Recent studies have shown that only about two-thirds of the students from poor, rural areas in China finish junior high … counseling on dropout may also be due to the high and growing wages for unskilled labor (high opportunity costs) in China …

firms. In the absence of flexibility in risk pricing through interest rates and strong contract enforcement in China, we …

providing information on college costs and financial aid to high school students in poor regions of northwest China. We find …

This paper investigates the effects of China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on health outcomes and health care … expenditure of the elderly in rural China, using panel data from the 2005 and 2008 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy …

about new investment projects in China's institutional setting. We find a negative relation between firm value and voluntary …

We examine the influence of auditors on mitigating corporate fraud in China, which is known to have weak legal … further strengthening auditor independence in emerging countries like China …

We use data from China to examine whether regulations that limit management influence over auditors improve audit … quality. China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) issued two rules in …

an impact on both China's economy and stock market. Given the potential impact, we empirically examine whether US … economic variables are leading indicators of the Chinese stock market. Prior to China joining the World Trade Organization (WTO … returns. However, we find US economic variables have statistically significant predictive power for periods after China …

We examine the influence of auditors on corporate fraud in China. We find lower executive integrity firms are … have policy implications for further strengthening auditor independence in emerging countries like China …

We examine the impact of mutual fund ownership on stock price informativeness in China. Existing evidence shows that … stock price informativeness is low in China, and attributes this to firms' lack of disclosure incentives under the weak … investor protection institutional environment. Mutual funds are more sophisticated and influential than individual investors to …