Control, incentives and competition. The impact of reform on Chinese state-owned enterprises

Economics of Transition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 151-173

  Xu, Lixin Colin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Competition; Control; Incentives; Reform; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

CHINA;

EID: 0034054652     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00039     Document Type: Article

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