This study investigates the geographic effects on regional economic growth in China under market reforms. We develop a model for the regional growth pattern of the Chinese economy during the period, characterized by foreign direct investment (FDI) and mobilization of rural surplus labor. The FDI...

This study investigates the geographic effects on regional economic growth in China under market reforms. We develop a model for the regional growth pattern of the Chinese economy during the period, characterized by foreign direct investment (FDI) and mobilization of rural surplus labor. The FDI...

Many economists have attributed China's high growth to the implementation of the correct sequence of reforms. We reject this interpretation because it does not characterize the reform process correctly; it does not recognize adequately the interaction between reforms that sustains the progress...