China & World Economy

Volume 20 Number 4 July–August 2012

Local Officials’ Incentives and China’s Economic Growth: Tournament
Thesis Reexamined and Alternative Explanatory Framework
Fubing Su, Ran Tao, Lu Xi, Ming Li 1

What Drives China’s House Prices: Marriage or Money?
Chengsi Zhang, Guojun An, Xin Yu 19

Does Life ExpectancyAffect Private Educational Investment in China?
Wenkai Sun, Xiaoxia Wang, Xiaoni Ying 37

Analysis of Chinese Manufacturing Export Duration
Jun Shao, Kangning Xu, Bin Qiu 56

Empirical Study on Information Asymmetry Based on Chinese
Forward Exchange Rate Market
Xi Wang, Jiaohui Yang 74

Emergence of ASEAN, China and India and the Regional Architecture
Yunling Zhang, Minghui Shen 92

China’s Free TradeAgreements withASEAN, Japan and Korea:
A Comparative Analysis
Gemma Estrada, Donghyun Park, Innwon Park, Soonchan Park 108