The role of the state in China's industrial development: A reassessment

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-350

  Gabriele, Alberto ^a  

^a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

China; Industrial Development; Market Socialism; Profitability; State Owned Enterprises; Technical Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955780840     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2010.11     Document Type: Article

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