Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46970 
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Year of Publication: 
1996
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1996
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 781
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Since its inception in the early 1980s, the success of China's enterprise reforms remains hotly debated. This paper introduces a new element into the analysis of state-owned enterprise performance by drawing on the recent increase in interregional income disparities. It is argued that as a result of less favourable structural conditions and stronger fiscal dependence on the central government, reform implementation in the interior provinces has lagged behind the progress made along the coast. This hypothesis is investigated using enterprise survey data from three interior provinces which is compared to a similar survey carried out earlier in four coastal cities. The evidence generally supports the view of larger administrative restrictions in the interior and relatively poor economic performance.
Subjects: 
State-Owned Enterprises
Autonomy
Technical Change
China
JEL: 
P42
D2
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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