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Digital transformation of commercial banks in China: Measurement, progress and impact

Nowadays, digital transformation has become an urgent strategic task for traditional commercial banks. Due to the lack of measurement of banks’ digital transformation, whether digital transformation...

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The return of protectionism: Prospects for Sino-US trade relations in the wake of the trade war

Over the past six years, the Sino-US trade war has not only reshaped the relationship between the world's two largest economies but also profoundly influenced the global economic and trade patterns....

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The Impact of tariff increase on export and employment of Chinese firms

This paper examines the impact of the tariff increase implemented by the U.S. in 2018 on Chinese firms' export and subsequent employment adjustment. Under the influence of front run shipment and expected...

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The special economic zones and innovation: Evidence from China

We examine the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on innovation using China's county-level data from 1985 to 2011. Results show that the establishment of SEZs promotes a county's innovation in...

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Gender roles and women’s labor market outcomes

Using the China General Social Survey data, we tried to examine the impact of gender roles on women’s labor market outcomes. We find that traditional gender roles emphasizing women’s responsibility...

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Education burden reduction, family education investment, and education equity

How to effectively reduce the burden of students has received widespread attention in recent years. A series of burden reduction policies have been issued, yet there exists large dispute over the effectiveness...

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How does the universal two-child policy affect fertility behavior?

The Chinese government implemented the universal two-child policy on January 1, 2016 to arrest the decline in the nation's birthrate and address the challenge of a rapidly aging population. We find...

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Climate finance and the labor income share of enterprises: Evidence from China

Climate finance refers to the financing that addresses climate change. Its implementation affects industrial relations, and the labor income share of enterprises. This study conducts theoretical and...

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Supply chain interconnection and SME financing: From the perspective of supply chain finance and trade credit

By using an enhanced enterprise matching approach, we obtained microdata on the supply chain interconnections between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and listed companies. Our findings suggest...

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What are public development banks and development financing institutions ? ——qualification criteria, stylized facts and development trends

Public development banks and development financing institutions are experiencing renaissance worldwide, but systematic academic research is patchy. The bottleneck mainly boils down to the lack of data,...

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The effectiveness of lending facilities in China —evidence from bank lending

This study examines the impact of lending facilities on commercial banks’ lending and its underlying mechanism by employing the difference-in-difference method utilizing Chinese banking data. It is...

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The adaptation level and mechanism of grain production to climate change in China

The overall adaptation level and mechanisms of grain production to climate change are estimated using national rural fixed observation points data. Adaptive behaviors have alleviated 52.5 ​%–63.5 ​%...

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Fundamental research funding promotes college graduates’ employment: Evidence from the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Drawing on the case of the the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), we examine the impact of fundamental research funding on college graduates’ employment. Our findings indicate that...

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Monetary policy shocks and the signaling channel of monetary policy in China

This paper identifies exogenous monetary policy shocks based on the high frequency transaction data of China's interest rate swap market, and explores the ‘signaling channel’ of monetary policy by investigating...

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The appropriate level of financial inclusion: The perspective of financial stability

We construct a global financial inclusion index using data from the World Bank, IMF, and V-Lab and propose an inverted U-shaped relationship between financial inclusion and financial stability. The...

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Financial technology, macroeconomic uncertainty, and commercial banks’ proactive risk-taking in China

In this paper, we collect the annual data of 145 commercial banks in China from 2010 to 2019 and use a panel data fixed-effect model to study how fintech (financial technology) affects the influence...

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Consumer streets: Microscopic evidence of road density and consumption vitality

Increased consumption is a key driving factor for further economic development in China. This study examines the influence of road network density on consumption vitality, using big data and various...

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The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality

We study the effects of bike-sharing usage on urban air quality in China. Our Difference-in-Differences strategy exploits the staggered entries by two leading bike-sharing companies, ofo and Mobike,...

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Decentralization and development of small cites: Evidence from county-to-city upgrading in China

This paper examines how decentralization of administrative and fiscal authority affects the development of small cities by exploiting a unique reform of county-to-city upgrading (chexiansheshi) in China....

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Measuring real estate policy uncertainty in China

Referring to the newspaper textual analysis method by Baker et al. (2016), this study constructs a monthly Chinese Real Estate Policy Uncertainty (REPU) index from 2001 to 2018. The index increases...

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The contraction of Chinese shadow banking and corporate investment behavior: Evidence from the background of the “New Rules on asset management”

Employing the exogenous scenario of the “New Rules on Asset Management” in April 2018, this paper tries to explore the impact of the contraction of Chinese shadow banking on corporate investment behavior....

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Promoting corporate independent innovation through judicial protection of intellectual property rights

This study examines the impact of judicial protection of intellectual property rights on firms' independent innovation. Using a staggered difference-in-differences model with panel data from Chinese...

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Impact of air pollution on labor productivity: Evidence from prison factory data

This study examined the causal relationship between air pollution and labor productivity, by adopting prison factory data for a perfect measure of labor productivity. To address the endogeneity of air...

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Aid and conflict: Evidence from Chinese aid

Using data from AidData and the conflict report from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) from 2000 to 2014, we find that China's other official flows (OOF) aid can significantly reduce the frequency...

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South-South cooperation and food security: Evidence from Chinese agricultural technology demonstration Center in Africa

Using the Chinese Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center (ATDC) in Africa as a quasi-natural experiment, we examine the causal impacts of China’s aid on crop production in Africa. The data pertain...

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