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IFPRI4; DCA; CRP2; F Strengthening Institutions and Governance ; DSGD; PIM ; PR ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

AbstractChinese firms can partly circumvent their financial constraints by choosing divisible production technologies in the form of clusters.

The quality of manufactured products made in China has improved tremendously in the past several decades. In this paper, we argue that crises are instruments for the upgrade of Chinese manufactured goods. We first develop a theoretical framework to show that a crisis, if used wisely, could present good opportunities for entrepreneurs and local governments to form collective action to improve product quality. Next, we empirically test the hypothesis using a panel data set from 1990 to 2008 covering more than 100 clusters in the Zhejiang Province of China. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; GRP32 ; DSGD

AbstractCultural variations caused by language differences hinder technology diffusion and economic development. Using China's city‐level data, we analyze the effect of language differences in cities on innovation. The result shows the larger the language differences within a city, the lower the innovation of that city. Then, using historical immigration data as an instrumental variable, we find the result is robust. Furthermore, by excluding the competitive channel, language communication, through which language differences influence innovation, we conclude the main channel is cultural identity.

IFPRI3; CRP2; F Strengthening institutions and governance ; DSGD; PIM ; PR ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)