behaviour of the last 20 years in China. Six case studies of technological learning and links to external sources of know …-how from the South of China in the Pearl River Delta are examined. It is shown that the learning process that has been … South China lies in this ‘external’ interactive technological learning, as in other East Asian economies. …

of the economic system in China. By using the theory of endogenous ownership arrangements developed in Tian (1995), a … three stage method of China’s economic reform will be provided. It will be shown that a smooth institutional transition to a …-owned enterprises will face large scale bankruptcy and privatization. The first stage began with rural economic reform in China in 1979 …

measure Sen’s capabilities (freedom, functionings and efficiency) of “being achieved” and compare them with our happiness …

Purpose – This paper assesses the determinants of corruption-control with freedom dynamics (economic, political, press … characteristic, the following findings have been established. (1) While political freedom increases corruption-control (CC) in a … effect in middle quantiles of French civil law countries. (3) Economic freedom ameliorates CC only in common law countries …

The main purpose of this work is to address a puzzle and suggest strategies towards solutions that are freedom …

Sen’s seminal contribution highlights the importance of positive freedom in the measurement of human welfare. The … present paper attempts to measure this freedom aspect in an integrated approach. The main contribution of the paper is the … simultaneous estimation of capability, functioning, and conversion efficiency with explicit modeling of freedom by latent variable …

located at the eastern border of the European Union, we consider Romania as part of the European area of freedom, security and …

government, liberalism, freedom. …