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The fluctuations in incomes inherent in rural communities can be attenuated by reciprocal insurance. We develop a model of such insurance based on self-interested behaviour and voluntary participation. One individual assists another only if the costs of so doing are outweighed by the benefits...
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Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …-urban income differential has narrowed. Urbanisation also entails costs, however, notably in the form of congestion, all the more …
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housing policies for the higher-income band have turned out to be unsuccessful. Hong Kong, China also aims to assist public …This paper analyzes the housing markets and housing policies in Hong Kong, China and the People's Republic of China … considerably. Hong Kong, China has adopted a railway and property development model, which involves close collaboration between the …
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This paper explores the impact of antiquity on capitalism through the finance-growth nexus. We define antiquity as the length of established statehood (i.e., state history) and agricultural years. We argue that extractive institutions and deeply entrenched interest groups may prevail in...
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equilibrium in the early stage of China's development. The regionally decentralized authoritarian regime of China features lower …-level government officials competing for promotion to a higher level in the government by generating local economic growth, and calls … for high-powered incentives to elicit effort from the the officials. However, this is at odds with the generally low …
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We study the impact of loan regulation in rural India on child labor with an overlapping-generations model of formal and informal lending, human capital accumulation, adverse selection, and differentiated risk types. Specifically, we build a model economy that replicates the current outcome with...
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