The paper examines the notion of a 'developmental state' and shows that China possesses the characteristics of a … developmental state.  It explains the political economy which generated such a state in China and in some other economies.  It … the question: can China's developmental state be sustained?  Conclusions are drawn for both China and other developing …

laws in China have been associated with innovation that has accompanied economic growth despite imperfections in the legal … China during the reform period. It appears that the patent laws have produced a stock of patents, where the success rates of … which factors would explain innovation in China. We find the main determinants of patents to be R&D expenditure and foreign …

economic devide betweeen rural and urban China, the rural and urban samples are analysed separately. The two main explanations … for the rise in inequality are economic growth and economic transition. …

The paper estimates cross-province growth regressions for China over the period of economic reform.  It first addresses … General-to-Specific approach, to consider a wide range of candidate predictors of growth in China.  The first-stage model … selection results identify a role for conditional convergence, physical and human capital formation, population growth, degree …

In this paper we attempt to explore some indirect determinants of China's growth success including the degree of … selection, BMA and GETS, to consider a wide range of candidate predictors of growth in China.  Then variables flagged as being … productive efficiency have been an important part of the explanation for China's remarkable rate of growth. …

both to the political order and to the continued rapid growth of the economy.  This threat to growth in turn endangers the … and other evidence.  After explaining the determinants of China’s rapid growth, the paper goes on to examine the likely … mechanisms by which social instability can affect the growth rate.  There is a case for more research on the role of social …

on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality.  The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate … growth but (b) that the addition to growth depends inversely on the level of wealth inequality prior to opening.  These … findings confirm the general importance for rapid growth in developing countries of reducing inequality of opportunity. …

the ex post effect of hurricane Mitch on consumption growth of Nicaraguan agricultural households.  How persistent was … affected households were also re-surveyed in 1999.  Given the data design, idiosyncratic and common dimensions of the shock can … municipal centres to complement survey reports of hurricane-induced losses.  Within the treated sample, micro-growth model …

This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in … commodity-dependent countries.  Using a large cross-country dataset, we find that negative shocks matter for short-term growth … the exchange rate substantially lower the adverse growth effect of shocks.  While the mitigating effect of aid is …

The current paper demonstrates a dochotomy of the growth response to changes in the barter terms of trade (TOT …