'Effortless Perfection:'Do Chinese cities manipulate air pollution data?

D Ghanem, J Zhang - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper uses unique data on daily air pollution concentrations over the period 2001–
2010 to test for manipulation in self-reported data by Chinese cities. First, we employ a …

The quality of China's GDP statistics

CA Holz - China Economic Review, 2014 - Elsevier
Since the 1998 “wind of falsification and embellishment,” Chinese official statistics on gross
domestic product (GDP) have repeatedly come under scrutiny. This paper evaluates the …

Do natural resources breed corruption? Evidence from China

JV Zhan - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2017 - Springer
Rampant corruption is often observed in resource-rich countries, especially developing
countries with weak political institutions. However, controversies exist regarding whether …

[图书][B] Measuring global economic activity using air pollution

I Ezran, SD Morris, M Rama, D Riera-Crichton - 2023 - openknowledge.worldbank.org
This paper uses open access, daily, global NASA satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide
(NO2) to provide estimates of business cycle movements that redress long recognized …

Validating China's output data using satellite observations

SD Morris, J Zhang - Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Can officially reported output figures be externally validated? This paper presents a dynamic
panel framework for assessing statistics using verifiable signals of economic activity. In this …

Toward a more reliable picture of the economic activity: An application to Argentina

M Camacho, M Dal Bianco, J Martinez-Martin - Economics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Toward a more reliable picture of the economic activity: An application to Argentina -
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[图书][B] CHINA'S CONTAINED RESOURCE CURSE: How Minerals Shape State Capital Labor Relations

JV Zhan - 2022 - books.google.com
As a country rich in mineral resources, contemporary China remains surprisingly overlooked
in the research about the much debated'resource curse'. This is the first full-length study to …

Monthly industrial output in China 1980–2012

CA Holz - China Economic Review, 2014 - Elsevier
Monthly economic indicators are used for a variety of purposes, from studying business
cycles to determining economic policy and making informed business decisions. China's …

A comparative analysis of the regulations governing mobile money services in South Africa and Zimbabwe and their impact on sustainable financial inclusion of the …

L Mavhuru - 2022 - open.uct.ac.za
Mobile money services refer to service where a mobile phone is used to provide banking
services with little or no involvement of traditional banks. This service has become a …

[引用][C] The sooner, the better: The early economic impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Demirguc-Kunt, M Lokshin, I Torre - 2020 - The World Bank