Critical issues in China's growth and development

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

HC427

2004-018316

0-7546-4270-4

Critical issues in China's growth and development.

Title main entry. Ed. by by Yum K. Kwan and Eden S.H. Yu. (The Chinese economy series)

Ashgate Publishing Co., [c]2005

308 p.

$99.95

Kwan and Yu, both affiliated with City University of Hong Kong, China, present insight on a range of issues related to China's economic growth and political development, from the role of higher education to issues such as stock market manipulation and rural-urban migration. Contributors are established scholars in the field and their research methodologies, including economic dynamics and computable general equilibrium analysis, are at the frontier of modern analystical economics. The audience for the book includes students and researchers in Chinese economic studies, finance and international economics, and transitional economies. Material originated at a June 2002 conference organized by the City University of Hong Kong.