May 15, 2000 Responsiveness, Flexibility and Market Liberalization in China’s Agriculture

Sequencing and the Success of Gradualism: Empirical Evidence from China’s Agricultural Reform

This paper provides evidence regarding gains to agricultural market liberalization in China. We empirically identify the different effects that incentive reforms and gradual market liberalization have on China’s agricultural economy during its transition period. We find that average gains within the agricultural sector to incentive reform exceed gains to market liberalization by a factor of ten...

Country Study: China China’s Tobacco Industry and Agriculture Liberalization

This paper aims to present an overview of China’s tobacco industry by examining trends in production, consumption, and international trade, and by discussing the role played by the government, particularly through the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA). It also attempts to analyze the potential export opportunities for China’s tobacco industry in view of the probable increase in marke...

Promoting Liberalization and Regulatory Reforming: the Impacts of the WTO on China’s Telecom Industry

FDI Liberalization as a Source of Comparative Advantage in China

Three features of China’s trade patterns suggest that elements beyond factor abundance explain its export performance. The high penetration in world markets of labourintensive products has been accompanied by: (i) a high share in exports of productivityadvanced foreign-owned enterprises (FIEs), (ii) a high penetration of FIEs in labourintensive sectors, and (iii) a relative high sophistication ...

Market liberalization and firm performance during China’s economic transition

Received: 5 June 2004 Revised: 2 May 2005 Accepted: 30 May 2005 Online publication date: 24 November 2005 Abstract This paper examines the impact of market liberalization on firm performance through institutional changes during the economic reform in China. The conceptualization focuses on the decentralization of control, ownership restructuring, and industrial policy as the primary institution...