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Tables of Contents for Inflation and Investment Controls in China
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of figures and tables
ix
 
Acknowledgments
xiii
 
List of abbreviations
xvi
 
Preface
xix
 
Introduction
1
26
Research aims and strategy
4
4
Local officials in the Chinese political system
8
2
Investment policy conflicts in China
10
10
Some definitions
20
2
Organization of the book
22
5
Part I The economic and political roles of local government officials
Local government officials as economic agents
27
36
Central--local economic institutional arrangements
28
4
Control over economic resources
32
24
Conclusion
56
2
Appendix
58
5
Local bureaucrats as investors: The investment roles of local governments
63
26
The evolution of the Chinese investment system before the reform era
63
4
Local investment controls and development imperatives
67
6
Investment management
73
12
Conclusion
85
4
The local officials in the bureaucratic hierarchy
89
38
The cadre management system
90
6
Monitoring in the Chinese bureaucratic system
96
11
Central administrative control during the reform era
107
12
Conclusion
119
3
Appendix
122
5
Part II Macroeconomic policy developments during the reform era
Excess investment demand and austerity policies
127
52
Excess investment demand in China
127
24
Central investment concerns during the reform era
151
7
Austerity policies
158
16
Conclusion
174
5
Part III Analyzing local investment behavior
Explaining local investment behavior
179
33
An analytical framework
180
6
A bureaucratic model of investment behavior
186
20
Conclusion
206
2
Appendix
208
4
Strategic investment behavior during austerity
212
53
Aggregate impact of austerity policies
214
14
Monitoring and investment behavior
228
5
Monitoring and investment behavior: Empirical evidence
233
24
Conclusion
257
1
Appendix
258
7
Bureaucratic investment behavior
265
40
Model building
267
9
Bureaucratic status and investment behavior
276
18
Conclusion
294
3
Appendix
297
8
Conclusion: Political institutions, inflation control, and economic reforms
305
26
Summary of findings
305
10
The nature of Chinese political institutions
315
2
Political institutions, inflation control, and economic reforms
317
14
References
331
28
Name index
359
4
Subject index
363