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1. Does Market-Based Housing Offer Higher Housing Satisfaction to Urban Residents than Other Housing Access in China?

   Evidence from the 2005 Beijing Livable City Evaluation Survey
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2013
   Yizhao Yang, Wenzhong Zhang, Zhilin Liu, and Yao Li

   Tremendous changes have been made to China’s urban housing since the housing policy reform began 30 years ago. These changes can be objectively assessed in terms of housing supply, housing...

2. “Ying Bao Jin Bao”?

   An Empirical Evaluation of the Cheap Rental Housing System in Beijing, China
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2013
   Chengdong Yi and Youqin Huang

   With skyrocketing housing price and extremely low housing affordability in Chinese cities, the Chinese government has set up the goal of “ying bao jin bao”—providing housing...

3. Social Capital across Residential Communities in China

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2013
   Yuming Fu and Xu Yuan

   Data from 2005 China General Social Survey show that the extent to which individuals are acquainted with, and trust, their neighbors, to which they are interested and involved in community affairs,...

4. Congestion Pricing

   How?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2013
   Shunfeng Song

   Over the past two decades, China has experienced a dramatic increase in auto ownership and uses, with the number of private-owned vehicles increasing more than 70 folds in twenty years, from 0.82...

5. Regional Tax Transfer and Horizontal Tax Assignment in China

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2013
   Weibo Xing and Joyce Yanyun Man

   This study investigates the interregional tax mobility in China. Taxes are transferred among provinces mainly through five sources, such as the consolidation of corporate income tax, the regional...

6. Land Transfer Fees for Urban Infrastructure Development in China

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2013
   Zhirong Jerry Zhao and Chengxin Cao

   Using the data from China Urban Development Statistical Yearbook (Zhongguo chengshi jianshe tongji nianjian), 2000–2008, this paper systematically describes the trends and patterns of land...

7. Congestion Pricing in China

   Why?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2013
   Shunfeng Song

   Over the past two decades, China has seen worsening traffic congestion in all major cities. Like almost all other countries, China has relied on supply-side and regulatory instruments to mitigate...

8. Different Types of Spatial Mismatch

   A U.S.-China Comparison of Poverty Concentration and Low-Skill Job Distribution
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2013
   Yingling Fan and Tieshan Sun

   This paper presents detailed case studies of the jobs-housing mismatch phenomenon in Beijing, China and the Twin Cities metropolitan region in the U.S. By examining poverty concentration and low-...

9. “The Tragedy of the Commons”?

   Urban Land Development in China under Marketization and Globalization
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2013
   George C. S. Lin

   China’s massive and sometimes wasteful land development has been widely attributed to the lack of a clear definition and effective protection of property rights. This paper critically...

10. The Issue of Land in China’s Transition and Urbanization

    Documentos de trabajo
    Abril 2013
    Tao Ran

    The paper first discusses the role of land as a key policy instrument employed by Chinese local governments and the impacts of “land finance” in shaping China’s growth pattern and urban development....