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Environmentally Inclined Politicians and Local Environmental Performance:Evidence from Publicly Listed Firms in China
Hanming Fang, Honglin Ren, Danwen Song, Nianhang Xu, May 31, 2023We investigate whether and how environmentally inclined politicians (EIPs), i.e., politicians with prior environment-related work experience, affect local environmental performance in China.
What Gets Measured Gets Managed: Investment and the Cost of Capital
Zhiguo He, Guanmin Liao, Baolian Wang, Aug 09, 2023To improve capital allocative efficiency, starting in 2010, Chinese regulators switched from using return on equity to economic value added (EVA).
Fertility and Delayed Migration: How Son Preference Protects Young Girls Against Mother–Child Separation
Zibin Huang, Xu Jiang, Ang Sun, Aug 14, 2024In rural China, the son preference paradoxically reduces the likelihood of early mother-child separation for girls, while boys are more prone to such separation.
Cash in the Darkness
Haohan Ren, Kemin Wang, Bohui Zhang, Fan Zhang, Jan 12, 2024Relying on a large dataset on cash withdrawals of over 165 million bank cards from China, we find a higher ratio of cash withdrawals late at night is associated with criminal activity.
Demand for Retirement Insurance: What Do People Want?
Cheng Wan, Hazel Bateman, Hanming Fang, Katja Hanewald, Oct 02, 2024This article discusses the diversity and preference variations in the demand for retirement insurance among urban residents in China, particularly the high demand for health-related insurance such as critical illness (CI) and long-term care (LTC) insurance, and how individual financial circumstances, risk appetites, and bequest motives significantly influence their choice of retirement insurance products.
