Township-village enterprises, local governments and rural communities: The Chinese village as a firm during economic transition

Economics of Transition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-66

  Pei, Xiaolin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chinese village organization; Collective benefits; Interspecific resources; Local government; Management of common property; Specific contractual relations; Township village enterprises (TVEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003161302     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.1996.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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