Transforming Rural China: How Local Institutions Shape Property Rights in China

Chen, Chih-Jou Jay

ISBN 10: 0415196728 / ISBN 13: 9780415196727

Published by London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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xv, 213 p. ; 24 cm. Investigating the property rights in Chinese enterprises in the reform era, it appears that the distinction between the public and the private is blurred, that national reform policies are implemented unevenly across the country and that enterprises owned by local governments are very profitable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transforming Rural China: How Local Institutions Shape Property Rights in China
• Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415196728
• ISBN 13: 9780415196727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Development Studies
  • China

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Synopsis

It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights and a strong private sector will help boost an economy. This book investigates the property rights in Chinese enterprises in the reform era, finding that distinction between the public and the private are blurred, that national reform policies are implemented unevenly across the country, and that enterprises owned by local governments, in Shanghai, for example, are actually extremely profitable.

About the Author

Chih-Jou Jay Chen is Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica