The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its … advanced member of WTO. If the experimentalist interpretation of China's phenomenal growth is correct, then WTO membership is a … negative development because it could be a straitjacket for WTO-enforced institutional harmonisation that would constrain China …

This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People's Republic of China. After …

This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People’s Republic of China. After …

State enterprise reforms are underway in China, and include some positive and overdue corporate governance reform …

This paper examines the determinants of privatization in Chinese rural industry by using data that we collected from … Southern China in 1998. By employing several econometric specifications, we find that the probability of a firm being … that it does not vary with government policies. Our findings highlight the decentralized nature of China's reforms …

Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered 'intriguing' and 'puzzling' since it … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political … regimes, autocratic leaders are interested in high growth rates. It also studies the historical development of China …