Carsten A Holz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1013148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carsten A Holz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carsten A |
| FAMILY NAME | Holz |
| SIGNATURE | HOLZ C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5335-8378 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Industrial Policies and the Changing Patterns of Investment in the Chinese Economy
Investment has always played an important role in the economic development strategies of the People’s Republic of China. A major reform of the investment system in 2004 shifted the state’s focus from direct investment control to industrial policies designed to promote investment in specific economic sectors. But in reality, the industrial policies’ preferences have had little effect. The data suggest that investment patterns in China are largely …
Chinese statistics
China researchers make frequent use of official Chinese statistics, but these statistics are often not well understood. This article clarifies three major issues that affect a wide range of Chinese statistics: changes over time to the sectoral classification system, to the ownership classification system, and to the coverage of the industry sector. Many of these changes have gone unnoticed or are only poorly recognized, leaving the researcher puz…
The unbalanced growth hypothesis and the role of the state
No Razor's Edge
Alwyn Young (2000) argues that barriers to interprovincial trade in China have increased during the reform period. This paper critically examines each of his five arguments and the evidence he presents. In all five instances, the argument is problematic and the evidence not robust. A comparison with the United States shows the Chinese evidence to be well within the range of that of a normal, relatively integrated large economy
China’s Economic Growth 1978–2025
No Razor's Edge
Spatial Price Differences in China
Prices differ across space: from province to province, from rural (or urban) areas in one province to rural (or urban) areas in another province, and from rural to urban areas within one province. Systematic differences in prices across a range of goods and services in different localities imply regional differences in the costs of living. If high-income provinces also have high costs of living and low-income provinces have low costs of living, t…
China
The Impact of Competition and Labor Remuneration on Profitability in China's Industrial State-owned Enterprises
China's industrial state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have seen a secular decline in profitability throughout the reform period. Barry Naughton argues that this decline was in large part due to a decline in monopoly rents as competition with enterprises in other ownership forms increased. Fan Gang and Woo Wing-Thye, on the other hand, contend that profitability declined across all sectors independent of the degree of competition, and that excessive l…
Institutional Constraints On the Quality of Statistics in China
Cities in China
China's Monetary Reform
Until the late 1990s, the rapid development of rural cooperative funds as semi-formal financial institutions in the countryside attracted little attention. In many provinces, these funds took over large swathes of rural finance. before the State Council in March 1999 issued a secret decree requesting that they be immediately dissolved. This paper explores the reasons for the rapid development of rural cooperative funds in many localities, examine…
Spatial Price Differences in China
Prices differ across space: from province to province, from rural (or urban) areas in one province to rural (or urban) areas in another province, and from rural to urban areas within one province. Systematic differences in prices across a range of goods and services in different localities imply regional differences in the costs of living. If high-income provinces also have high costs of living and low-income provinces have low costs of living, t…
Institutional Constraints On the Quality of Statistics in China
Industrial Policies and the Changing Patterns of Investment in the Chinese Economy
Investment has always played an important role in the economic development strategies of the People’s Republic of China. A major reform of the investment system in 2004 shifted the state’s focus from direct investment control to industrial policies designed to promote investment in specific economic sectors. But in reality, the industrial policies’ preferences have had little effect. The data suggest that investment patterns in China are largely …
The unbalanced growth hypothesis and the role of the state
Chinese statistics
China researchers make frequent use of official Chinese statistics, but these statistics are often not well understood. This article clarifies three major issues that affect a wide range of Chinese statistics: changes over time to the sectoral classification system, to the ownership classification system, and to the coverage of the industry sector. Many of these changes have gone unnoticed or are only poorly recognized, leaving the researcher puz…
China’s Economic Growth 1978–2025
China's Monetary Reform
Until the late 1990s, the rapid development of rural cooperative funds as semi-formal financial institutions in the countryside attracted little attention. In many provinces, these funds took over large swathes of rural finance. before the State Council in March 1999 issued a secret decree requesting that they be immediately dissolved. This paper explores the reasons for the rapid development of rural cooperative funds in many localities, examine…
Cities in China
China's Monetary Reform
Until the late 1990s, the rapid development of rural cooperative funds as semi-formal financial institutions in the countryside attracted little attention. In many provinces, these funds took over large swathes of rural finance. before the State Council in March 1999 issued a secret decree requesting that they be immediately dissolved. This paper explores the reasons for the rapid development of rural cooperative funds in many localities, examine…
The Impact of Competition and Labor Remuneration on Profitability in China's Industrial State-owned Enterprises
China's industrial state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have seen a secular decline in profitability throughout the reform period. Barry Naughton argues that this decline was in large part due to a decline in monopoly rents as competition with enterprises in other ownership forms increased. Fan Gang and Woo Wing-Thye, on the other hand, contend that profitability declined across all sectors independent of the degree of competition, and that excessive l…
Institutional Constraints On the Quality of Statistics in China
China
No Razor's Edge
Spatial Price Differences in China
Prices differ across space: from province to province, from rural (or urban) areas in one province to rural (or urban) areas in another province, and from rural to urban areas within one province. Systematic differences in prices across a range of goods and services in different localities imply regional differences in the costs of living. If high-income provinces also have high costs of living and low-income provinces have low costs of living, t…
China’s Economic Growth 1978–2025
No Razor's Edge
Alwyn Young (2000) argues that barriers to interprovincial trade in China have increased during the reform period. This paper critically examines each of his five arguments and the evidence he presents. In all five instances, the argument is problematic and the evidence not robust. A comparison with the United States shows the Chinese evidence to be well within the range of that of a normal, relatively integrated large economy
The unbalanced growth hypothesis and the role of the state
Chinese statistics
China researchers make frequent use of official Chinese statistics, but these statistics are often not well understood. This article clarifies three major issues that affect a wide range of Chinese statistics: changes over time to the sectoral classification system, to the ownership classification system, and to the coverage of the industry sector. Many of these changes have gone unnoticed or are only poorly recognized, leaving the researcher puz…
Industrial Policies and the Changing Patterns of Investment in the Chinese Economy
Investment has always played an important role in the economic development strategies of the People’s Republic of China. A major reform of the investment system in 2004 shifted the state’s focus from direct investment control to industrial policies designed to promote investment in specific economic sectors. But in reality, the industrial policies’ preferences have had little effect. The data suggest that investment patterns in China are largely …
China (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Economics (9 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (3 works) · Geography (3 works)