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48
Citations
22320
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1476
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Yingyi Qian is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China. The scientist's academic contributions include research outputs and participation in the field of economics.

In 2012, Yingyi Qian was awarded the Fellows of the Econometric Society distinction, reflecting recognition by peers within the field.

Best Publications

  • Federalism as a Commitment to Preserving Market Incentives

    Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

  • Federalism and the Soft Budget Constraint

    Yingyi Qian;Gerard Roland

  • Regional decentralization and fiscal incentives: Federalism, Chinese style

    Hehui Jin;Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

  • Federalism as a Commitment to Reserving Market Incentives

    Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

  • Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China

    Gabriella Montinola;Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

  • Reform without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual‐Track Approach to Transition

    Lawrence J. Lau;Yingyi Qian;Gerard Roland

  • The Return to Capital in China

    Chong-En Bai;Chang-Tai Hsieh;Yingyi Qian

  • Incentives, Information, and Organizational Form

    Eric Maskin;Yingyi Qian;Chenggang Xu

  • Why China's economic reforms differ: the M-form hierarchy and entry/expansion of the non-state sector

    Yingyi Qian;Chenggang Xu

  • From federalism, Chinese style to privatization, Chinese style

    Yuanzheng Cao;Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

  • Rethinking the East Asian miracle

    K. S. Jomo;Robert Z. Lawrence;Ronald I. Mckinnon;Howard Pack

  • Insecure Property Rights and Government Ownership of Firms

    Jiahua Che;Yingyi Qian

  • Enterprise reform in China: agency problems and political control

    Yingyi Qian

  • China's Transition to Markets: Market Preserving Federalism, Chinese Style

    Yingyi Qian;Barry R. Weingast

  • Who are Russia’s entrepreneurs?

    Simeon Djankov;Edward Miguel;Yingyi Qian;Gérard Roland

  • Who are China's entrepreneurs?

    Simeon Djankov;Yingyi Qian;Gerard Roland;Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

  • How Reform Worked in China

    Yingyi Qian;Yingyi Qian

  • Complementarities, Momentum, and the Evolution of Modern Manufacturing

    Paul Milgrom;Yingyi Qian;John Roberts

  • Institutional Environment, Community Government, and Corporate Governance: Understanding China's Township-Village Enterprises

    Jiahua Che;Yingyi Qian

  • Incentives and Loss of Control in an Optimal Hierarchy

    Yingyi Qian

  • Incentives, Information, and Organizational Form

    Yingyi Qian;Yingyi Qian;Eric Maskin;Eric Maskin;Eric Maskin;Chenggang Xu

  • How Reform Worked in China

    Yingyi Qian;Yingyi Qian

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Roland
Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley
Simeon Djankov
Simeon Djankov London School of Economics and Political Science
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Paris School of Economics
Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Lawrence J. Lau
Lawrence J. Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chang-Tai Hsieh
Chang-Tai Hsieh University of Chicago
Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley
Paul Milgrom
Paul Milgrom Stanford University
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University

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