Two theories predominate in discussions of why China and Vietnam have, over the past
three decades, achieved such rapid economic growth. The first argues that their startling …

This article proposes doubly robust estimators for the average treatment effect on the treated
(ATT) in difference-in-differences (DID) research designs. In contrast to alternative DID …

This paper presents the staggered difference-in-differences (DiD) method in a manner that is
accessible to a broad accounting research audience, offering insights from the perspective …

This paper examines the impacts of the centralization of authority in the appointment of civil
servants on the effectiveness of regulatory enforcement efforts. We exploit a unique …

Political decentralization is often argued to strengthen political accountability by bringing
government closer to the people. Social and civic institutions at the local level, such as …

Central governments face compliance problems when they rely on local governments to
implement policy. In authoritarian political systems, these challenges are pronounced …

Fiscal federalism concerns the division of policy responsibilities among different levels of
government. Many current economic and policy developments, such as globalization …

Difference-in-differences is a widely used evaluation strategy that draws causal inference
from observational panel data. Its causal identification relies on the assumption of parallel …

External regulatory and normative pressures from both the Chinese central environmental
protection inspection (CEPI) program and public participation can act together to influence …

Although regional policy experimentation has become a global trend, the distinct features of
experimentalist governance in a given country, such as China, remains to be investigated …