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An exploratory study is reported which tested empirically the voter's perception of his moment of decision prior to actually casting his ballot. On the basis of evidence by previous res'ers it was hyp'ed that the majority of voters would affirm their preelection day pol'al decision & vote as they had determined they would do. It was also hyped that the N of voters who switched or changed their pol'al decision, or made their pol'al decisions at the time of balloting, would be extremely small. A sample of 171 voters from the 9th election district of the town of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, completed a L J at the polling place at the time of local elections for councilmen. The sample represented 23.4% of all voters. 74% of the R's indicated that they had voted on all the issues & all the candidates as they had decided to do prior to coming to the polls. 13% admitted that they had not previously decided on at least 1 issue or candidate & made up their minds as they pulled the voting machine lever. 7% changed any of their votes at the time of balloting. More women than men were undecided on at least 1 issue or candidate before coming to the polls. The above hyp's seem confirmed. 1 Table. M. Maxfield.

Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Overview of Economic Reforms and Outcomes -- 1.1 Agricultural Reform: 1979-85 -- 1.2 Industrial Reform: 1978-93 -- 1.3 Transition to a Market Economy: 1994-2003 -- 1.4 Foreign Trade and Investment -- 1.5 Financial Sector -- Chapter 2: The Source of Growth and the Role of Investment -- 2.1 Methodology of Growth Accounting -- 2.2 Measurement of TFPG in China -- 2.3 Production Function Estimates of TFPG in China -- 2.4 Explaining TFPG in China -- 2.5 The Contribution of Investment Reconsidered -- 2.6 Technological Change Reconsidered -- 2.7 Postscript: Investment versus Domestic Demand as a Source of Growth -- Chapter 3: Saving and the Financing of Investment in China -- 3.1 Investment -- 3.2 Financing Investment -- 3.3 Financial Flows between Sectors -- 3.4 Household Saving -- 3.5 Government Saving and Investment -- 3.6 Foreign Saving -- 3.7 Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Financial Sector Repression -- 4.1 Why Repress the Financial System? -- 4.2 How Repressed Is China's Financial System? -- 4.3 Finance and Growth in China -- 4.4 Strategy of Financial Development -- Chapter 5: Banking Sector Reform -- 5.1 Key Features of the Banking Sector -- 5.2 Problems of the Banking Sector -- 5.3 Measures Taken to Strengthen the Banking Sector -- Chapter 6: Developments in the Bond Market -- 6.1 The Role of a Bond Market -- 6.2 The Bond Market in China -- 6.3 Government Bonds -- 6.4 Corporate Bond Market -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7: The Rise and Fall of the Stock Market -- 7.1 The Rise -- 7.2 The Fall -- 7.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Macroeconomic Policy and Performance -- 8.1 Ups and Downs in the Macro Economy -- 8.2 Investment Spending as the Proximate Cause of Macroeconomic Cycles -- 8.3 Anatomy of Macro Cycles in China.