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This paper provides an overview of recent forest tenure reform in rural China and a summary of findings from a series of surveys and research papers. The research papers cover several broad themes…
3 May 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaWe pair a firm-level panel of annual industrial output with a fine-scale daily weather data set, to estimate the responses of industrial output to temperature changes in China. We have four primary…
12 August 2017 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaAutomobiles are a major contributor to pervasive urban air quality problems. Partly to reduce these air quality problems, China has invested heavily in urban subway systems. This paper provides the…
8 March 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaThe shale gas boom in the United States has been reforming the world energy market. The supply response of shale gas to productivity shocks and relative price changes, however, has not been adequately…
24 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaThis paper uses survey and experimental data from prison inmates and comparable non-inmates to examine the drivers of rising criminality in China. We find that China’s high sex ratios are associated…
27 November 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaOur Beijing‐based laboratory experiment investigated gender differences in competitive choices across different birth‐cohorts experiencing – during their crucial developmental‐age – different…
27 November 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThe People’s Republic of China (PRC) launched seven emissions trading scheme (ETS) pilot projects in 2013–2014 to explore a cost-effective approach for low-carbon development. The central government…
31 August 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaWe examine the role of risk and time preferences in how forest owners respond to forest certification. We test hypotheses from a two-period harvest model derived from prospect theory in the context of…
26 August 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaWe investigate the spillover of macroeconomic uncertainty between the U.S. and China since 2002. Following Jurado et al. (2015), we construct a monthly aggregate macroeconomic uncertainty index for…
26 July 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThis study examines the impact of long-term exposure to resource scarcity on farmers’ cooperation. A historical irrigation water quota system in western China provides an opportunity to measure…
3 July 2018 | EfD Discussion Paper | China