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Firm Size, Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in Chinese Industry (2004)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cheng, Y.-S., & Lo, D. Firm Size, Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in Chinese Industry. London

Since the mid-1990s, China’s state leadership has adopted a policy of nurturing the competitiveness of large state-owned industrial enterprises. The implications of this policy have been a matter of debate in the literature. This paper seeks to provi... Read More about Firm Size, Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in Chinese Industry.

Towards a Re-Interpretation of the Economics of Feasible Socialism (2004)
Journal Article
Lo, D., & Smyth, R. (2004). Towards a Re-Interpretation of the Economics of Feasible Socialism. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 28(6), 791-808. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beh035

This paper re-examines the debate on whether socialism is feasible from the perspective of the literature on the division of labour and organisational forms. The central argument is twofold. First, each of the major protagonists in the debate provide... Read More about Towards a Re-Interpretation of the Economics of Feasible Socialism.

European Financial Integration and the Financing of Local Businesses in the New EU Member States (2004)
Preprint / Working Paper
Volz, U. European Financial Integration and the Financing of Local Businesses in the New EU Member States. London

This paper explores the degree of financial market integration between the new and old EU member
states. It also considers the likely effects of the ongoing integration process on the new members’
financial sectors. In particular, the paper discu... Read More about European Financial Integration and the Financing of Local Businesses in the New EU Member States.

Social origins of Ottoman industrialisation: Evidence from the Macedonian town of Naoussa (2004)
Preprint / Working Paper
Lapavitsas, C. Social origins of Ottoman industrialisation: Evidence from the Macedonian town of Naoussa. London, UK

Ottoman industrialisation in cotton spinning was led by the town of Naoussa in Macedonia. This paper shows that Naoussa capitalists grasped the opportunities created by trade liberalisation, accumulated capital in domestic manufacture of woollen clot... Read More about Social origins of Ottoman industrialisation: Evidence from the Macedonian town of Naoussa.

China’s Nexus of Foreign Trade and Economic Growth: Making Sense of the Anomaly (2004)
Preprint / Working Paper
Lo, D. China’s Nexus of Foreign Trade and Economic Growth: Making Sense of the Anomaly. London

Using a range of specifications that are standard in the relevant literature, this paper finds that China’s rapid and sustained economic growth in the reform era has tended to be negatively correlated with its export growth and positively correlated... Read More about China’s Nexus of Foreign Trade and Economic Growth: Making Sense of the Anomaly.