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Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy in a Panel of Chinese Cities

Alder, Simon; Shao, Lin; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …

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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development

Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …

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Regional Decentralization and the Soft Budget Constraint: The Case of China

Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The majority of enterprises in China are controlled by local governments at the provincial, city, county, township and … lower-level governments of townships and villages in China. …

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Provincial Protectionism

Sonin, Konstantin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

federal centre. The theory is supported by the recent experience of Russia, China, and Argentina. …

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Industrial Policy and Competition

Aghion, Philippe; Dewatripont, Mathias; Du, Liqun; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

, starting with China. Rather, the issue should be on how to design and govern sectoral policies in order to make them more …

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Multilateral Subsidy Games

Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper examines the rationale for multilateral agreements to limit investment subsidies. The welfare ranking of symmetric multilateral subsidy games is shown to depend on whether or not investment levels are "friendly", raising rival profits in total, and/or strategic complements, raising...

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Strategic R&D Policy

Beath, John; Katsoulacos, Yannis; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

The outcome of technological competition between firms (or countries) depends on the resolution of two forces: the profit incentive and the competitive threat. This is illustrated using a simple duopoly model. This model is then used to analyze two policy issues: subsidizing R & D and...

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From Natural Resources to High-tech Production: The Evolution of Industrial Competitiveness in Sweden and Finland

Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper describes and analyses the evolution of industrial competitiveness in Sweden and Finland in a long-term perspective. One part of the Paper looks at the foundations for industrial take-off in Sweden, with some focus on the development of institutions for the creation and dissemination...

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Absorptive Capacity, R&D Spillovers and Public Policy

Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm’s ‘absorptive capacity’ (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to profitability. We explore the theoretical implications of this. We specify a general model of the absorptive...

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Evaluating Welfare Losses Under R&D Rivalry and Product Differentiation

Katsoulacos, Yannis; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

We evaluate the social welfare loss (WL) that arises in an oligopolistic industry under technological competition and product differentiation. The main novelty of our approach concerns the decomposition of the WL into `dynamic' losses (from too little cost reduction and an inappropriate number...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791632

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