Do trade reforms that significantly reduce import barriers lead to faster economic growth? In
the twenty-five years since Rodríguez and Rodrik's (2000) critical survey of empirical work …

Narrowing regional economic gaps and constructing an environmentally friendly society are
two major objectives of China's current economic policies. Promoting green development in …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a disruptive impact on
transportation. To prevent a return to more widespread personal automobile use due to …

Currently, food security is becoming a fundamental problem in the global macroeconomic
dynamics for policymakers and governments in developing countries. Globally, food security …

Since 1994, to overcome adoption barriers and promote new energy vehicles (NEVs), eight
cities and one province in China have implemented a license plate quota policy for internal …

Poverty and corruption can both immiserate a nation. Globalisation through open trade can
potentially increase economic growth, providing employment and increased incomes to the …

Past research has examined the effects of import competition on workers' health outcomes,
but few studies have investigated the impact of export expansion. We take advantage of the …

There has been heightened public concern about the implications of recreational marijuana
legalization to public safety. Prior research on this issue has primarily focused on Colorado …

China's logging ban in natural forests (logging ban hereafter) is beneficial to domestic
natural forest conservation, but the ban imposes uncertainties on the stability of the timber …

This Element explores the association between political democracy and population health. It
reviews the rise of scholarly interest in the association, evaluates alternative indicators of …