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Insider privatization with a tail : the screening contract and performance of privatized firms in rural China
Li, Hongbin; Rozelle, Scott - In: Journal of development economics 75 (2004) 1, pp. 1-26
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002224011
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Self-employment with Chinese characteristics : the forgotten engine of rural China's growth
Zhang, Jian; Zhang, Linxiu; Rozelle, Scott; Boucher, Steve - In: Contemporary economic policy : a journal of Western … 24 (2006) 3, pp. 446-458
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003347005
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Incentive contracts and bank performance : evidence from rural China
Li, Hongbin; Rozelle, Scott; Zhou, Li-An - In: The economics of transition 15 (2007) 1, pp. 109-124
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003519946
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Insider Privatization with a Tail : The Buyout Price and Performance of Privatized Firms in Rural China
Li, Hongbin; Rozelle, Scott - 2003
This paper studies insider privatization in transition economies. We show theoretically that the underperformance of insider-privatized firms could be due to the manager-cum-owner's lack of incentives after privatization. A screening theory predicts that a firm's postprivatization incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107516
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Insider Privatization with a Tail : The Screening Contract and Performance of Privatized Firms in Rural China
Li, Hongbin; Rozelle, Scott - 2005
This paper studies insider privatization in rural China and provides an explanation of why some firms have performed … the buyout price and postprivatization incentives. Drawing on data we collected in China, we find evidence supporting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066983
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Poverty and Access to Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea
Gibson, John; Rozelle, Scott - 2003
In this paper, our overall goal is to understand how effective access to infrastructure is in reducing poverty in PNG. To meet this goal, we examine poverty in PNG, and seek to show the relationship between poverty and access to infrastructure and then identify the determinants of poverty. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107866
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Producing and Procuring Horticultural Crops with Chinese Characteristics: Why Small Farmers Are Thriving and Supermarkets Are Absent in Rural China
Wang, Honglin; Dong, Xiaoxia; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As … communities in the Greater Beijing area, we find small and poor farmers have actively participate in the emergence of China … the paper we document seven characteristics of China's food economy that we believe account for this unique set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805110
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Agricultural Development, Nutrition, and the Policies Behind China’s Success
Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development 7 (2010) 1, pp. 93-126
The emergence of China as an economic power is one of the miracle growth stories of the last part of the 20th century …). In fact, by the end of 2007 China had achieved many of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144987
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Evolution of tubewell ownership and production in the North China Plain
Wang, Jinxia; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 49 (2005) 2
The overall aim of the present paper is to better understand the evolution of tubewell ownership in the North China … also show that the privatisation of tubewells has affected cropping patterns in the North China Plain. When villages shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398733
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What is keeping the poor out of college?: Enrollment rates, educational barriers and college matriculation in China
Wang, Xiaobing; Liu, Chengfang; Zhang, Linxiu; Luo, Renfu; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 131-149
Purpose – With the rise in the opportunity to go to college, the purpose of this paper is to identify if China's rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319737