Chinese Economy

Economic Impacts of China’s Zero-COVID Policies

This paper presents an investigation of the economic consequences of the zero-COVID policy implemented by the Chinese government as a pilot experiment in using big data for country management from 2020 to 2022. Our study includes an original …

Crisis Control in Top-down Bureaucracy: Evidence from China's Zero-Covid Policy

This study investigates the compliance of local Chinese officials with the zero-Covid policy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. By examining biographical data from political elites and using a prefecture-day data set on risk levels – an indicator …