The outstanding performance of the Chinese economy in the 1980s and 1990s has been widely attributed to economic reforms and open-door policies. This book provides the first comprehensive and quantitative assessment of the impact of reform policies on the Chinese domestic economy at the detailed sec
Chinaβs Trade Patterns and International Comparative Advantage
β Scribed by Xiao-guang Zhang (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 264
- Series
- Studies on the Chinese Economy
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Reforming a Centrally Planned Foreign Trade System....Pages 5-31
Factor Intensity of Chinese Tradable Commodities....Pages 33-49
Chinaβs Foreign Trade Patterns and Performance....Pages 51-73
Measuring Comparative Advantage....Pages 75-89
Tradable Goods Price Structure in China, 1978β95....Pages 91-142
Shadow Prices of Primary Factors of Production, 1978β95....Pages 143-167
Chinaβs International Comparative Advantage, 1978β95: DRP Results....Pages 169-206
Chinaβs Trade Patterns and Comparative Advantage....Pages 207-222
Summary and Conclusion....Pages 223-227
Back Matter....Pages 229-254
β¦ Subjects
International Economics; Economic History; Political Economy
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