The political economy of private firms in China

The sweeping change in political economy associated with the spectacular growth of the private sector in China is rarely studied empirically in the economics literature. This paper fills this gap. The central subject of this paper is the nature of the political economy of the Chinese private sector...

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Main Authors: Guo, Di, Jiang, Kun, Kim, Byung-Yeon, Xu, Chenggang
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Published: Elsevier 2014
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Jiang, Kun
Kim, Byung-Yeon
Xu, Chenggang
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description The sweeping change in political economy associated with the spectacular growth of the private sector in China is rarely studied empirically in the economics literature. This paper fills this gap. The central subject of this paper is the nature of the political economy of the Chinese private sector and of the Communist Party of China during these changes. We empirically examine the dynamics of rent creation from the Party membership and other political connections when the regime is changed from anti-capitalistic to procapitalistic. Endogeneity problems are addressed. We identify the causality of rents and the political connections of private entrepreneurs.
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spelling nottingham-506152020-05-04T16:47:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50615/ The political economy of private firms in China Guo, Di Jiang, Kun Kim, Byung-Yeon Xu, Chenggang The sweeping change in political economy associated with the spectacular growth of the private sector in China is rarely studied empirically in the economics literature. This paper fills this gap. The central subject of this paper is the nature of the political economy of the Chinese private sector and of the Communist Party of China during these changes. We empirically examine the dynamics of rent creation from the Party membership and other political connections when the regime is changed from anti-capitalistic to procapitalistic. Endogeneity problems are addressed. We identify the causality of rents and the political connections of private entrepreneurs. Elsevier 2014-04-02 Article PeerReviewed Guo, Di, Jiang, Kun, Kim, Byung-Yeon and Xu, Chenggang (2014) The political economy of private firms in China. Journal of Comparative Economics, 42 (2). pp. 286-303. ISSN 0147-5967 Party membership; China; Political connections; Private firms https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147596714000225 doi:10.1016/j.jce.2014.03.006 doi:10.1016/j.jce.2014.03.006
spellingShingle Party membership; China; Political connections; Private firms
Guo, Di
Jiang, Kun
Kim, Byung-Yeon
Xu, Chenggang
The political economy of private firms in China
title The political economy of private firms in China
title_full The political economy of private firms in China
title_fullStr The political economy of private firms in China
title_full_unstemmed The political economy of private firms in China
title_short The political economy of private firms in China
title_sort political economy of private firms in china
topic Party membership; China; Political connections; Private firms
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50615/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50615/