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Currency Carry Trade by Trucks: The Curious Case of China's Massive Imports from Itself Xuepeng Liu, Heiwai Tang, Zhi Wang, and Shang-Jin Wei, Review of Finance, 2022 (Zipped data and program files): Data and Programs (331K) Endogenous Corporate Leverage Response to a Safer Macro Environment: The Case of FX Reserve Accumulation Hui Tong and Shang-Jin Wei (Zipped data and program files): Data and Programs (331K) Trade Reforms and Current Account Imbalances Jiandong Ju, Kang Shi, and Shang-Jin Wei (Zipped data and program files): Data and Programs (331K) The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China Shang-Jin Wei and Xiaobo Zhang, Journal of Political Economy, June 2011 (Zipped STATA files): Data and STATA programs (331K) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Trade Conditions in Fund Supported Programs. with Zhiwei Zhang, 2005 (zipped files) Data Set and Sample Program (1.8M) A New Look at Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows. with Peter B Clark, Natalia Tamirisa, Azim Sadikov and Li Zeng, 2004. (Zipped STATA files): Data for aggregate and disaggregate regression analyses (2.5M) Managing Macroeconomic Crises. with J. Frankel, 2004. (Zipped Excel and STATA files): Data for probit and regression tree analyses (4.5M) Does Insider Trading Raise Market Volatility? with Du, 2004. (Excel Format): Insider Trading Data (42K) Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries: Some Empirical Evidence. with Prasad, Rogoff, Wei and Kose, 2003. (Excel Format, 1970-2001, from AREAER): Capital Control Measures (60K) The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly But Unevenly. with A. Subramanian, 2005. (Stata8 Format): Dataset 1 (3.2M), Dataset 2 (1.0M) Domestic Crony Capitalism and International Fickle Capital: Is There a Connection? 2001. (Stata Format): Data Package (100K) Explaining the Border Effect: The Role of Exchange Rate Variability, Shipping Costs, and Geography. with Parsley, 2001. (Zipped Excel File): Quarterly price of 27 goods, in 96 cities, 76.1-97.4 (1.08M) Convergence to the Law of One Price Without Trade Barriers or Currency Fluctuations? with Parsley, 2001. (Zipped DAT Files): Quarterly price of 51 goods, in 48 US cities, 75.1-92.4 (246K) Trading Blocs and the Americas: The Natural, the Unnatural, and the Super-natural? with Frankel, Stein and Wei, 1995. (DAT Format, 1970-1992, 63 countries): Bilateral Trade Data (114K) Insignificant and Inconsequential Hysteresis: The Case of U.S. Bilateral Trade with Parsley, 1993. (DAT Format, 1982:01-1988:09, US): Monthly Imports of 11 Chemical Products (126K)