Chinese Economy.

Members of the NBER's Chinese Economy Working Group met September 26-27 in Cambridge. Research Associates Nancy Qian of Northwestern University, Shang-Jin Wei of Columbia University, and Daniel Xu of Duke University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER, and Adam Szeidl, Central European University, "Direct and Indirect Effects of Financial Access on SMEs"

* Li Feng and Haofei Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jun Qian and Lei Zhu, Fudan University, "Stock Pledged Loans, Capital Markets, and Firm Performance: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

* Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet, University of California, Berkeley; Guojun He, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago; and Qiong Zhang, Renmin University of China, "Influence Activities and Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in China"

* Daniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh; Yi Lu, National University of Singapore; and Mingqin Wu, South China Normal University, "What Makes Local Governments More Accoutable? Evidence from a Website Reform"

* Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER; Linke Hou, Shandong University; Mingxing Liu and Pengfei Zhang, Peking University; and Lixin Colin Xu, The World Bank, "Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: Theory and Evidence"

* Harald Hau and...