Economic transformation in Russia and China: Two comments on a comparison

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-456

  Åslund, Anders ^a,b   Prime, Penelope B ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracies; China; Communist party; Cultural revolution; Democratization; Economic growth; Economic reforms; Economic transition; Perestroyka; Privatization; Russia; State owned companies

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC REFORM; MARKET TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 54049151195     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.49.4.445     Document Type: Article

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