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Wei Li
Researcher at Economic Policy Institute
Publications - 58
Citations - 7193
Wei Li is an academic researcher from Economic Policy Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Total factor productivity. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 55 publications receiving 6949 citations. Previous affiliations of Wei Li include Duke University & Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.
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Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance
Wei Li,Victor Abiad +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify inefficient institutions as the root cause of economic differences between societies and propose a framework to change these institutions and apply them to improve the economic well-being of countries.
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Tax structure in developing countries: many puzzles and a possible explanation
Roger H. Gordon,Wei Li +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how forecasted policies change if firms can successfully evade taxes by conducting all business in cash, thereby avoiding any use of the financial sector and show that the forecasted tax policies are now much closer to those observed.
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The Impact of Economic Reform on the Performance of Chinese State Enterprises, 1980–1989
TL;DR: In this paper, the effectiveness of China's incremental industrial reform between 1980 and 1980 is investigated using a panel data set of 272 state enterprises using a method that measures marginal products of factors and changes in total factor productivity.
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Government connections and financial constraints : evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms
TL;DR: The authors examine the role of firms' government connections, defined by government intervention in CEO appointment and the status of state ownership, in determining the severity of financial constraints faced by Chinese firms.
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The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster
Wei Li,Dennis Tao Yang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that 61 percent of the decline in output is attributable to the policies of resource diversion and excessive procurement in China during the Great Leap Forward disaster of 1959 and 1961.