This paper examines the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth by using a panel data set of 29 provinces in China over 20years. Two indicators of entrepreneurship are defined and introduced into the traditional growth regression framework that is estimated using the system generalized...

In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on the incentive role of personnel control in post-reform China. Employing the turnover data of top provincial leaders in China between 1979 and 1995, we find that the likelihood of promotion of provincial leaders increases with their economic...