An economic analysis of the rise and decline of Chinese township and village enterprises / Cheng Jin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jin, Cheng (Writer on small business), author.

Series:

Palgrave studies in economic history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small business--China.

Small business.

China.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

"This book provides a historical economic analysis of two key issues relating to township and village enterprise (TVE) development in China. Firstly, the nature of the evolving relationship between TVEs and local government; in particular how TVE entrepreneurs have used institutionalized power to secure the political influence needed to defend their financial independence. Secondly, the relationship between TVEs and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and the role of SOEs in China's economic transition. This study highlights the importance of the role of SOEs in the “dual-track pricing system” and its impact on other parts of the economy. Township and village enterprises were key to China's success in the late twentieth century, but have more or less disappeared as an entity over the past decade or so. By measuring the structural difference of the SOE sector before and after 1998-2003 SOE reform, Jin explains their fast catch-up in productivity since the mid-1990s, as well as the relative decline of TVE productivity."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

TVEs : theories and methodology

Township and village enterprises : history and institutions (1958-1997)

Ownership structures of TVEs : TVE and local politics

The fall and rise of state-owned enterprises (I) : the dual-track price system

The fall and rise of state-owned enterprises (II) : the institutional root of the Chinese dual head economy

TVE and the economic environment

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319597690

3319597698

OCLC:

985080270