China

<li>List of abbreviations</li> <li>About the author</li> <li>1: Introduction<ul><li>Abstract</li></ul></li> <li>2: Regional growth and its decomposition<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction</li><li>A theoretical framework for output decomposition</li><li>Productivity growth</li><li>Extensive versus intensive growth</li><li>Interregional inequality</li><li>Concluding remarks</li></ul></li> <li>3: Unbalanced development in China<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction and background</li><li>An analytical framework</li><li>Empirical evidence</li><li>The persistence of interregional inequality: further discussion</li><li>Concluding remarks</li><li>Notes</li></ul></li> <li>4: Potential effects of foreign trade on development<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction</li><li>China&#x2019;s foreign trade: a summary of policy and performance</li><li>Basic approaches and their implications</li><li>A preliminary empirical analysis</li><li>Concluding remarks</li></ul></li> <li>5: Potential effects of foreign direct investment on development<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction</li><li>Effects of FDI and the mechanisms</li><li>A preliminary model</li><li>Preliminary empirical analysis and results</li><li>Concluding remarks</li></ul></li> <li>6: Interregional disparity and the development of inland regions<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction</li><li>The model</li><li>The variables and data</li><li>Regressions and results</li><li>Concluding remarks</li></ul></li> <li>7: Economic change and restructuring, dual economy, and development strategies<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction</li><li>A theoretical model</li><li>Decomposition of productivity growth</li><li>Dual economy: Lewis growth model and China</li><li>Some empirical evidence</li><li>Concluding remarks</li></ul></li> <li>8: Static and dynamic comparative advantages<ul><li>Abstract</li><li>Introduction</li><li>A dynamic Ricardian model</li><li>Implications for China</li

Trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) play a crucial role in shaping China’s development strategies. The development of China’s economy creates strong pressures for continuous restructuring. <I>China</I> therefore explores how trade and FDI affect China’s development strategies regarding the process and pattern of restructuring. The book aims to provide the reader with findings that shed new light on the related issues and problems. The first chapter introduces the topics, and subsequent chapters enter into theoretical discussion and empirical analysis of trade, FDI, and development strategies, followed by a concluding final chapter.

• Based on a rigorous theoretical framework
• Applies various statistical and econometric methods
• Uses rich and comprehensive data

Academic researchers; students and teachers of economics, business and other related social sciences; and general readers who are interested in learning about the Chinese economy