps between the private and state sectors in China. Heterogeneous firms compete strategically a la Cournot in a multi-region model of internal trade. We show that lower...

Motivated by the prevalence of economic targets at all levels of territory administration in China, this paper proposes a Tullock contest model to study optimal target setting in a multi-layered tournament-based organization. In our model, targets are used by upper-level official to convey the...

Recently Waste Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) has become urgent environmental issues around the world. Generally, the e-waste recycling reverse supply chain (RSC) is featured as higher uncertainties and complicated network structures, making the operation more difficult. To meet the...

Recently Waste Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) has become urgent environmental issues around the world. Generally, the e-waste recycling reverse supply chain (RSC) is featured as higher uncertainties and complicated network structures, making the operation more difficult. To meet the...