Cheating under Regulation: Evidence from “Yin-and-Yang” Contracts on Beijing’s Housing Market

This paper reveals the role of Yin-and-Yang contracts in evading transaction regulations in China’s housing market. Using micro-observations of Beijing’s housing resales, we find buyers are engaged in “Yin-and-Yang” contracts with higher degree of under-reporting during “the most stringent regulatio...

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