In the past two decades, controversial evidence has been produced supporting the case for local protectionism in China … administrative structure, institutional changes and regional culture. -- Domestic market integration in China: local protectionism …

China's rise drives a growing impact of China on economics. So far, this mainly works via the force of example, but … liberal market economy. I relate this observation with the current revisionist view on China's economic history which has … economic policies. -- Confucianism ; Adam Smith ; physiocracy ; collectivism and individualism ; social relations in China …

focus on three phenomena that stand at the center of economic culture in China, networks, localism and modernism. I eschew … center, which in contemporary China builds on the worldview of modernism. Thus, economic modernization is a cultural …

shared framed emotions into the central place. I apply this new approach on China, especially with reference to the notion of … guanxi (networks). -- Social capital ; Adam Smith ; economics of identity ; shared framed emotions ; China …

China is the odd man out in the research on social capital and economic performance. A brief survey of recent World … Values Survey data depicts China to be a high-trust, achievement oriented society, which does not fit into popular pictures … guanxi in China, which results into their re-conceptualization as Ego-centric networking and relational collectivism, based …