China Economic Review

Article	Citations
Green total factor productivity: A re-examination of quality of growth for provinces in China	132
Compensating for academic loss: Online learning and student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic	123
Improving market performance in the digital economy	118
The impact of COVID-19 on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Evidence from two-wave phone surveys in China	104
The effect of cooperative membership on agricultural technology adoption in Sichuan, China	100
Economic policy uncertainty and firms' investment and financing decisions in China	85
The roles of cultural and institutional distance in international trade: Evidence from China's trade with the Belt and Road countries	77
Does mixed-ownership reform improve SOEs' innovation? Evidence from state ownership	75
China's anti-corruption campaign and firm productivity: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	73
Trade-off between economic development and environmental governance in China: An analysis based on the effect of river chief system	71
Accounting and determinants analysis of China's provincial total factor productivity considering carbon emissions	70
Economic growth target, distortion of public expenditure and business cycle in China	70
Does the belt and road initiative expand China's export potential to countries along the belt and road?	68
China's poverty reduction miracle and relative poverty: Focusing on the roles of growth and inequality	68
The construction of high-speed railway and urban innovation capacity: Based on the perspective of knowledge Spillover	64
Border pollution reduction in China: The role of livestock environmental regulations	63
Assessment of the effects of infrastructure investment under the belt and road initiative	62
Impact of urban-rural health insurance integration on health care: Evidence from rural China	58
The long-term evolution of national income inequality and rural poverty in China	56
The spatiotemporal evolution of COVID-19 in China and its impact on urban economic resilience	53
Interjurisdiction political competition and green total factor productivity in China: An inverted-U relationship	53
Digital finance and household carbon emissions in China	52
Climate change impacts on China's agriculture: The responses from market and trade	52
The effect of internet usage on perceptions of social fairness: Evidence from rural China	52
Analysis of regional carbon allocation and carbon trading based on net primary productivity in China	51

Mobile payment and Chinese rural household consumption	51
Agricultural productivity convergence in China	50
Income inequality and subjective wellbeing: Panel data evidence from China	49
What constrains mechanization in Chinese agriculture? Role of farm size and fragmentation	47
Transportation infrastructure and entrepreneurship: Evidence from high-speed railway in China	47
Does environmental regulation affect firm exports? Evidence from wastewater discharge standard in China	45
FDI, labor market flexibility and employment in China	44
Institutions and participation in global value chains: Evidence from belt and road initiative	44
Driving factors of CO2 emission inequality in China: The role of government expenditure	43
The hit of the novel coronavirus outbreak to China's economy	42
Liberalizing rural-to-urban construction land transfers in China: Distribution effects	41
Air pollution and brain drain: Evidence from college graduates in China	40
How does capital buffer affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from China using quantile regression	40
Climatic impact on China's residential electricity consumption: Does the income level matter?	40
Chinese OFDI responses to the B&R initiative: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	39
The paradox of developing agricultural mechanization services in China: Supporting or kicking out smallholder farmers?	39
Empirical study on location choice of Chinese OFDI	39
China in the middle-income trap?	38
China's outward foreign direct investment in the Belt and Road Initiative: What are the motives for Chinese firms to invest?	38
Pilot governance and the rise of China's innovation	37
The impact of commercial bank branch expansion on energy efficiency: Micro evidence from China	37
Assessing the role of economic globalization on energy efficiency: Evidence from a global perspective	37
Alleviating multi-dimensional poverty through land transfer: Evidence from poverty-stricken villages in China	36
Broadband infrastructure and digital financial inclusion in rural China	35
Does financial structure matter for economic growth in China	35
Promoting pro-poor growth through infrastructure investment: Evidence from the Targeted Poverty Alleviation program in China	32
What can we learn on Chinese aid allocation motivations from available data? A sectorial analysis of Chinese aid to African countries	32
Efficiency and distribution of rural construction land marketization in contemporary China	32
Broadband internet and enterprise innovation	31
Investment facilitation and China's outward foreign direct investment along the belt and road	31
Environmental (de)centralization and local environmental governance: Evidence from a natural experiment in China	31
Could government lead the way? Evaluation of China's patent subsidy policy on patent quality	30
Return migration and Hukou registration constraints in Chinese cities	30
Motivation of Chinese commercial banks to issue green bonds: Financing costs or regulatory arbitrage?	30
Using green technology for a better tomorrow: How enterprises and government utilize the carbon trading system and incentive policies	29
Perceived land tenure security in rural Xinjiang, China: The role of official land documents and trust	29
House price, fertility rates and reproductive intentions	29
The changing role of agriculture with economic structural change – The case of China	29
Access to credit and farmland rental market participation: Evidence from rural China	28
The effect of technological factors and structural change on China's energy intensity: Evidence from dynamic panel models	28
The impact of special economic zones on producer services productivity: Evidence from China	28
Economic policy uncertainty and industrial pollution: The role of environmental supervision by local governments	27
Higher education reform in China: A comprehensive review of policymaking, implementation, and outcomes since 1978	27
Land finance in China: Analysis and review	26
Decisions by Chinese households regarding renting in arable land—The impact of tenure security perceptions and trust	26
COVID-19 pandemic, health risks, and economic consequences: Evidence from China	26
Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with India	26
Measures of human capital and the mechanics of economic growth	26
The informal economy at times of COVID-19 pandemic	25
Real estate boom and resource misallocation in manufacturing industries: Evidence from China	25

The role of public pensions in income inequality among elderly households in China 1988–2013	25
Resource-Exhausted City Transition to continue industrial development	24
Does institutional freedom matter for global forest carbon sinks in the face of economic development disparity?	24
Heterogeneous industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and haze pollution	24
Structural change in the Chinese economy and changing trade relations with the world	23
Impacts of a mega sporting event on local carbon emissions: A case of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics	23
Monetary policy and financial investments of nonfinancial firms: New evidence from China	23
Does tax deduction relax financing constraints? Evidence from China's value-added tax reform	23
Grain subsidy, off-farm labor supply and farmland leasing: Evidence from China	22
Pollution abatement costs and technical changes under different environmental regulations	22
Tertiary hospitals or community clinics? An enquiry into the factors affecting patients' choice for healthcare facilities in urban China	22
Environmental regulation and responses of local governments	22
For goodwill or resources? The rationale behind firms' corporate philanthropy in an environment with high economic policy uncertainty	21
Place-based techno-industrial policy and innovation: Government responses to the information revolution in China	21
The Chinese governance system: Its strengths and weaknesses in a comparative development perspective	21
Digital finance and investment of micro and small enterprises: Evidence from China	20
Policy certainty and heterogeneous firm innovation: Evidence from China	20
Promoting or preventing labor migration? Revisiting the role of language	20
Clan culture and family ownership concentration: Evidence from China	20
Understanding the investment of renewable energy firms in the face of economic policy uncertainty – Micro-evidence from listed companies in China	20
Impact of international development aid on FDI along the Belt and Road	20
The redistributive role of government social security transfers on inequality in China	20
The urbanization-household gender inequality nexus: Evidence from time allocation in China	19
Measurement of relative welfare poverty and its impact on happiness in China: Evidence from CGSS	19
Technical and environmental efficiency of livestock farms in China: A slacks-based DEA approach	19
The impact of COVID-19 on employment and income of vocational graduates in China: Evidence from surveys in January and July 2020	19
Going out to innovate more at home: Impacts of outward direct investments on Chinese firms' domestic innovation performance	19
Riding out the COVID-19 storm: How government policies affect SMEs in China	19
The impacts of environmental pollution and brain drain on income inequality	19
Recent advances in energy demand research in China	18
Does participating in the standards-setting process promote innovation? Evidence from China	18
Solution or isolation: Is boarding school a good solution for left-behind children in rural China?	18
Belt and road: The China dream?	18
Industrialization, indoor and ambient air quality, and elderly mental health	18
How does housing wealth affect household consumption? Evidence from macro-data with special implications for China	18
Clan culture and risk-taking of Chinese enterprises	18
Fiscal stress and the formation of zombie firms: Evidence from China	17
Measuring the provincial supply of higher education institutions in China	17
From industrial policy to competition policy: A discussion based on two debates	17
How does school district adjustment affect housing prices: An empirical investigation from Hangzhou, China	17
Does political incentive shape governments' disclosure of air pollution information?	16
Exchange rate exposure and its determinants in China	16
Effect of personality traits on smallholders’ land renting behavior: Theory and evidence from the North China Plain	16
Rural entrepreneurship and job creation: the hybrid identity of village-cadre-entrepreneurs	16
Investment incentives and the relative demand for skilled labor: Evidence from accelerated depreciation policies in China	16
The complicit role of local government authorities in corporate bribery: Evidence from a tax collection reform in China	16
When left-behind children become adults and parents: The long-term human capital consequences of parental absence in China	16
Chinese cross-border M&As in the “One Belt One Road” countries: The impact of Confucius Institutes	16
Does learning longer improve student achievement? Evidence from online education of graduating students in a high school during COVID-19 period	15
Environmental regulation, firm heterogeneity, and intra-industry reallocation	15
Collective forest tenure reform and household energy consumption: A case study in Yunnan Province, China	15
Off-farm employment and grain production change: New evidence from China	15
Student leadership and academic performance	15
Bequest motive, household portfolio choice, and wealth inequality in urban China	15
Tax enforcement and corporate employment: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	15
Effects of public health policies on the health status and medical service utilization of Chinese internal migrants	14
Indoor air quality and health: Empirical evidence from fluoride pollution in China	14
Establishing science parks everywhere? Misallocation in R&D and its determinants of science parks in China	14
Communist Party branch and labour rights: Evidence from Chinese entrepreneurs	14
The value-added tax reform and labor market outcomes: Firm-level evidence from China	14
BT-to-VAT reform and firm productivity: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in China	14
Migrants and urban wage: Evidence from China's internal migration	14
Housing tenure choice and socio-economic integration of migrants in rising cities of China	14
Losing the future: Household wealth from urban housing demolition and children's human capital in China	14
VAT rebates as trade policy: Evidence from China	14
The effects of local government leadership turnover on entrepreneurial behavior	14
Are China's trade interests overestimated? Evidence from firms’ importing behavior and pollution emissions	14
China's GDP growth may be understated	13
Hidden inequality in household electricity consumption: Measurement and determinants based on large-scale smart meter data	13
Direct or indirect? The impact of political connections on export mode of Chinese private enterprises	13
Overeducation, major mismatch, and return to higher education tiers: Evidence from novel data source of a major online recruitment platform in China	13
Responding to financial crisis: Bank credit expansion with Chinese characteristics	13
The Spillover effect of export processing zones	13
Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China	13
Does crop insurance reduce pesticide usage? Evidence from China	13
Does polycentric spatial structure narrow the urban-rural income gap? – Evidence from six urban clusters in China	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
Hukou status, housing tenure choice and wealth accumulation in urban China	13
Pollution mitigation, unemployment rate and wage inequality in the presence of agricultural pollution	12

Do political connections affect corporate poverty alleviation decisions? Evidence from China	12
Top incomes in China: Data collection and the impact on income inequality	12
The rise of red private entrepreneurs in China: Policy shift, institutional settings and political connection	12
Expropriation with hukou change and labour market outcomes in China	12
The expansion of higher education and household saving in China	12
Cultural risk and management strategy for Chinese enterprises' overseas investment	12
Effective labor supply and growth outlook in China	12
Does religion enhance firm performance? Evidence from private firms in China	12
Inequality of opportunity in household income, China 2002–2018	12
Wage growth and inequality in urban China: 1988–2013	12
What happens to land price when a rural construction land market legally opens in China? A spatiotemporal analysis of Nanhai district from 2010 to 2015	12
Distance effects and home bias in patient choice on the Internet: Evidence from an online healthcare platform in China	12
Business connectedness or market risk? Evidence from financial institutions in China	12
Intensive judicial oversight and corporate green innovations: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	12
To upgrade or to relocate? Explaining heterogeneous responses of Chinese light manufacturing firms to rising labor costs	12
The minimum wage and the financialization of firms: Evidence from China	12