Is the state-led industrial restructuring effective in transition China? Evidence from the steel sector

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-624

  Sun, Pei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Industrial policy; Restructuring; Steel industry; Transition

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547906404     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem002     Document Type: Article

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