Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy

Gregory C. Chow is Professor of Economics and Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, emeritus, at Princeton University, USA and has been on the Princeton faculty since 1970.Dwight H. Perkins is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, emeritus, at Harvard University, USA and has been on the Harvard faculty since 1963.

"In this volume, Gregory Chow and Dwight Perkins assemble a global array of authors to provide a comprehensive account of China’s economic development both before and after the reform initiatives of the late 1970s. While many of the contributors focus on institutions, policies and outcomes at the national level, detailed accounts by reform participants Wu Jinglian and Yi Gang along with an iconoclastic essay by Lynn White provide readers with unusual insight into the operational mechanisms of China’s political economy." – Thomas G. Rawski, Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh, USA"The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy excels in the breadth of its contributors and topics. Professors Chow and Perkins have assembled an all-star group of authors ranging from international academic leaders to those with relevant experience within the Chinese government. Topics range from historical perspectives to current economic issues on the road to reform. Anyone interested in the Chinese economy will find this handbook a must read." – Burton G. Malkiel, Professor of Economics, Princeton University, USA"Gregory Chow and Dwight Perkins, two giants in economic science, were major figures in helping to start the process of training Chinese students in modern economics in 1986 through their chairmen-ship of the US-China Committee on Economics Education and Research at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. We must thank them again now for sharing with us some of the significant fruits of that transformational training program. The many excellent articles in this Handbook on a broad range of topics make it indispensable to the library of a China scholar." – Wing Thye Woo, Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis, USA"Many top names in the subject are to be found in this collection, such as those the editors themselve

• 1. The Characteristic of China's Traditional Economy2. The Late Qing Dynasty to the Early Republic of China: A Period of Great Institutional Transformation 3. The Centrally Planned Command Economy, 1949-1984 4. China's Economic Reform: Processes, Issues and Prospects, 1978-2012 5. Economic Growth and Development 6. Population in China: Changes and Future Perspectives 7. A Labor Market with Chinese Characteristics 8. The Chinese Savings Puzzles 9. Macroeconomic Management of the Chinese Economy Since the 1990s 10. Trends in Income Inequality in China since the 1950s 11. China's Agriculture: Past Failures, Present Successes and Enabling Policies 12. State and Non-State Enterprises in China's Economic Transition 13. Foreign Trade of China 14. China's Inbound and Outbound Foreign Direct Investment 15. Banking and Financial Institutions 16. Law and the Economy in China 17. Political Mechanisms and Corruption 18. Energy and Environmental Issues and Policy in China 19. The Future of the Chinese Economy