Trade Reform and Efficiency of Resource Use in China

• Author(s): Jeffrey Robert Taylor,
• Publisher: University of Michigan
• Pages: 704
• Language: en

Description:... Has trade reform promoted greater efficiency in resource use? That is the central question investigated in this thesis. Three approaches are used to analyze this issue. First, China's trade reform initiatives of 1979, 1984 and 1987 are critically examined to see if they helped bring about greater efficiency in foreign trade. Second, Chinese foreign trade theory and tools of trade management are analyzed to see if they promote goals other than the attainment of trading patterns that embody the principles