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Kwan Wing Kai. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-93). ; Abstract ; Acknowledgment ; Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- A Review of Recent Studies on the Productivity of Chines Economy --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Aims of Study --- p.10 ; Chapter Chapter 2. --- The Sources of Productivity Growth --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Degree of Government Intervention --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Ownership Structure --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Output Structure --- p.24 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Changes in Regional Development Strategy --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- Regional Development Strategy before1979 --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.4.2 --- Regional Development Strategy since1979 --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Impacts of Different Regional Strategies on Productivity Change --- p.31 ; Chapter Chapter 3. --- Theoretical Framework and Estimation Methods --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Methed I: The Conventional Approach --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Method II: Replacing the Variable of the Growth of Capital Stock by Investment-Output Ratio --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Method III: Approximation of the Production Function by Taylor Expansion --- p.45 ; Chapter Chapter 4. --- Empirical Results of the Three Different Methods --- p.51 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Estimation Results of the Three Different Methods --- p.51 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Comparison of the Estimation Results of the Three Methods --- p.63 ; Chapter 4.3 --- An Assessment of Provincial Productivity Growth --- p.66 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Regional Productivity Difference since1979 --- p.75 ; Chapter Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.82 ; References --- p.85 ; Appendix 1. List of the Abbreviations for Provinces --- p.94 ; Appendix 2. A Summary of Notations --- p.95 ; Appendix 3. Estimates of Provincial Capital Stock (1979-1992) --- p.97 ; Chapter A3.1 --- Initial value of Capital Stock --- p.98 ; Chapter A3.2 --- Net Increase of Capital Stock --- p.101 ; Chapter A3.3 --- Estimating the Annual Series of Capital Stock --- ...

AbstractSubnational governments played key roles in China's past rapid growth, and local industrial policy was among their most frequently used tools. Using a plausible comprehensive local industrial policies variable constructed using local Five‐Year Plans and a comprehensive dataset of all medium and large firms in China between 1998 and 2013, this paper attempts to understand whether such interventions are helpful for China's growth. Our results indicate that although local industrial policies attract more low productivity firms, they do achieve their purpose of improving the productivity of the targeted sectors, at firm and city levels, especially in the long run.

published_or_final_version ; Public Administration ; Master ; Master of Social Sciences

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published_or_final_version ; abstract ; toc ; China Area Studies ; Master ; Master of Arts

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