Getting the China story right: Insights from national economic censuses

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 712-746

  Lin, George ^a   Hu, Fox ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

capitalism; China; economic census; economic transformation; ownership structure; privatization; state owned enterprises; transitional economy

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CAPITALISM; CENSUS; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; LABOR MARKET; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NEOLIBERALISM; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 82955247142     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.52.5.712     Document Type: Article

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