This paper deals with the relationship between mass privatization and stock market development in transition economies … the hypothesis that mass privatization exerted a negative influence on stock market functioning over the short and medium … term. Further, it appears that stock markets in countries with mass privatization were initially perceived as mere …

privatization programs often failed to achieve independence from government control and from undesirable weak clients. It is now … markets and institutions to accomplish unattainable goals. Equity markets cannot be effectively support mass privatization …

There have been profound changes in both political and economic institutions in China over the last twenty years …

two emerging stock markets - Russia and China, because of their unique characteristics and performance in the past years …

We present a new composite leading indicator of economic activity in mainland China, es-timated using a dynamic factor …

features of China's extensive processing trade cause both the identification of imported intermediate goods, and their … intermediate goods imported into China. Vertical specialization is then estimated using two methods. The first method uses the … strong evidence of an Asian network of intermediate suppliers to China, and the two methods provide a range of estimates for …

stability in mainland China. We examine whether excess money relative to rulebased values provides information that improves the …

In January 2008, China adopted a new labour contract law. This new law represents the most significant reform to the … legislation on employment relations in mainland China in more than a decade. The paper provides a theoretical framework on the …