Cao, Yuanzheng; Qian, Yingyi; Weingast, Barry R. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1997
In 1994 China began a profound reform of its state-owned enterprises. We first describe and characterize this progress … in two areas: privatization of small state-owned enterprises at the county level and mass layoffs of excess state workers … sensible ways. We then argue that privatization, Chinese style, rests on an adequate economic and political foundation …