Research Initiatives

Economics and Finance

  • "Institutions and Wealth Growth: natural resources no longer determine a nation's wealth," New Fortune, June 2003.
  • "How Is Wealth Created? -- On the roles of institutions and financial innovations," New Fortune, May 2003.
  • "Why Do Industries Differ in Producing Billionaires? -- Lessons from the U.S. and China," New Fortune, April 2003.
  • "Robert Shiller's Pursuit of Behavioral Finance," Economic Observer, February 24, 2003.
  • "Why Do Firms Pay Dividends -- on the implications of Microsoft's new dividend policy," New Fortune, March 2003.
  • "Where Should Companies Go Public?" New Fortune, January 2003.
  • "How can Privately-Sponsored Firms Fare Better on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange?" China News Weekly, November 11, 2002.
  • "The Dilemma Faced by Chinese Accountants: to manipulate or not to manipulate earnings?" China News Weekly, October 2002.
  • "On Privatization of State-Owned Shares: who benefits more?" with Xiong Peng, New Fortune, October 2002.
  • "On Competition in China's Banking Industry," The Banker, October 2002.
  • "Executive Stock Options: the right incentive mechanism for China," New Fortune, September 2002.
  • "Stock Market Bubbles and Hard Landing: understanding the recent corporate scandals in the U.S.," New Fortune, August 2002.
  • "What Went Wrong at WorldCom?" with Zheng Yue,  New Fortune, August 2002.
  • "Economic Consequences of Stock Market Crashes: revisit the 1929 crash in the U.S.," with Xiong Peng, New Fortune, August 2002.
  • "Why Risk Management at Investment Funds?" New Fortune, May 2002.
  • Why Should the Social Security Fund of China Adopt an Index Investing Strategy? --- A Behavioral Perspective,” New Fortune, March 2002.
  •  “Structured Finance and Corporate Strategies of Enron,” with Yue Zheng, Caijing magazine, January 2002.
  • Index Investing: A Proposal for China’s Social Security Fund,” New Fortune, January 2002.

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