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We estimate the effects of privatization on zombie versus healthy state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, extending … privatization of underperforming, zombie-like entities can lead to substantial economic improvements and greater efficiency …
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We document a process of rapid tertiarization of the Chinese economy since 2005. The employment and value-added shares of the service sector have increased significantly. Moreover, total factor productivity growth has increased faster in the service sector than in the manufacturing sector....
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Starting in the late 1990s, China undertook a dramatic transformation of the large number of firms under state control …
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We discuss China's stance in the WTO post-accession, noting the many issues with implementation of China's accession … terms by 2007. We evaluate how much benefit China can realistically receive from WTO membership given current problems with … dumping actions against China and trade restrictions against textile and apparel exports. We discuss emerging WTO and non-WTO …
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This paper presents an analysis of the effect of China's entry into the WTO on the quality choices of Chinese exporters … upgrading made possible by China's tariff reductions was concentrated in the least productive Chinese exporters. These firms …
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We study the impact of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the quality of entrepreneurship in China. Using long series of …
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and widely taking place in China, it is much less known whether and to what extent privatization has improved resource …While it is by now well known that the privatization of township- and village-run enterprises (TVREs) has been rapidly … allocation and productivity. As a first step toward the fuller understanding of the effect of privatization, this study …
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in China in the years around the privatizations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Innovation increases after SOE …
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We document evidence of corruption in Chinese state asset sales. These sales involved stakes in partially privatized firms, providing a benchmark - the price of publicly traded shares - to measure underpricing. Underpricing is correlated with deal attributes associated with misgovernance and...
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This paper studies the urban land market in China in 2003--2007. In China, all urban land is owned by the state …
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