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This Wide-ranging Collection Addresses Many Important Issues In China's Economy Under Transition, From Grain Production To Trade, To The Development Of Township Enterprises, The Restructuring Of State-owned Enterprises, The Emergence Of Big Business, Money Demand And Consumption Behaviour. Together, The Studies Provide Insightful Analysis And Discussion Of Economic Policies, Illuminating The Institutional Context Within Which Reform Strategies Are Negotiated And Implemented In Different Economic Sectors. Contents; List Of Figures; List Of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes On The Contributors; List Of Abbreviations And Acronyms; Introduction; Part I Industrial Restructuring And Enterprise Reform; 1. Reorganizing Amid Turbulence: China's Large-scale Industry; 2. Capitalist Firms, Public Enterprises: Ownership Reform And Privatization Of Chinese State-owned Enterprises; 3. Financial Discipline In The Enterprise Sector In Transition Countries: How Does China Compare?; 4. Impact Of Reforms On Wage And Employment Determination In Chinese State-owned Enterprises, 1986-91 5. Reform Of China's Energy Sector: Slow Progress To An Uncertain Goalpart Ii The Rural Sector: Agriculture And Industry; 6. Agriculture's Role In Economic Development: The Case Of China; 7. Property Rights And New Commercial Organizations: A Comparison Of Agricultural Reform In China And Russia; 8. Employment, Enterprise And Inequalityin Rural China; 9. China's Grain Economyand Trade Policy; 10. The Economic Behaviour Of China's Grain Producers In Transition; 11. Labour Productivity Of Rural Industry: A Cross-sectional Analysis; Part Iii Modelling Transition And Structural Change 12. On Macro-modelling Of Transitional Economies, With Special Reference To The Case Of China13. Structural Changes In Employment And Investment In China: 1985-94; 14. Economic Reforms And The Stability Of Long-run Demand For Moneyin China: Some Results From Co-integration Tests; 15. Is There Any Stable Long-run Equilibriu