Shuanglin Lin is Ward Lindley and Gorge Lindley Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska, USA, Peking University, China and Shunfeng Song is Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Nevada, USA.

'I would not hesitate to recommend this volume to students of business management and political economy.' China Review International

• 1: Introduction; 1: Private Enterprises and Economic Development; 2: Higher Efficiencies or Resource Reallocation?; 3: Size of the State-Owned Sector and Regional Growth in China; 4: Resource Allocation and Economic Growth in China; 2: Government and Private Enterprises; 5: Government and Private Enterprises: Wenzhou Experiences; 6: Property Rights Developments and Productivity Gains in China: A Law and Economics Perspective; 7: Evolution of Economic Development: Entrepreneurs, Market, and the State; 8: Private Enterprise Development and Governmental Functions; 3: Financial Reforms, Openness, and Private Enterprise Development; 9: Causes of the Non-Performing Loan Piling-Up in the Late 1990s: A Research Note 1; 10: Public Venture Capital: Understanding the US and Chinese Experiences; 11: The Challenges China's Private Enterprises Face in the WTO; 4: Ownership Reforms and Privatization; 12: The Privatization of Russian State Industry: Some Lessons for China; 13: Politician Control, Agency Problems, and Ownership Reform: Evidence from China 1; 14: Hospital Ownership: What Can China Learn From the US Experience?; 5: Corporate Governance and Efficiency; 15: Corporate Governance and the Development of Private Enterprise in China; 16: The Productivity Efficiency of State-Owned Enterprises in China; 17: The Prospect of Private Economy in China

Shuanglin Lin is Ward Lindley and Gorge Lindley Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska, USA, Peking University, China and Shunfeng Song is Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Nevada, USA.

'I would not hesitate to recommend this volume to students of business management and political economy.' China Review International

• 1: Introduction; 1: Private Enterprises and Economic Development; 2: Higher Efficiencies or Resource Reallocation?; 3: Size of the State-Owned Sector and Regional Growth in China; 4: Resource Allocation and Economic Growth in China; 2: Government and Private Enterprises; 5: Government and Private Enterprises: Wenzhou Experiences; 6: Property Rights Developments and Productivity Gains in China: A Law and Economics Perspective; 7: Evolution of Economic Development: Entrepreneurs, Market, and the State; 8: Private Enterprise Development and Governmental Functions; 3: Financial Reforms, Openness, and Private Enterprise Development; 9: Causes of the Non-Performing Loan Piling-Up in the Late 1990s: A Research Note 1; 10: Public Venture Capital: Understanding the US and Chinese Experiences; 11: The Challenges China's Private Enterprises Face in the WTO; 4: Ownership Reforms and Privatization; 12: The Privatization of Russian State Industry: Some Lessons for China; 13: Politician Control, Agency Problems, and Ownership Reform: Evidence from China 1; 14: Hospital Ownership: What Can China Learn From the US Experience?; 5: Corporate Governance and Efficiency; 15: Corporate Governance and the Development of Private Enterprise in China; 16: The Productivity Efficiency of State-Owned Enterprises in China; 17: The Prospect of Private Economy in China

Shuanglin Lin is Ward Lindley and Gorge Lindley Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska, USA, Peking University, China and Shunfeng Song is Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Nevada, USA.

'I would not hesitate to recommend this volume to students of business management and political economy.' China Review International

• 1: Introduction; 1: Private Enterprises and Economic Development; 2: Higher Efficiencies or Resource Reallocation?; 3: Size of the State-Owned Sector and Regional Growth in China; 4: Resource Allocation and Economic Growth in China; 2: Government and Private Enterprises; 5: Government and Private Enterprises: Wenzhou Experiences; 6: Property Rights Developments and Productivity Gains in China: A Law and Economics Perspective; 7: Evolution of Economic Development: Entrepreneurs, Market, and the State; 8: Private Enterprise Development and Governmental Functions; 3: Financial Reforms, Openness, and Private Enterprise Development; 9: Causes of the Non-Performing Loan Piling-Up in the Late 1990s: A Research Note 1; 10: Public Venture Capital: Understanding the US and Chinese Experiences; 11: The Challenges China's Private Enterprises Face in the WTO; 4: Ownership Reforms and Privatization; 12: The Privatization of Russian State Industry: Some Lessons for China; 13: Politician Control, Agency Problems, and Ownership Reform: Evidence from China 1; 14: Hospital Ownership: What Can China Learn From the US Experience?; 5: Corporate Governance and Efficiency; 15: Corporate Governance and the Development of Private Enterprise in China; 16: The Productivity Efficiency of State-Owned Enterprises in China; 17: The Prospect of Private Economy in China