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1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2019

Yue Hou
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
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This chapter underpins the book and presents the argument in summary. China's legislative system provides entrepreneurial actors with opportunities to advance their own interests. In joining local legislatures, private entrepreneurs are building a system of selective property rights. This chapter discusses contribution to the literature of property rights and economic growth, property protection and authoritarian institution. It then introduces the methodology and data. It ends with a roadmap for the rest of the book.

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The Private Sector in Public Office
Selective Property Rights in China
, pp. 1 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Introduction
  • Yue Hou, University of Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Private Sector in Public Office
  • Online publication: 20 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632522.004
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  • Introduction
  • Yue Hou, University of Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Private Sector in Public Office
  • Online publication: 20 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632522.004
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  • Introduction
  • Yue Hou, University of Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Private Sector in Public Office
  • Online publication: 20 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632522.004
Available formats
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