Lixin Colin Xu

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• World Bank Group (weight: 50%)
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  • location: Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
• World Bank Group → Economics Research (weight: 50%)
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  • location: Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

Research profile

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• Initial Labor Market Experiences of Black, Hispanic and White Men
  by Avner Ahituv & Marta Tienda & Lixin Xu & V. Joseph Hotz
• Are There Returns to the Wages of Young Men from Working While in School?
  by V. Joseph Hotz & Lixin Xu & Marta Tienda & Avner Ahituv
• Are There Returns to the Wages of Young Men from Working While in School?
  by V. Joseph Hotz & Lixin Xu & Marta Tienda & Avner Ahituv
• Corporate Performance in the East Asian Financial Crisis.
  by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Determinants of the Repartitioning of Property Rights between the Government and State Enterprises.
  by Xu, Lixin Colin
• Empirical Effects of Performance Contracts: Evidence from China.
  by Shirley, Mary M. & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Bureaucrats, State Banks, and the Efficiency of Credit Allocation: The Experience of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
  by Cull, Robert & Xu, Lixin Colin
• The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
  by Li, Wei & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Information, Incentives, and Commitment: An Empirical Analysis of Contracts between Government and State Enterprises.
  by Shirley, Mary M. & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Are There Returns To The Wages Of Young Men From Working While In School?
  by V. Joseph Hotz & Lixin Colin Xu & Marta Tienda & Avner Ahituv
• Explaining the changes of income distribution in China
  by Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Heng-fu
• Eat, Drink, Firms and Government: An Investigation of Corruption from Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms
  by Hongbin Cai & Hanming Fang & Lixin Colin Xu
• The empirical effects of performance contracts: evidence from China
  by Shirley, Mary & Lixin Colin Xu
• Corruption, Income Distribution, and Growth
  by Hongyi Li & Lixin Colin Xu & Heng‐fu Zou
• Politician control, agency problems and ownership reform
  by Lixin Colin Xu & Tian Zhu & Yi‐min Lin
• Incentives for CEOs with multitasks: Evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises
  by Bai, Chong-En & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Institutions, politics, and contracts : the attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
  by Alcazar, Lorena & Lixin Colin Xu & Zuluaga, Ana Maria
• Surveying surveys and questioning questions - learning from World Bank experience
  by Recanatini, Francesca & Wallsten, Scott J. & Lixin Colin Xu
• The investment climate and the firm : firm-level evidence from China
  by Hallward-Driemeier, Mary & Wallsten, Scott & Lixin Colin Xu
• Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy and Private Interests
  by Li, Wei & Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei & Xu, Lixin Colin
• The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
  by Colin Xu, Lixin & Li, Wei & Zhen-Wei Qiang, Christine
• New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing countries : the telecommunications and electricity regulation database
  by Wallsten, Scott & Clarke, George & Haggarty, Luke & Kaneshiro, Rosario & Noll, Roger & Shirley, Mary & Lixin Colin Xu
• How China's government and state enterprises partitioned property and control rights
  by Lixin Colin Xu
• The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
  by Lixin Colin Xu
• Institutions, ownership, and finance: the determinants of profit reinvestment among Chinese firms
  by Cull, Robert & Xu, Lixin Colin
• State‐owned enterprises going public The case of China
  by Xiaozu Wang & Lixin Colin Xu & Tian Zhu
• Medals in transition: explaining medal performance and inequality of Chinese provinces
  by Jiang, Minghua & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Ownership, competition, and corruption : bribe takers versus bribe payers
  by Clarke, George R. G. & Lixin Colin Xu
• Privatization, competition, and corruption: how characteristics of bribe takers and payers affect bribes to utilities
  by Clarke, George R. G. & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Who gets credit? The behavior of bureaucrats and state banks in allocating credit to Chinese state-owned enterprises
  by Cull, Robert & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Finance and income inequality : test of alternative theories
  by Clarke, George & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Heng-fu
• Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-Term Income: Evidence from Rural China
  by Li Gan & Lixin Colin Xu & Yang Yao
• Control, Incentives and Competition: The Impact of Reform on Chinese State‐owned Enterprises
  by Lixin Colin Xu
• Institutions and Foreign Investment: China versus the World
  by Joseph P. H. Fan & Randall Morck & Lixin Colin Xu & Bernard Yeung
• Does"good government"draw foreign capital ? Explaining China's exceptional foreign direct investment inflow
  by Fan, Joseph P. H. & Morck, Randall & Lixin Colin Xu & Yeung, Bernard
• Formal finance and trade credit during China's transition
  by Cull, Robert & Lixin Colin Xu & Tian Zhu
• Ownership, investment climate and firm performance
  by Mary Hallward‐Driemeier & Scott Wallsten & Lixin Colin Xu
• Local elections and consumption insurance : evidence from Chinese villages
  by Li Gan & Lixin Colin Xu & Yang Yao
• The Impact of Privatization and Competition in the Telecommunications Sector around the World
  by Li, Wei & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Information, incentives, and commitment : an empirical analysis of contracts between government and state enterprises
  by Shirley, Mary M. & L. Colin Xu
• Reforming the urban water system in Santiago, Chile
  by Shirley, Mary M. & L. Colin Xu & Zuluaga, Ana Maria
• The impact of China's millennium labour restructuring program on firm performance and employee earnings1
  by Xiao‐Yuan Dong & Lixin Colin Xu
• Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?
  by Georg R. G. Clarke & Lixin Colin Xu & Heng-fu Zou
• Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
  by Taye Mengistae & Lixin Colin Xu
• Understanding China's capital productivity and flow
  by Lixin Colin Xu
• Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment: China versus the Rest of the World
  by Fan, Joseph P. H. & Morck, Randall & Xu, Lixin Colin & Yeung, Bernard
• Formal finance and trade credit during China's transition
  by Cull, Robert & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zhu, Tian
• Labor restructuring in China: Toward a functioning labor market
  by Dong, Xiao-yuan & Xu, Lixin Colin
• New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database
  by Wallsten Scott & Clarke George & Haggarty Luke & Kaneshiro Rosario & Noll Roger & Shirley Mary & Xu Lixin Colin
• The effects of business environments on development : surveying new firm-level evidence
  by Xu, Lixin Colin
• Diagnosing development bottlenecks : China and India
  by Li, Wei & Mengistae, Taye & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Market integration in China
  by Chen, Qingqing & Goh, Chor-Ching & Sun, Bo & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
  by Lederman, Daniel & Mengistae, Taye & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Foreign direct investment under weak rule of law : theory and evidence from China
  by Wang, Xiaozu & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zhu, Tian
• Explaining the Changes of Income Distribution in China
  by Lixin Colin Xu & Heng-fu Zou
• Eat, Drink, Firms, Government: An Investigation of Corruption from the Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms
  by Hongbin Cai & Hanming Fang & Lixin Colin Xu
• Corruption, Income Distribution, and Growth
  by Hongyi Li & Lixin Colin Xu & Heng-fu Zou
• Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?
  by George R. G. Clarke & Lixin Colin Xu & Heng-fu Zou
• "Market Integration in the People’s Republic of China"
  by Chen, Qingquing & Goh, Chor-Ching & Sun, Bo & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Finance and Income Inequality: Test of Alternative Theories
  by George Clarke & Lixin Colin Xu & Heng-fu Zou
• The Timing of Marriage in China
  by Lixin Colin Xu & Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang & Limin Wang
• Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India
  by Wei Li & Taye Mengistae & Lixin Colin Xu
• Love and Money by Parental Matchmaking: Evidence from Urban Couples in China
  by Fali Huang & Ginger Zhe Jin & Lixin Colin Xu
• Foreign direct investment under a weak rule of law
  by Xiaozu Wang & Lixin Colin Xu & Tian Zhu
• Local elections and consumption insurance
  by Li Gan & Lixin Colin Xu & Yang Yao
• The Effects of Business Environments on Development: Surveying New Firm-level Evidence
  by Lixin Colin Xu
• Government connections and financial constraints : evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms
  by Cull, Robert & Li, Wei & Sun, Bo & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
  by Daniel Lederman & Taye Mengistae & Lixin Colin Xu
• Explaining Africa's (Dis)advantage
  by Harrison, Ann E. & Lin, Justin Yifu & Xu, L. Colin
• Explaining Africa's (Dis)advantage
  by Ann E. Harrison & Justin Yifu Lin & L. Colin Xu
• Telecommunications externality on migration : evidence from Chinese Villages
  by Lu, Yi & Xie, Huihua & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Business environment, economic agglomeration and job creation around the world
  by Clarke, George & Li, Yue & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Market facilitation by local government and firm efficiency : evidence from China
  by Cull, Robert & Xu, Lixin Colin & Yang, Xi & Zhou, Li-An & Zhu, Tian
• El intento de privatización de las empresas de agua y desagüe de Lima-Perú
  by Lorena Alcázar & Lixin Colin Xu
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• The effect of aid on growth : evidence from a quasi-experiment
  by Galiani, Sebastian & Knack, Stephen & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Ben
• Job Growth and Finance: Are Some Financial Institutions Better Suited to the Early Stages of Development than Others?-super-1
  by Robert Cull & L. Colin Xu
• Interactions among donors'aid allocations : evidence from an exogenous World Bank income threshold
  by Knack, Stephen & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Ben
• Health shocks, village elections, and household income: Evidence from rural China
  by Zhang, Jing & Gan, Li & Xu, Lixin Colin & Yao, Yang
• Explaining Africa’s (Dis)advantage
  by Harrison, Ann E. & Lin, Justin Yifu & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Water quality, brawn, and education: the rural drinking water program in China
  by Xu, Lixin Colin & Zhang, Jing
• Love, money, and old age support : does parental matchmaking matter ?
  by Huang, Fali & Jin, Ginger Zhe & Xu, Lixin Colin
• R&D returns, spillovers, and firm incentives : evidence from China
  by Goh, Chorching & Li, Wei & Xu, Lixin Colin
• The internet as a general-purpose technology : firm-level evidence from around the world
  by Clarke, George R. G. & Qiang, Christine Zhenwei & Xu, Lixin Colin
• The dark side of disclosure : evidence of government expropriation from worldwide firms
  by Liu, Tingting & Ullah, Barkat & Wei, Zuobao & Xu, L. Colin
• Unbundling institutions for external finance : worldwide firm-level evidence
  by Knack, Stephen & Xu, L. Colin
• Hayek, local information, and the decentralization of state-owned enterprises in China
  by Huang, Zhangkai & Li, Lixing & Ma, Guangrong & Xu, L. Colin
• Dual credit markets and household access to finance : evidence from a representative Chinese household survey
  by Cull, Robert J. & Gan, Li & Gao, Nan & Xu, L. Colin & Cull, Robert J. & Gan, Li & Gao, Nan & Xu, L. Colin
• Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms
  by Robert Cull & Wei Li & Bo Sun & Lixin Colin Xu
• The Internet as a general-purpose technology: Firm-level evidence from around the world
  by Clarke, George R. G. & Qiang, Christine Zhenwei & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Government connections and financial constraints: Evidence from a large representative sample of Chinese firms
  by Cull, Robert & Li, Wei & Sun, Bo & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Social capital, finance, and consumption: evidence from a representative sample of Chinese households
  by Cull, Robert J. & Gan, Li & Gao, Nan & Xu, L. Colin & Cull, Robert J. & Gan, Li & Gao, Nan & Xu, L. Colin
• The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
  by Sebastian Galiani & Stephen Knack & Lixin Colin Xu & Ben Zou
• Love, Money, and Parental Goods: Does Parental Matchmaking Matter?
  by Fali Huang & Ginger Zhe Jin & Lixin Colin Xu
• The long-run effects of treated water on education: The rural drinking water program in China
  by Zhang, Jing & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Telecommunication externality on migration: Evidence from Chinese villages
  by Lu, Yi & Xie, Huihua & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Cheung, Becker and Marriage
  by Xu Lixin Colin
• Collective Leadership, Career Concern, and the Housing Market in China: The Role of Standing Committees
  by Nan Gao & Cheryl Xiaoning Long & Lixin Colin Xu
• Business environment, economic agglomeration and job creation around the world
  by George Clarke & Yue Li & Lixin Colin Xu
• The effect of aid on growth: evidence from a Quasi-experiment
  by Sebastian Galiani & Stephen Knack & Lixin Colin Xu & Ben Zou
• R&D Returns, Spillovers and Firm Incentives: Evidence from China
  by Chorching Goh & Lixin Colin Xu & Wei Li
• Unbundling institutions for external finance: Worldwide firm-level evidence
  by Knack, Steve & Xu, Lixin Colin
• The heterogeneous growth effects of the business environment : firm-level evidence for a global sample of cities
  by Reyes, Jose Daniel & Roberts, Mark & Xu, L. Colin
• Market facilitation by local government and firm efficiency: Evidence from China
  by Cull, Robert & Xu, Lixin Colin & Yang, Xi & Zhou, Li-An & Zhu, Tian
• Love, money, and parental goods: Does parental matchmaking matter?
  by Huang, Fali & Jin, Ginger Zhe & Xu, Lixin Colin
• Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
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• Hayek, Local Information, and Commanding Heights: Decentralizing State-Owned Enterprises in China
  by Zhangkai Huang & Lixing Li & Guangrong Ma & Lixin Colin Xu
• Stationary Bandits, State Capacity, and the Malthusian Transition : The Lasting Impact of the Taiping Rebellion
  by Xu, L. Colin & Yang, Li
• Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development : County-Level Evidence from a Chinese Province
  by Fang, Hanming & Hou, Linke & Liu, Mingxing & Xu, L. Colin & Zhang, Pengfei
• The Effects of Pollution and Business Environment on Firm Productivity in Africa
  by Soppelsa, Maria Edisa & Lozano Gracia, Nancy & Xu, L. Colin
• Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: Theory and Evidence
  by Hanming Fang & Linke Hou & Mingxing Liu & Lixin Colin Xu & Pengfei Zhang
• Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: Theory and Evidence
  by Hanming Fang & Linke Hou & Mingxing Liu & Lixin Colin Xu & Pengfei Zhang
• Property Rights, Political Connections, and Corporate Investment
  by Miao, Meng & Tang, Dragon Yongjun & Xu, L. Colin
• Dual Credit Markets and Household Usage to Finance: Evidence from a Representative Chinese Household Survey
  by Robert Cull & Li Gan & Nan Gao & Lixin Colin Xu
• Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
  by Fang, Sheng & Shamseldin, Heba M. M. & Xu, L. Colin
• Heterogeneous Effects of the de jure and de facto Business Environment : Findings from Multiple Data Sets on the Business Environment
  by Zhenwei Qiang, Christine & Wang, He & Xu, L. Colin
• Business Environment and Dual-Track Private Sector Development : China's Experience in Two Crucial Decades
  by Long, Cheryl Xiaoning & Xu, L. Colin & Yang, Jin
• Female Business Leaders, Business and Cultural Environment, and Productivity around the World
  by Fang, Sheng & Goh, Chorching & Roberts, Mark & Xu, L. Colin & Zeufack, Albert G.
• The Transformative Effects of Privatization in China : A Natural Experiment Based on Politician Career Concern
  by Huang, Zhangkai & Liu, Jinyu & Ma, Guangrong & Xu, L. Colin
• Credit Constraints and Fraud Victimization : Evidence from a Representative Chinese Household Survey
  by Gao, Nan & Ma, Yuanyuan & Xu, L. Colin
• The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of Covid-19
  by Fang, Sheng & Xu, L. Colin & Yi, Yuanyuan
• Power struggle and pork barrel politics in authoritarian countries: Evidence from China
  by Nan Gao & Pinghan Liang & Lixin Colin Xu