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Dean Liu Qiao @Boao Forum: Financial challenges facing China's carbon neutrality goal
Time:2021-04-23Carbon neutrality has been a hot topic for this year's Boao Forum for Asia. As China aims to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, there's wide agreement that the country will need t...
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Who Marries Whom in a Surging Housing Market?
Time:2021-04-19In this article, Professor Zhang Qinghua, along with other researchers, investigated the impact of a surging housing market on marital sorting. Their findings suggest that joint investment in housing likely plays a sign...
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Language and Consumer Dishonesty: A Self-Diagnosticity Theory
Time:2021-04-09Professor Gai Jia collaborated with other researchers to propose a self-diagnosticity theory arguing that compared to one’s native language, using a foreign language makes lying appear less self-diagnostic. Therefore, ...
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Healthy Platform Economy Requires Regulatory Help
Time:2021-04-02The rising of most platform firms is based on innovations of technology and business models rather than regulatory arbitrage, but they have been playing multiple roles, which include lawmakers and law enforcers at once ...
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China's Consumption Upgrade: Experts urge sustainable spending habits among youth
Time:2021-03-25Professor Wang zhicheng says China's economy was always driven by investment. Consumption would sometimes contribute to less than half of the country's gross domestic product, or GDP. This is why more young adults who ...
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Star Ratings and the Incentives of Mutual Funds
Time:2021-03-22Professor Weng Xi collaborated with other researchers to propose a theoretical model of reputation to explain how investors rationally respond to mutual fund star ratings. This article was published on theJournal of Fin...
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Two Sessions Spotlight: China's carbon emission promises to bring new growth opportunities
Time:2021-03-11With China announcing ambitious goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, reducing China’s carbon footprint will no doubt be a huge undertaking in the future. Professor Tang Yao...
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Two Sessions Spotlight: Striking the delicate balance between an aging population and income inequality
Time:2021-03-11According to official predictions, China is expected to have more than 300 million senior residents by 2025. How is the aging population, a social issue, related to the equal distribution of income, an economic issue? P...