Market Competition, Economic Performance, and Industrial Concentration: An Empirical Study of China's Manufacturing Concentration and Market Structure

Author: Wei Hukai
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: Industrial concentration is one of the core issues in the study of industrial economics. This book focuses on the main theme of market competition, economic performance, and industrial concentration. Using systematic data from nearly 600,000 enterprises and 521 four-digit small industries collected during the Third National Industrial Census in 1995, it provides an in-depth examination of the concentration status, changing trends, market structure characteristics, and underlying causes of China's manufacturing industry since the reform and opening-up. The book explores the relationship between industrial concentration, innovation, efficiency, and profit rates, and subsequently proposes corresponding policy recommendations. It discusses a series of issues, including the concentration process in economic development, industrial concentration and market structure types, the examination of the relationship between concentration and profits, as well as the direction of government regulation and policy adjustments.