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“Transformation in China” (with Jinglian Wu).
“Commitment, Incentives, and Information: The Case of Anonymous Banking” (with Chong-En Bai, David D. Li and Yijiang Wang).
“The Return to Capital in China” (with Chong-En Bai and Chang-Tai Hsieh). Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2:2006, forthcoming.
“Who
Are China’s Entrepreneurs?” (with Simeon Djankov, Gérard Roland, and
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya). American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2006, 96(2), pp. 348-352.
“Entrepreneurship in China and Russia Compared” (with Simeon Djankov, Gérard Roland, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya). Journal of European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, April-May 2006, 4(2-3), pp. 352-365.
“Coordination and Experimentation in M-form and U-form Organizations” (with Gérard Roland and Chenggang Xu). Journal of Political Economy, April 2006, 114(2), pp.336-402.
“Regional Decentralization and Fiscal Incentives: Federalism, Chinese Style” (with Hehui Jin and Barry R. Weingast). Journal of Public Economics, September 2005, 89(9-10), pp. 1719-1742.
“Who
Are Russia’s Entrepreneurs?” (with Simeon Djankov, Edward Miguel, Gérard Roland, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya). Journal of European Economic Association, Papers and
Proceedings, April-May 2005, 3(2-3), pp. 587-597.
“Attribute Coordination in Organizations” (with Gérard Roland and Chenggang Xu). Annals of Economics and Finance, November 2001, 2(2), pp. 487-518.
"Financial Repression and Optimal Taxation" (with Chong-En Bai, David D. Li and Yijiang Wang). Economics Letters, February 2001, 70(2), pp. 245-251.
"Incentives, Information, and Organizational Form" (with Eric Maskin and Chenggang Xu). Review of Economic Studies, April 2000, 67(2), pp. 359-378..
"The Process of China's Market Transition (1978-1998): The Evolutionary, Historical, and Comparative Perspectives." Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, March 2000, 156(1), pp. 151-171.
"Reform without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual-Track Approach to Transition" (with Lawrence Lau and Gérard Roland). Journal of Political Economy, February 2000, 108(1), pp. 120-143.
"The Dynamics of Reform and Development in China: A Political Economy Perspective" (with Jean-Jacques Laffont). European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, April 1999, 43, pp. 1105-1114.
"Why Is China Different from Eastern Europe? Perspectives from Organization Theory" (with Gérard Roland and Chenggang Xu). European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, April 1999, 43, pp. 1085-1094.
"From Federalism, Chinese Style, to Privatization, Chinese Style" (with Yuanzheng Cao and Barry Weingast). Economics of Transition, March 1999, 7(1), pp. 103-131.
"Federalism and the Soft Budget Constraint" (with Gérard Roland). American Economic Review, December 1998, 88(5), pp. 1143-1162.
"Public vs. Private Ownership of Firms: Evidence from Rural China" (with Hehui Jin). Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1998, 113(3), pp. 773-808.
"Insecure Property Rights and Government Ownership of Firms" (with Jiahua Che). Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1998, 113(2), pp. 467-496.
"Institutional Environment, Community Government, and Corporate Governance: Understanding China's Township-Village Enterprises" (with Jiahua Che). Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, April 1998, 14(1), pp. 1-23.
"Balanced or Unbalanced Development: Special Economic Zones As Catalysts for Transition" (with John Litwack). Journal of Comparative Economics, March 1998, 26(1), pp. 1-25.
"Innovation and Bureaucracy under Soft and Hard Budget Constraints" (with Chenggang Xu). Review of Economic Studies, January 1998, 65(1), pp. 151-164.
"Federalism As a Commitment to Preserving Market Incentives" (with Barry Weingast). Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 1997, 11(4), pp. 83-92.
"Pareto-Improving Economic Reforms Through Dual-Track Liberalization" (with Lawrence Lau and Gérard Roland). Economics Letters, 1997, 55(2), pp. 285-292.
"Enterprise Reform in China: Agency Problems and Political Control." Economics of Transition, October 1996, 4(2), pp. 427-447.
"The Soft Budget Constraint in China" (with Gérard Roland). Japan and the World Economy, 1996, 8, pp. 207-223.
"China's Transition to Markets: Market-Preserving Federalism, Chinese Style" (with Barry Weingast). Journal of Policy Reform, 1996, 1, pp. 149-185.
"Vicarious Liability Under a Negligence Rule" (with Cyrus Chu). International Review of Law and Economics, October 1995, 15, pp. 305-322.
"Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China" (with Gabriella Montinola and Barry Weingast). World Politics, October 1995, 48(1), pp. 50-81.
"Incentives and Loss of Control in an Optimal Hierarchy." Review of Economic Studies, July 1994, 61(3), pp. 527-544.
"A Theory of Shortage in Socialist Economies Based on the 'Soft Budget Constraint'." American Economic Review, March 1994, 84(1), pp. 145-156.
"Why China's Economic Reforms Differ: The M-Form Hierarchy and Entry/Expansion of the Non-State Sector" (with Chenggang Xu). Economics of Transition, June 1993, 1(2), pp. 135-170.
"M-Form Hierarchy and China's Economic Reform" (with Chenggang Xu). European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, April 1993, 37, pp. 541-548.
"Equity, Efficiency, and Incentives in A Large Economy." Journal of Comparative Economics, March 1992, 16, pp. 27-46.
"Complementarities, Momentum, and the Evolution of Modern Manufacturing" (with Paul Milgrom and John Roberts). American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 1991, 81(2), pp. 84-88.
"Urban and Rural Household Saving in China." International Monetary Fund Staff Papers, December 1988, 35(4), pp. 592-627.
"How Reform Worked in China?" in Dani Rodrik, editor, In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth, Princeton University Press, 2003, pp. 297-333.
"China's Transition to a Market Economy: How Far across the River?" (with Jinglian Wu), in Nicholas C. Hope, Dennis Tao Yang, and Mu Yang Li, editors, How Far Across the River: Chinese Policy Reform at the Millennium, Stanford University Press, 2003, pp. 31-63.
"Government Control in Corporate Governance as a Transitional Institution: Lessons from China." in Joseph Stiglitz and Shahid Yusuf, eds., Rethinking the East Asian Miracle. Oxford University Press and the World Bank, 2001, pp. 295-321.
"Coordination in Organizations: A Comparative Analysis,” in Mathias Dewatripont, Francoise Thys-Clement and Luc Wilkin, eds., The Strategic Analysis of Universities: Microeconomic and Management Perspectives, Editions de l’Universite de Bruxelles, 2001, pp. 9-29.
"The Institutional Foundations of China's Market Transition," in Boris Pleskovic and Joseph Stiglitz, eds., Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1999. The World Bank, 2000, pp. 289-310.
"Coordinating Activities under Alternative Organizational Forms" (with Gérard Roland and Chenggang Xu), in Eric Maskin and Andras Simonovits, eds., Planning, Shortage and Transformation: Essays in Honor of Jonas Kornai. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2000, pp. 57-80.
"Institutions, State Activism, and Economic Development: A Comparison of State-Owned vs. Township-Village Enterprises in China" (with Barry Weingast), in Masahiko Aoki, Hyung-Ki Kim and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara, eds., The Role of Government in East Asian Economic Development: Comparative Institutional Analysis. Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 254-275.
"Institutional Innovations and the Role of Local Government in Transition Economies: The Case of Guangdong Province of China" (with Joseph Stiglitz), in John McMillan and Barry Naughton, eds., Reforming Asian Socialism: The Growth of Market Institutions. The University of Michigan Press, 1996, pp. 175-193.
"Reforming Corporate Governance and Finance in China," in Masahiko Aoki and Hyung-Ki Kim, eds., Corporate Governance in Transition Economies: Insider Control and the Role of Banks. The World Bank, 1995, pp. 215-252.
"Financial System Reform in China: Lessons from Japan's Main Bank System," in Masahiko Aoki and Hugh Patrick, eds., The Japanese Main-Bank System: Its Relevancy for Developing and Transforming Economies. Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 552-591.
"Commitment, Financial Constraints and Innovation: Market Socialism Reconsidered" (with Chenggang Xu), in Pranab Bardhan and John Roemer, eds., Market Socialism: The Current Debate. Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 175-189.
The Market Mechanism and Economic Reforms in China (by William A. Byrd, M.E. Sharpe, Inc.), Journal of Comparative Economics, December 1992, 16, pp. 778-780.
"Credible Regulatory Policy: Options and Evaluations" (by Brian Levy), in Robert Picciotto and Eduardo Wiesner, eds., Evaluation and Development: The Institutional Dimension. The World Bank, 1998, pp. 196-198.
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