The Chinese Economy Under Transition,9780312226213

The Chinese Economy Under Transition

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ISBN13: 9780312226213
ISBN10: 0312226217
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-05-05
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This wide ranging collection of essays addresses many important issues in China's economy under transition, from grain production and trade, to the development of township enterprises, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the emergence of big business, money demand, and consumption behavior. The contributors provide insightful analysis and discussions of economic policies, illuminating the institutional context within which reform strategies are negotiated and implemented in different economic sectors.

Author Biography

Sarah Cook is Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Shujie Yao is Reader in Economics and Director of Development Economics Research at the University of Portsmouth. Juzhong Zhuang is Economist for the Asian Development Bank.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
vii
List of Tables
viii
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xii
Notes on the Contributors xiii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
xviii
Introduction 1(6)
Sarah Cook
Shujie Yao
Juzhong Zhuang
PART I INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING AND ENTERPRISE REFORM 7(124)
Reorganizing Amid Turbulence: China's Large-scale Industry
9(26)
Peter Nolan
Xiaoqiang Wang
Capital Firms, Public Enterprises: Ownership Reform and Privatization of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
35(29)
Minquan Liu
Financial Discipline in the Enterprise Sector in Transition Countries: How does China Compare?
64(23)
Shumei Gao
Mark E. Schaffer
Impact of Reforms on Wages and Employment Determination in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises, 1986--91
87(24)
Athar Hussain
Juzhong Zhuang
Reform of China's Energy Sector: Slow Progress to an Uncertain Goal
111(20)
Philip Andrews-Speed
PART II THE RURAL SECTOR: AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY 131(110)
Agriculture's Role in Economic Development: The Case of China
133(17)
Shujie Yao
Property Rights and New Commercial Organizations: A Comparison of Agricultural Reform in China and Russia
150(8)
Qiren Zhou
Employment, Enterprise and Inequality in Rural China
158(22)
Sarah Cook
China's Grain Economy and Trade Policy
180(18)
Feng Lu
The Economic Behaviour of China's Grain Producers in Transition
198(20)
John Davis
Liming Wang
Labour Productivity in Rural Industry Exports: A Cross-sectional Analysis
218(23)
Fiona Carmichael
Hui Tan
Meibing Fu
PART III MODELLING TRANSITION AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE 241(68)
On Macro-modelling of Transitional Economies, with Special Reference to the Case of China
243(14)
Duo Qin
Structural Changes in Employment and Investment in China: 1985--94
257(19)
Aying Liu
Economic Reforms and the Stability of Long-run Demand for Money in China: Some Results from Co-integration Tests
276(21)
Chaodong Huang
Is There Any Stable Long-Run Equilibrium Relationship between Aggregate Consumption and Income in China?
297(12)
Haiyan Song
Xiaming Liu
Peter Romilly
Index 309

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