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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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The Set of Case Studies | |
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Coverage of the Book and Organization | |
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The Targeted Readership | |
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Multiple Principals in Principal-Agent | |
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Analysis Analytic Framework | |
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Facts To Be Explained | |
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The Property Rights Model and the Basic Hypothesis | |
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History of Property Rights | |
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Over State-owned Enterprises | |
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Principal-Agent Analysis Applied to Supervision Over Enterprises | |
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Property Rights in General in the People's Republic of China Hierarchy Among Principals | |
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Appendix: Case Studies of Supervisory Authority Over Enterprises | |
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Planning As Coordination | |
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The Macroeconomic Setting Plan Fulfillment by the Individual Enterprise | |
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The Ratchet Effect Syndrome | |
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Hypothesis As To Planning Analysis of Sample Data | |
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Conclusion | |
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Appendix: Planning Materials on Individual Enterprises | |
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Multiple Prices and Equilibrium | |
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Price Stage Analysis of Industrial Procurement | |
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Procurement Data From the Sample | |
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Multiple Prices and Equilibrium Analysis | |
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Kornai's "Soft Budget Constraint" | |
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The Incentives Facing the Enterprises | |
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Incentives Specific to Upper Managers | |
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Incentives Common to the Labor | |
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Force As a Whole | |
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Conclusion | |
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Appendix: Regressions for Incentives Common to the Labor Force As a Whole | |
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Elements of Price | |
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Sales Tax and Profits | |
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Materials Purchases and Wages | |
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Conclusions | |
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Internal Organization of the Enterprise | |
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Party Committee versus Director Control Within the Enterprise Trade | |
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Unions, Workers' Congresses, and Democratic Management | |
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Foremen and Political Cadres | |
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Conclusion, Including Evaluations of Efficiency | |
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Thematic Summary | |
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Allocation of Labor and Determination of Wages | |
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The Pre-reform and Reform Years: Differences and Continuities | |
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Efficiency Evaluations | |
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Appendix: The Chinese Incentive System in State Industry | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Index | |