This book offers an authoritative study on special economic zones in China. With articles from economic experts and scholars, the scope of the book includes new theories, methods and discoveries in the field of special economic zone studies. It foscuses on discussing recent advances in the area,...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Chinese Economic Development Zones: An Overview -- 2 New Industrial Districts: Theories and Models -- 3 Chinese Policy Background -- 4...

Chapter Prelude: a walk down Wall Street -- chapter 1 The need to gather: rescuing bazaars from Goddess TINA -- chapter 2 Self-interest and market failure: in search of a post-autistic economics -- chapter 3 Can money work differently? Community-created currencies -- chapter 4 Competing...

This report is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first attempt to systematically collect in one place the different experiences of these six economies, the specific details of the special economic zones in each of them and how they are being used, in an attempt to answer two basic questions: i)...