Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, thisestablished textbook provides a penetrating and comprehensiveanalysis of the historical, institutional, and theoretical factorsthat have contributed to China's economic success.
* Includes coverage of China's foreign investments, tradewith regional partners, Chinese human capital, and bureaucraticeconomic institutions
* Covers a diverse set of important issues, includingenvironmental restraints, income distribution, rural poverty, theeducation system, healthcare, exchange rate policies, monetarypolicies, and financial regulation
* Accessibly written and intelligently organized to offer astraightforward guide to China's economic evolution
* Written by a lauded economist, researcher, and advisor togovernment officials in mainland China and Taiwan
Gregory C. Chow
China /Wirtschaft, Volkswirtschaft Economics International Economics & Trade Internationale Ökonomie u. internationaler Handel Volkswirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaft
"China's rapid economic growth has been accompaniedby comparable changes in the country's economic policies andinstitutions. That makes this third edition of GregoryChow's China's Economic Transition particularlywelcome. Like the earlier editions this book usessophisticated but readily accessible economic analysis to explorethe earlier history of China's reforms (and its pre-reformeconomy) together with exploration of the country's currenteconomic challenges. The book is a valuable resourceboth for students in courses dealing with the Chinese economy andfor anyone interested in understanding the Chinese economic reformeffort."--Dwight H. Perkins, HarvardUniversity
Praise for the second edition
"A timely contribution."--Times HigherEducation Supplement
"Gregory Chow's China's EconomicTransformation has become the definitive text for the study ofthe world's most dynamic economy. The new second editionimproves on the magisterial first edition with more extensivediscussions of a broad range of current policy issues: corruption,inflation and money supply, education, income inequality, and ruraldevelopment." --James J. Heckman, University ofChicago
"Few economists know as much about China as Gregory Chow.This is an encyclopedic achievement, and the first edition hasalready become a standard reference." --OlivierBlanchard, MIT
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