Sara Segal-Williams is ChinaFile’s Senior Editor for Copy. She holds a B.A. from Bard College, where she concentrated in Chinese History, and an M.A. in International Relations from Central European University. She has studied Mandarin Chinese at Qingdao University and Yunnan University.
Last Updated: September 16, 2024
Reports
03.01.06
Progress in China's Banking Sector Reform: Has China's Bank Behavior Changed?
Sara Segal-Williams
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Substantial effort has been devoted to reforming China's banking system in recent years. The authorities recapitalized three large state-owned banks, introduced new governance structures, and brought in foreign strategic investors. However, it...
Reports
01.01.06
Seasonalities in China's Stock Markets: Cultural or Structural?
Sara Segal-Williams
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
In this paper, we examine returns in the Chinese A and B stock markets for evidence of calendar anomalies. We find that both cultural and structural (segmentation) factors play an important role in influencing the pricing of both A- and B-shares in...
Reports
01.01.03
Fuel Cell Vehicle Development in China
Sara Segal-Williams
Natural Resources Defense Council
Hydrogen fuel cells (FCs) are one of the most promising new technologies of the twenty-first century for electricity generation. Because a fuel cell directly converts the chemical energy of hydrogen fuel to electrical energy without burning the fuel...