Journal Articles

This paper, by He, Wang and Zhang (2020), estimates the effect of environmental regulation on firm productivity using a spatial regression discontinuity design implicit in China's water quality monitoring system.

Despite the depiction of decisions to formalize informal firms as rational and ethical, many entrepreneurs in developing countries continue to operate informally regardless of its perceived illicit status.

This paper seeks to explain why billions of people in developing countries either have no access to electricity or lack a reliable supply.

Property rights are important for economic exchange, but in many parts of the world, they are not publicly guaranteed.