'Until not much more than 20 years ago, economists frequently lamented the fact that they were limited in their empirical analyses to statistical assessments of market behavior, because controlled economic experiments were (thought to be) infeasible, unethical, or both. Much has changed in the...

List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- The political economy of state-owned enterprises / Xu Yi-chong -- The Shenhua group : a giant made in a decade / Jianping Zhao and Xu Yi-chong -- Coal India Limited : the last one standing / Xu Yi-chong -- China's...