China's economic growth miracle despite complicated administrative approval formalities prompted us to raise the following question: ls it true that reforming administrative approval will promote economic growth? B...China's economic growth miracle despite complicated administrative approval formalities prompted us to raise the following question: ls it true that reforming administrative approval will promote economic growth? Based on our analysis on market entry, we discovered that reforming administrative approval will spur economic growth by reducing transaction cost for firms. Administrative approval may suppress social cost and propel China's economic growth; China's gradualist approval reforms may indeed propel economic growth by reducing transaction cost for firms. With the data of prefecture-level cities during 2000-2013 and data of companies listed on the SME board during 2010-2014, we tested the effects of approval reforms on economic growth and on transaction cost, and employed instrumental variable and PSM for the treatment of the endogeneity problem - all these tests led to robust and consistent results. Moreover, we discovered that difference in government policy implementation in the approval process is the root cause of corruption and rent seeking.展开更多
As a bid to ease its mounting forex reserves, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange (SAFE) issued rules on August 20 allowing domestic Citizens to directly trade overseas securities. The state will first run...As a bid to ease its mounting forex reserves, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange (SAFE) issued rules on August 20 allowing domestic Citizens to directly trade overseas securities. The state will first run a trial in Hong Kong before opening up further markets to Chinese investors.展开更多
Leung Chun-ying(fifth right),Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Chairman Chow Chung-kong(fourth left)jointly beat a gong to mark the inauguration of the...Leung Chun-ying(fifth right),Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Chairman Chow Chung-kong(fourth left)jointly beat a gong to mark the inauguration of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Hong Kong on December 5. Under the new scheme, mainland investors can trade shares on the stock exchange of Hong Kong through local brokers, and Hong Kong investors can buy and sell stocks on the tech-heavy Shenzhen bourse. The arrangement is the second link between mainland and Hong Kong capital markets, after the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect was launched in 2014.展开更多
文摘China's economic growth miracle despite complicated administrative approval formalities prompted us to raise the following question: ls it true that reforming administrative approval will promote economic growth? Based on our analysis on market entry, we discovered that reforming administrative approval will spur economic growth by reducing transaction cost for firms. Administrative approval may suppress social cost and propel China's economic growth; China's gradualist approval reforms may indeed propel economic growth by reducing transaction cost for firms. With the data of prefecture-level cities during 2000-2013 and data of companies listed on the SME board during 2010-2014, we tested the effects of approval reforms on economic growth and on transaction cost, and employed instrumental variable and PSM for the treatment of the endogeneity problem - all these tests led to robust and consistent results. Moreover, we discovered that difference in government policy implementation in the approval process is the root cause of corruption and rent seeking.
文摘As a bid to ease its mounting forex reserves, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange (SAFE) issued rules on August 20 allowing domestic Citizens to directly trade overseas securities. The state will first run a trial in Hong Kong before opening up further markets to Chinese investors.
文摘Leung Chun-ying(fifth right),Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Chairman Chow Chung-kong(fourth left)jointly beat a gong to mark the inauguration of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Hong Kong on December 5. Under the new scheme, mainland investors can trade shares on the stock exchange of Hong Kong through local brokers, and Hong Kong investors can buy and sell stocks on the tech-heavy Shenzhen bourse. The arrangement is the second link between mainland and Hong Kong capital markets, after the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect was launched in 2014.