An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Decline of Chinese Township and Village Enterprises (Hardcover, 2017)

Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Township and village enterprise and economic duality 1.2. Implications of TVE studies: macro and micro perspectives 1.3. Empirical and theoretical considerations: the definition of economic environment 1.4. Research Method and Methodology 1.5. The purpose of this study and the structure of the book Chapter 2. TVEs: Theories and Methodology 2.1. A brief introduction to TVEs 2.2. A general macro-level theory review 2.3. Comments on macro issues and theories 2.4. Reviews of micro theory: ownership structure and entrepreneurship 2.5. Implications 2.6. Conclusion Chapter 3. Township and Village Enterprises: History and Institutions (1958-1997) 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Commune-Brigade Enterprises (CBEs) in the Pre-Reform Period: 1958-1978 3.3. From Commune-Brigade Enterprises (CBEs) to Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs): 1978-1984 3.4. T he Golden Age of TVEs: 1984-1997 3.5. Conclusion Chapter 4. Ownership Structure of TVEs: TVE and Local Politics 4.1. Introduction 4.2. From CBE to TVE: Changes in Incentives 4.3. The Nature of TVE Property Rights 4.4. Conclusion Chapter 5. The Fall and Rise of State-Owned Enterprises (I): The Dual-Track Price System 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The Dual-track System: the Pre-1998 Economy and SOEs 5.3. SOEs after 1998: Monopoly and Primogeniture of the State 5.4. The rise of SOEs: Accident or Inevitability? Chapter 6. The Fall and Rise of State-owned Enterprises (II): The Institutional Root of the Chinese Dual Head Economy 6.1. How to Measure and Identify Successful SOEs 6.2. From Central Planning to Dual-Track 6.3. The Logic of SOE Reform: From Dual-track System to State Monopoly 6.4. The Nature of the Chinese State Sector: From Dual-track System to State Monopoly 6.5. Conclus ions Chapter 7. TVE and the Economic Environment 7.1. Market Environment: Is there a Chinese Index? 7.2. The 'Old' Reform 7.3. The 'New' Reform 7.4. The Nature of the Chinese Economic Environment Chapter 8. Conclusions 8.1. Structure of this book 8.2. Conclusion I: the micro structure of TVE ownership 8.3. Conclusion II: SOE sector as the economic environment 8.4. Conclusion