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Recent claims of China's economic exceptionalism: Reflections inspired by WTO accession
Woo, Wing Thye - 2001
The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its discovery of new institutional forms (e.g. dual track pricing, SOE contracts, and fiscal contracts) that are optimal for China''s particular economic circumstances, or have been the...
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The unfinished business of state-owned enterprise reform in the People's Republic of China
Holz, Carsten A. - 2019
This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People's Republic of China. After defining SOEs and considering their scope of operation within the PRC economy, the focus of the paper is on the major reform waves that followed the deterioration of SOE profitability...
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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Urga, Giovanni - 2006
1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that 'mass privatization' is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …
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Trade liberalization and technical efficiency in the Indonesian chemicals industry
Suatmi, Bernadetta Dwi; Bloch, Harry; Salim, Ruhul A. - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 44, pp. 4428-4439
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The determinants of technical efficiency of oil palm smallholders in Indonesia
Varina, Firna; Hartoyo, Sri; Kusnadi, Nunung; Rifin, Amzul - In: International journal of economics and financial issues … 10 (2020) 6, pp. 89-93
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The Size and Sectorial Distribution of State-Owned Enterprises : Towards a Global View of the Landscape
Zhang, Chunlin - 2023
This paper contributes to the development of a global view of the landscape of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). It focuses on three specific questions: the size of the SOE sector in national economies as measured by its share in output or employment; the economic sectors in which the role of SOEs...
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Total factor productivity decomposition and unobserved heterogeneity in stochastic frontier models
Kellermann, Magnus A. - In: Agricultural and resource economics review : ARER 44 (2015) 1, pp. 124-148
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Corporate efficiency in Europe
Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen; Shamshur, Anastasiya - 2015
Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in Europe. We find that (i) larger firms are less efficient than smaller firms, (ii) greater leverage contributes to corporate efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less...
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Agglomeration effects and spatial spillovers in efficiency analysis : a distribution-free methodology
Kutlu, Levent; Nair-Reichert, Usha - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 53 (2019) 11, pp. 1565-1574
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Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries
Al-Jarrah, Idries Mohammad Wanas; Al-Abdulqader, Khalid S. - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 34/36, pp. 3523-3537
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