SOURCES OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FOR CHINA'S TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ENTERPRISES

Township and Village Enterprises in China

All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full acknowledgement is given. Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs) have played a significant role in the growth of the Chinese economy since the economic reforms of 1978. This paper analyses the productive efficiency of a cross section of TVEs in the manufactur...

Finance and Economic Development: Financing Township and Village Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China

State-Owned versus Township and Village Enterprises in China

Ownership reform in China's township and village enterprises

The Evolution of Chinese Entrepreneurial Firms Township-Village Enterprises Revisited

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CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION PAPER NO.155 June 1993 CHINESE TOWNSHIP VILLAGE ENTERPRISES AS VAGUELY DEFINED COOPERATIVES

This paper concerns the paradoxes and dilemmas that the very successful "Chinese model" presents for transition theory. The "Chinese model" is centered on the development of township-village enterprises. The main purpose of this paper is to make the case that TVE's are not just some form of disguised capitalist institution; they are much better described as "vaguely defined cooperatives" meanin...