作者：Bruno, Randolph Luca; Bytchkova, Maria; Estrin, Saul
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：We investigate how the regional institutional environment-in particular, the political environment-affects Russian new firm entry across regions, industries, firm size classes, and time. We find that entry rates in Russia are explained by natural entry rates and the institutional environment. Industries that are characterized by low entry barriers in developed market economies are found to have lower entry rates in regions subject to greater political fluidity, as in the case of gubernatorial ...
作者：Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen
作者单位：Columbia University; Tsinghua University; University of Chicago; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：Since the introduction of the one-child policy in China in 1979, many more boys than girls have been born, foreshadowing a sizable bride shortage. What do young men unable to find wives do? This paper focuses on criminality, an asocial activity that has seen a marked rise since the mid-1990s. Exploiting province-year level variation, we find an elasticity of crime with respect to the sex ratio of 16- to 25-year-olds of 3.4, suggesting that male sex ratios can account for one-seventh of the ris...
