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Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?

Frijters, Paul; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Meng, Xin - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 159-171

In this paper we study the effect of optimistic income expectations on life satisfaction amongst the Chinese population … strong in the countryside and amongst rural-to-urban migrants. The importance of these expectations for life satisfaction is … particularly pronounced in the urban areas, though also highly significant for the rural area. If expectations were to reverse from …

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Socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics in a new era

Hong, Yinxing - In: China political economy 3 (2020) 2, pp. 307-325

Purpose The socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics reflects the characteristics of ushering into a new era, and the research object thereof shifts to productive forces. Emancipating and developing productive forces and achieving common prosperity become the main theme. Wealth...

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Interest-group size and legislative lobbying

Schneider, Maik T. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 29-41

We develop a model of legislative decision making in which lobbying and public policy are jointly determined. We examine how policy outcomes depend on the sizes of the interest groups. While a larger size typically involves favorable effects on policy, we also identify threshold levels of...

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Value and Crisis Theory in the 'Great Recession'

Desai, Radhika; Freeman, Alan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This is a prepublication version of an article which appeared in the World Review of Political Economy. Please cite as Desai, R. and A. Freeman. 2001. ‘Value and Crisis Theory in the “Great Recession”’. World Review of Political Economy. Vol 2 No. 1, Spring 2011. Pp 35-47. This article...

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The principal contradiction and its evolution in the new era of the socialism society with Chinese characteristics : from the perspective of the Marxist political economy methodolo...

Wei, Xinghua - In: China political economy 1 (2018) 1, pp. 2-12

Purpose Marx suggested that it is infeasible and wrong to arrange the economic categories according to the order by which they have worked in history. Their order is determined by their interrelationship in the modern bourgeois society, which is in contrast to their natural sequence or that...

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Combining Marxism and China's practices for the development of a socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics

Liu, Wei - In: China political economy 1 (2018) 1, pp. 30-44

Purpose The socialist construction with Chinese characteristics must be based on history and reality. According to the requirements of liberation and development of productivity, efforts must be made to reform and improve the production relations, as well as continually consolidate the socialist...

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The logic of four decades of economic reform and major breakthroughs in political economy in China

Hong, Yinxing - In: China political economy 2 (2019) 1, pp. 2-13

Purpose In the process of reform, although every landmark theoretical breakthrough is marked by the speech of the highest leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) or the decision of the CPC National Congress, each breakthrough is attributable to the theoretical contribution made by the...

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Examining the shared development of socialist political economics with Chinese characteristics

Can, Liu - In: China political economy 2 (2019) 1, pp. 28-39

Purpose The shared development concept is crucial for the construction of a socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach This is because shared development constitutes the logic thread of the socialist political...

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The political economy of endogenous dual-sector model : public goods, labor markets and tax rates

Wang, Yongqin; Gao, Xin - In: China political economy 5 (2022) 2, pp. 165-183

Purpose This paper studies the political economy of the endogenous urban-rural divide in two dimensions: labor market and provision of public goods. Design/methodology/approach This paper gives a dual-sector model endogenously depending on the consumption of public goods (club goods), the number...

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Political Economy of Electricity Subsidy: Evidence from Punjab

Jain, Varinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The electricity subsidy distribution pattern needs to be scrutinised to assess whether the policy benefits small producers, a normative argument often made while granting any input subsidy. In Punjab, this policy is found to ignore equity considerations while granting non-discriminatory...

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