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Rural Road Stimulus and the Role of Matching Mandates on Economic Recovery in China
Anthony Howell, Oct 30, 2024The findings show that the temporary cost share exemption boosts short-term income growth, increases local investment in infrastructure, and promotes entrepreneurial activities, particularly among returning migrants.
How Do New Firms Shape Regional Economic Growth in China?
Loren Brandt, Gueorgui Kambourov, Kjetil Storesletten, Dec 09, 2025Barriers to entry facing new firms are a major source of regional economic differences. Removing these barriers can play an important role in economic convergence and growth.
Laboratories of Autocracy: The Landscape of Central–Local Dynamics in China’s Policy Universe
Kaicheng Luo, Shaoda Wang, David Yang, Feb 25, 2026This article shows how individual officials drive innovation, how competition shapes diffusion, and how a post-2013 turn toward central control has reduced local adaptation—often at a real economic cost.
Learning by Trading: How Reforming Trade Policy Boosted Firm Productivity in China
Yunong Li, Yi Lu, Jianguo Wang, Jan 14, 2026In China, granting firms the right to trade internationally boosted productivity, with gains growing over time and shared with workers through higher wages.
Decoupling of Incomes and CO₂ Emissions in China and the US
Chuanzhi Huo, Angqi Li, Prakash Loungani, Jul 23, 2025Johns Hopkins University. (The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to Johns Hopkins University.)
