Why did the communist party reform in China, but not in the Soviet Union? The political economy of agricultural transition

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-287

  ROZELLE, Scott ^a,b   SWINNEN, Johan F M ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Communist Party

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349278533     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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