COVER; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; PART I Stock market and financial services; 1. Who is more important -- a leading power or a close neighbor?; 2. Condition constraints and player behavior in China's stock market; 3. China's changing demographics and their influence on financial markets; PART II China's FDI and FDI in China; 4. Going global: China's outward foreign direct investment; 5. Determinants of investment intensity of source economies in China; 6. Foreign strategic investment and banking efficiency in China
7. The role of geographical proximity in FDI productivity spillovers in ChinaPART III Price determinants and policy challenges; 8. Fluctuations of prices in the world grain market: policy responses by the Chinese government; 9. RMB appreciation or fiscal stimulus, and their policy implications; PART IV Distortion and economic sustainability; 10. From policy-driven opening to institutional opening -- a discussion on policy-imposed distortion in China's economic development; 11. Urban sustainability: the case of the transportation system in big cities
12. Has capital been utilized efficiently in China?Index
Summary
China's Economy in the Post-WTO Environment comprises a set of concise and comprehensive chapters by leading specialists on the Chinese economy. The book explores the implications of both the extension of the market into key parts of the Chinese economy and the integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China's financial system and its ability to transform enterprise and household behaviour and the performance of investment finance, notably in the context of a two-way flow of foreign direct investment. All the extensive chapters highli
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Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index
