Profit-sharing and financial performance in the Chinese state enterprises: Evidence from panel data

Economics of Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-222

  Zhuang, Juzhong ^a   Xu, Chenggang ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Financial performance; Productivity; Profit sharing; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYEE REMUNERATION; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; INCENTIVES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY; LABOUR INCENTIVE; PROFIT SHARING; PROFIT SHARING SCHEME; STATE ENTERPRISE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0030423286     PISSN: 00130451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00683949     Document Type: Article

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