Soft budget constraints, social burdens, and labor redundancy in China's state industry

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-133

  Dong, Xiao Yuan ^a   Putterman, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Labor redundancy; Soft budget constraints; State owned enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037834806     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-5967(02)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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