Working Papers

New Working Papers

• • Market facilitation by local government and firm efficiency : evidence from China , Cull, Robert; Xu, Lixin Colin; Yang, Xi; Zhou, Li-An; Zhu, Tian, Policy Research Working Paper 6688, 2013.

  • Business environment, economic agglomeration and job creation around the world , Clarke, George; Li, Yue; Xu, Lixin Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 6706, 2013.

  • Telecommunications externality on migration : evidence from Chinese Villages , Lu, Yi; Xie, Huihua; Xu, Lixin Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 6644, 2013.

  • Government connections and financial constraints : evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms , Sun, Bo; Xu, Lixin Colin; Li, Wei; Cull, Robert, Policy Research Working Paper 6352, 2013.

  • Explaining Africa's (Dis)advantage , Xu, L. Colin; Lin, Justin Yifu; Harrison, Ann E., Policy Research Working Paper 6316, 2013.

  • Job growth and finance : are some financial institutions better suited to early stages of development than others? , Xu, L. Colin; Cull, Robert, Policy Research Working Paper 5880, 2011.

  • Foreign direct investment under weak rule of law : theory and evidence from China , Xu, Lixin Colin; Wang, Xiaozu; Zhu, Tian, Policy Research Working Paper 5790, 2011.

  • Market integration in China (English) , Goh, Chor-Ching; Sun, Bo; Xu, Lixin Colin; Chen, Qingqing, Policy Research Working Paper 5630, 2011.

  • Diagnosing development bottlenecks : China and India , Xu, Lixin Colin; Mengistae, Taye; Li, Wei, Policy Research Working Paper 5641, 2011.

  • Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies , Xu, Lixin Colin; Lederman, Daniel; Mengistae, Taye, Policy Research Working Paper 5416, 2010.

  • The effects of business environments on development : surveying new firm-level evidence , Xu, Lixin Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 5402, 2010.

  • Formal finance and trade credit during China's transition , Tian Zhu; Lixin Colin Xu; Cull, Robert, Policy Research Working Paper 4204, 2007.

  • Local elections and consumption insurance : evidence from Chinese villages , Yang Yao; Lixin Colin Xu; Li Gan, Policy Research Working Paper 4205, 2007.

  • Does "good government" draw foreign capital ? Explaining China's exceptional foreign direct investment inflow , Fan, Joseph P. H.; Morck, Randall; Lixin Colin Xu; Yeung, Bernard, Policy Research Working Paper 4206, 2007.

  • New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing countries : the telecommunications and electricity regulation database , Wallsten, Scott; Clarke, George; Haggarty, Luke; Kaneshiro, Rosario; Noll, Roger; Shirley, Mary;Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 3286, 2004.

  • The investment climate and the firm : firm-level evidence from China , Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Wallsten, Scott; Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 3003, 2003.

  • Finance and income inequality : test of alternative theories , Xu, Lixin Colin; Clarke, George; Zou, Heng-fu, Policy Research Working Paper 2984, 2003.

  • The investment climate and the firm : firm-level evidence from China (Chinese) , Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Wallsten, Scott; Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 3003, 2003.

  • Ownership, competition, and corruption : bribe takers versus bribe payers , Clarke,George R.; Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 2783, 2002.

  • Institutions, politics, and contracts : the attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru , Alcazar, Lorena; Xu,L. Colin; Zuluaga, Ana Maria, Policy Research Working Paper 2478, 2000.

  • Surveying surveys and questioning questions - learning from World Bank experience , Recanatini, Francesca; Wallsten, Scott J.; Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 2307, 2000.

  • Reforming the urban water system in Santiago, Chile , Shirley, Mary M.; L. Colin Xu; Zuluaga, Ana Maria, Policy Research Working Paper 2294, 2000.

  • The empirical effects of performance contracts: evidence from China , Shirley, Mary; Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 1919, 1998.

  • Information, incentives, and commitment : an empirical analysis of contracts between government and state enterprises , Shirley, Mary M.; L. Colin Xu, Policy Research Working Paper 1769, 1997.

  • How China's government and state enterprises partitioned property and control rights , Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 1743, 1997.

  • The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms , Xu,L. Colin, Policy Research Working Paper 1723, 1997.