Citizens have long taken to the streets to demand change, expressing political views that
may otherwise be suppressed. Protests have produced change at local, national, and …

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 …

We conducted a nationwide field experiment in China to evaluate the direct and indirect
impacts of assigning firms to public or private citizen appeals when they violate pollution …

The impact of energy conservation and emission reduction (ECER) policies on domestic
waste control has not been determined. Previous papers have focused predominantly on …

Climate change is expected to reduce crop yields, but knowledge on how it affects
agricultural land use is still limited. This paper empirically investigates the induced cropland …

We show that judicial independence can reduce local protectionism and foster cross-
regional economic integration. We exploit a judicial independence reform in China with …

Global south countries, including China, have faced a challenging dilemma of reducing
carbon emissions while maintaining rapid economic growth. The low-carbon city pilots …

This discussion makes several observations regarding the past 25 years of China-related
accounting research reviewed in Lennox and Wu (2022). First, we discuss factors of supply …

Governments increasingly use randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test innovations, yet
we know little about how they incorporate results into policymaking. We study 30 US cities …

Economists have studied the impact of numerous state laws, from welfare rules to voting ID
requirements. Yet for all this policy evaluation, what do we know about policy diffusion—how …