OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of China Economic Review is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Green total factor productivity: A re-examination of quality of growth for provinces in China	143
Improving market performance in the digital economy	132
Compensating for academic loss: Online learning and student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic	128
The impact of COVID-19 on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Evidence from two-wave phone surveys in China	113
The effect of cooperative membership on agricultural technology adoption in Sichuan, China	107
Economic policy uncertainty and firms' investment and financing decisions in China	100
China's anti-corruption campaign and firm productivity: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	80
China's poverty reduction miracle and relative poverty: Focusing on the roles of growth and inequality	79
Accounting and determinants analysis of China's provincial total factor productivity considering carbon emissions	79
Economic growth target, distortion of public expenditure and business cycle in China	78
The construction of high-speed railway and urban innovation capacity: Based on the perspective of knowledge Spillover	73
Impact of urban-rural health insurance integration on health care: Evidence from rural China	67
Digital finance and household carbon emissions in China	66
The long-term evolution of national income inequality and rural poverty in China	66
Border pollution reduction in China: The role of livestock environmental regulations	64
The spatiotemporal evolution of COVID-19 in China and its impact on urban economic resilience	61
The effect of internet usage on perceptions of social fairness: Evidence from rural China	56
Mobile payment and Chinese rural household consumption	56
Transportation infrastructure and entrepreneurship: Evidence from high-speed railway in China	52
What constrains mechanization in Chinese agriculture? Role of farm size and fragmentation	51
Driving factors of CO2 emission inequality in China: The role of government expenditure	51
Climate change impacts on China's agriculture: The responses from market and trade	50
Broadband infrastructure and digital financial inclusion in rural China	48
The hit of the novel coronavirus outbreak to China's economy	47
China's outward foreign direct investment in the Belt and Road Initiative: What are the motives for Chinese firms to invest?	47

The impact of commercial bank branch expansion on energy efficiency: Micro evidence from China	46
Assessing the role of economic globalization on energy efficiency: Evidence from a global perspective	44
Air pollution and brain drain: Evidence from college graduates in China	43
Climatic impact on China's residential electricity consumption: Does the income level matter?	42
Pilot governance and the rise of China's innovation	41
The paradox of developing agricultural mechanization services in China: Supporting or kicking out smallholder farmers?	41
Alleviating multi-dimensional poverty through land transfer: Evidence from poverty-stricken villages in China	40
Land finance in China: Analysis and review	38
Return migration and Hukou registration constraints in Chinese cities	36
Broadband internet and enterprise innovation	36
Promoting pro-poor growth through infrastructure investment: Evidence from the Targeted Poverty Alleviation program in China	35
House price, fertility rates and reproductive intentions	34
The impact of special economic zones on producer services productivity: Evidence from China	34
Could government lead the way? Evaluation of China's patent subsidy policy on patent quality	34
Using green technology for a better tomorrow: How enterprises and government utilize the carbon trading system and incentive policies	33
Access to credit and farmland rental market participation: Evidence from rural China	33
Environmental (de)centralization and local environmental governance: Evidence from a natural experiment in China	33
Motivation of Chinese commercial banks to issue green bonds: Financing costs or regulatory arbitrage?	33
Higher education reform in China: A comprehensive review of policymaking, implementation, and outcomes since 1978	31
The changing role of agriculture with economic structural change – The case of China	31
The informal economy at times of COVID-19 pandemic	30
Clan culture and risk-taking of Chinese enterprises	29
Heterogeneous industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and haze pollution	29
Economic policy uncertainty and industrial pollution: The role of environmental supervision by local governments	29
Structural change in the Chinese economy and changing trade relations with the world	28
Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with India	28
Digital finance and investment of micro and small enterprises: Evidence from China	28
COVID-19 pandemic, health risks, and economic consequences: Evidence from China	27
Does tax deduction relax financing constraints? Evidence from China's value-added tax reform	27
Measures of human capital and the mechanics of economic growth	27
The effect of technological factors and structural change on China's energy intensity: Evidence from dynamic panel models	27
Clan culture and family ownership concentration: Evidence from China	26
Resource-Exhausted City Transition to continue industrial development	26
Measurement of relative welfare poverty and its impact on happiness in China: Evidence from CGSS	25
Does institutional freedom matter for global forest carbon sinks in the face of economic development disparity?	25
Impacts of a mega sporting event on local carbon emissions: A case of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics	25
Pollution abatement costs and technical changes under different environmental regulations	25
For goodwill or resources? The rationale behind firms' corporate philanthropy in an environment with high economic policy uncertainty	24
Tertiary hospitals or community clinics? An enquiry into the factors affecting patients' choice for healthcare facilities in urban China	23
Understanding the investment of renewable energy firms in the face of economic policy uncertainty – Micro-evidence from listed companies in China	23
Riding out the COVID-19 storm: How government policies affect SMEs in China	23
Grain subsidy, off-farm labor supply and farmland leasing: Evidence from China	23
Policy certainty and heterogeneous firm innovation: Evidence from China	22
The impact of COVID-19 on employment and income of vocational graduates in China: Evidence from surveys in January and July 2020	22
Fiscal stress and the formation of zombie firms: Evidence from China	22
The impacts of environmental pollution and brain drain on income inequality	22
Place-based techno-industrial policy and innovation: Government responses to the information revolution in China	22
Does participating in the standards-setting process promote innovation? Evidence from China	21
When left-behind children become adults and parents: The long-term human capital consequences of parental absence in China	20
Tax enforcement and corporate employment: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	20

The redistributive role of government social security transfers on inequality in China	20
Rural entrepreneurship and job creation: the hybrid identity of village-cadre-entrepreneurs	20
How does school district adjustment affect housing prices: An empirical investigation from Hangzhou, China	20
Belt and road: The China dream?	19
Measuring the provincial supply of higher education institutions in China	19
The value-added tax reform and labor market outcomes: Firm-level evidence from China	19
Industrialization, indoor and ambient air quality, and elderly mental health	18
Investment incentives and the relative demand for skilled labor: Evidence from accelerated depreciation policies in China	18
Effect of personality traits on smallholders’ land renting behavior: Theory and evidence from the North China Plain	18
Recent advances in energy demand research in China	18
How does housing wealth affect household consumption? Evidence from macro-data with special implications for China	18
From industrial policy to competition policy: A discussion based on two debates	18
Technical and environmental efficiency of livestock farms in China: A slacks-based DEA approach	18
Intensive judicial oversight and corporate green innovations: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	18
Does political incentive shape governments' disclosure of air pollution information?	17
Exchange rate exposure and its determinants in China	17
BT-to-VAT reform and firm productivity: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in China	17
Communist Party branch and labour rights: Evidence from Chinese entrepreneurs	17
The effects of local government leadership turnover on entrepreneurial behavior	17
Off-farm employment and grain production change: New evidence from China	17
The complicit role of local government authorities in corporate bribery: Evidence from a tax collection reform in China	16
Losing the future: Household wealth from urban housing demolition and children's human capital in China	16
Does crop insurance reduce pesticide usage? Evidence from China	16
The minimum wage and the financialization of firms: Evidence from China	16
Land costs, government intervention, and migration of firms: The case of China	16
Establishing science parks everywhere? Misallocation in R&D and its determinants of science parks in China	16
Managerial R&D hands-on experience, state ownership, and corporate innovation	16
Environmental regulation, firm heterogeneity, and intra-industry reallocation	16
Effects of public health policies on the health status and medical service utilization of Chinese internal migrants	15
Carbon inequality in China: Evidence from city-level data	15
Does learning longer improve student achievement? Evidence from online education of graduating students in a high school during COVID-19 period	15
Business connectedness or market risk? Evidence from financial institutions in China	15
Does polycentric spatial structure narrow the urban-rural income gap? – Evidence from six urban clusters in China	15
Housing tenure choice and socio-economic integration of migrants in rising cities of China	15
Are China's trade interests overestimated? Evidence from firms’ importing behavior and pollution emissions	15
Indoor air quality and health: Empirical evidence from fluoride pollution in China	15
Global value chains, firms, and wage inequality: Evidence from China	15
VAT rebates as trade policy: Evidence from China	14
The expansion of higher education and household saving in China	14
Do political connections affect corporate poverty alleviation decisions? Evidence from China	14
Extreme heat and exports: Evidence from Chinese exporters	14
Judicial institutions, local protection and market segmentation: Evidence from the establishment of interprovincial circuit tribunals in China	14
Old, not yet rich? The impact of population aging on export upgrading in developing countries	14
The Spillover effect of export processing zones	14
Gender norms and marriage satisfaction: Evidence from China	14
Does religion enhance firm performance? Evidence from private firms in China	14
How do poverty alleviation coordinators help the impoverished in rural China? -- Evidence from the Chinese poor population tracking dataset	14
Does school shutdown increase inequality in academic performance? Evidence from COVID-19 pandemic in China	14
Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China	14
Distance effects and home bias in patient choice on the Internet: Evidence from an online healthcare platform in China	14
Hukou status, housing tenure choice and wealth accumulation in urban China	14
Local land supply and fiscal incentives for R&D: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	13
Job creation or job relocation? Identifying the impact of China's special economic zones on local employment and industrial agglomeration	13
Parenting style and the development of noncognitive ability in children	13
Overeducation, major mismatch, and return to higher education tiers: Evidence from novel data source of a major online recruitment platform in China	13
Hidden inequality in household electricity consumption: Measurement and determinants based on large-scale smart meter data	13
Impact of supplementary private health insurance on hospitalization and physical examination in China	13
A fair distribution and transfer mechanism of forest tourism benefits in China	13
Memory of famine: The persistent impact of famine experience on food waste behavior	13
Development zones and green innovation: Evidence from Chinese listed companies	13
China's GDP growth may be understated	13
Wage growth and inequality in urban China: 1988–2013	13
The value of higher education to entrepreneurial performance: Evidence from higher education expansion in China	13
Quality of life in Chinese cities	13
The effect of education on health and health behaviors: Evidence from the college enrollment expansion in China	13
Assessing the price dynamics of onshore and offshore RMB markets: An ITS model approach	13
Inequality of opportunity and household risky asset investment: Evidence from panel data in China	12
Trade in factor income and the US-China trade balance	12
Income inequality and happiness: Which inequalities matter in China?	12
Unpacking the negative welfare effect of social media: Evidence from a large scale nationally representative time-use survey in China	12
Top incomes in China: Data collection and the impact on income inequality	12
Inequality of opportunity in household income, China 2002–2018	12
Financial permeation and rural poverty reduction Nexus: Further insights from counties in China	12
The legal environment, specialized investments, incomplete contracts, and labor productivity	12
Job destruction and creation: Labor reallocation entailed by the clean air action in China	12
Do tiger moms raise superior kids? The impact of parenting style on adolescent human capital formation in China	12
Population aging and its effects on the gap of urban public health insurance in China	12
Rural household migration in China – the roles of actual and perceived tenure security	12
Is rented accommodation a good choice for primary school students' academic performance? – Evidence from rural China	12
Does top management quality promote innovation? Firm-level evidence from China	12