Enterprise reform in China: Agency problems and political control

Economics of Transition

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-447

  Qian, Yingyi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problems; China; Reform; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844253379     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.1996.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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