The Political Economy of Chinese-Style Privatization: Motives and Constraints

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2016-2033

  Liu, Guy S ^a   Sun, Pei ^b   Woo, Wing Thye ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; enterprise reform; local government; political economy; privatization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATIZATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33750614062     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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