This paper is the first chapter in the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (Oxford University Press, forthcoming …). Rather than trying to summarize other contributors' views, we provide our own perspectives on the Economics of China …--the past experience and the future prospects. Our reading of China's economic development over the past 35 years raises two …

the dramatic growth of high-potential entrepreneurship and venture capital in China. First, using comprehensive data on …-level economic indicators, we find that this effect was driven by country-sector pairs most similar to their counterparts in China …" businesses and technology pioneered by China, and that a system where only rich countries lead in innovation could limit …

country, single period numerical general equilibrium model which captures China and her major trading partners and examine the … outcomes of trade policy bargaining solutions (bargaining over tariffs and financial transfers) over time as China grows more … parameterizations. This yields a measure of both absolute and relative gain to China from bargaining. We calibrate our model to base …

products, aggravating environmental damage. China's rapidly growing trade and serious environmental degradation appear to be no … exception. However, much of China's trade growth is attributable to the international fragmentation of production. This kind of … trade could be cleaner, if fragmented production occurs in cleaner goods, or if China specializes in cleaner stages of …