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Lixin Colin XuCheung Kong Graduate School of Business Verified email at ckgsb.edu.cn Cited by 13401 |
Institutions, ownership, and finance: the determinants of profit reinvestment among Chinese firms
Johnson et al. (2002. American Economic Review 92 (5), 1335–1356) examine the relative
importance of property rights and external finance in several Eastern European countries. …
importance of property rights and external finance in several Eastern European countries. …
Eat, drink, firms, government: An investigation of corruption from the entertainment and travel costs of Chinese firms
We propose entertainment and travel costs (ETC) expenditures as a measure of corruption
in Chinese firms. These expenses are publicly reported in firms’ accounting books, and on …
in Chinese firms. These expenses are publicly reported in firms’ accounting books, and on …
Finance and income inequality: what do the data tell us?
GRG Clarke, LC Xu, HF Zou - Southern economic journal, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Although there are distinct conjectures about the relationship between finance and income
inequality, little empirical research compares their explanatory power. We examine the …
inequality, little empirical research compares their explanatory power. We examine the …
Corruption, income distribution, and growth
H Li, LC Xu, H Zou - Economics & Politics, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses an encompassing framework developed by Murphy et al. (1991, 1993) to
study corruption and how it affects income distribution and growth. We find that (1) corruption …
study corruption and how it affects income distribution and growth. We find that (1) corruption …
Who gets credit? The behavior of bureaucrats and state banks in allocating credit to Chinese state-owned enterprises
Using a sample of Chinese state-owned enterprises spanning 1980 to 1994, we investigate
the factors that determine the sources of finance for firm-level fixed investment, including …
the factors that determine the sources of finance for firm-level fixed investment, including …
Government connections and financial constraints: Evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms
We examine the role of firms' government connections, defined by government intervention
in CEO appointment and the status of state ownership, in determining the severity of financial …
in CEO appointment and the status of state ownership, in determining the severity of financial …
Formal finance and trade credit during China's transition
Using a large panel dataset of Chinese industrial firms, we find that poorly performing SOEs
were more likely to redistribute credit to firms with less privileged access to loans via trade …
were more likely to redistribute credit to firms with less privileged access to loans via trade …
[BOOK][B] Finance and income inequality: test of alternative theories
GRG Clarke, H Zou, LC Xu - 2003 - books.google.com
Although theoretical models make distinct predictions about the relationship between financial
sector development and income inequality, little empirical research has been conducted …
sector development and income inequality, little empirical research has been conducted …
Privatization, competition, and corruption: how characteristics of bribe takers and payers affect bribes to utilities
GRG Clarke, LC Xu - Journal of Public economics, 2004 - Elsevier
Using enterprise-level data on bribes paid to utilities in 21 transition economies in eastern
Europe and central Asia, we examine how characteristics of the utilities taking bribes and the …
Europe and central Asia, we examine how characteristics of the utilities taking bribes and the …
The effect of aid on growth: Evidence from a quasi-experiment
The literature on aid and growth has not found a convincing instrumental variable to identify
the causal effects of aid. This paper exploits an instrumental variable based on the fact that, …
the causal effects of aid. This paper exploits an instrumental variable based on the fact that, …