Causes of privatization in China: Testing several hypotheses

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-238

  Guo, Kai ^a   Yao, Yang ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Privatization; Transition economics

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LIBERALIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17744366362     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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