of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Participation rates, educational levels and (with the exception of Hong …

equilibria is consistent with the observation that some similar economies, such as Taiwan and South Korea, differ substantially …

compares the actual performance of markets in Europe and China, two regions of the world that were relatively advanced in the … findings suggest that relative levels of market function in China and Europe were similar prior to the Industrial Revolution …. Higher efficiency in Europe is seen only in the nineteenth century when industrialization was already underway. Moreover …

, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea …

We pursue a cross-country comparison of relative financial readiness of older households in Japan and the Republic of …

added production function of the State Owned (SOE) and Foreign-Funded Enterprises (FFE) in China, 1980s-2007. The transition … associated with the economic reforms in China is estimated applying a curvilinear logistic function, where the speed and the …

that the only industries in which listed companies in China display strong performance are public utilities, transportation …

forward. In this paper I illustrate this idea with a study of the People's Republic of China. Under the plan, prices were …

This paper reviews recent literature on China's macroeconomic development, emphasizing the critical role of the … gradualist approach over the past four decades. Beyond China's structural transformation, we explore various aspects such as high … illustrates how China's gradual policy reforms, amidst highly imperfect financial markets, have effectively helped spur GDP growth …

best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude … gained from trade, and by some measures, more so than China. We sketch out a theory in which developing countries can grow … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …