The Chinese Case under the Catch-Up and the Substitute Institutions Perspective / O caso chinês na perspectiva do catch-up e das instituições substitutas

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This thesis analyses the Chinese catch-up process from an institutional-historical perspective. It follows a gerschenkronian inspired approach and its purpose is to identify some of the unique characteristics of this experience and the understanding of its importance for the success of the catch-up. The specific pattern of gradual political and economic transition and the acting profile of the Chinese Communist Party in leading the process render a particular design to the Chinese experience. They are subject to specific history and institutions and give rise to institutional arrangements unprecedented in history. The huge dimensions of China, the diversity among regions and the impossibility of controlling and coordinating all the economic actions, together with other important elements which characterize the environment in which the Chinese enterprises are inserted (including those which derive from a deliberate action by the Party-State) create a fertile field for the accomplishment of experiments and the raising of innovating and creative initiatives which are rapidly spread, giving place to the development of complex industries with increasing levels of productivity and technological autonomy. The thesis is comprised of three articles which are, to some extent, independent in themselves. On the other hand, they are complementary to the effect that the subject of the two first ones constitutes a conceptual reference to the approach of the third article. The first article deals with the institutional-historical framework. The second one brings forth discussions and contrasts regarding concepts of catch-up and convergence. The third article deals with the Chinese catch-up experience.

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instituições catch-up institutions china economia

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