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OverviewThis book is a collection of articles on the author's thinking and analysis of China's problems by using the mainstream economic methods. Topics covered include families in traditional China, land permanent tenancy system, changes of land institutions since modern times, rationality of specialized market, similarities and differences between rent and tax, the role of contracts change in the China's reform, analysis of Asian financial crisis and American financial crisis, the paradox of medical insurance, the business model of e-retail platform with zero price, the relationship between transactions and cities, the religious man who is different from the economic man, and theological coordinates of economics. This book provides a nuanced analysis using a China-styled economic approach for scholars while also allowing lay people to enhance their knowledge of China through the stories and cases presented. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sheng HongPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.714kg ISBN: 9789811528972ISBN 10: 9811528977 Pages: 409 Publication Date: 12 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. On Familism2. Vision and Calculation3. When Public Goods Become Private Goods4. On the Homogeny, Separation, and Substitution of Rent and Tax5. The Economic Nature of the Permanent Tenancy6. Transactions and Cities7. How Should Institutions Change?8. Contracts Matter: Towards a more Developed Explanation of History9. Hedge Funds, Financial Markets and Nation-States10. The Institutional Factors of the Financial Crisis in the United States11. The Economic Logic of Specialized Markets12. A General Theory of Rent-Seeking: Rent Dissipating, Rent Keeping, and Rent Seeking13. Medical Insurance Paradox: A Hypothesis on Medical Price Increases in Proportion to Copayment Rate Decreases and Verification in China14. Zero Marginal Cost and Virtual Rent15. Religious Person and His or Her Implication in Institutions16. On the theological coordinates of economicsReviewsAuthor InformationHong Sheng is Director of the Unirule Institute of Economics and a professor at the Economic Research Institute of Shandong University, China. Born in 1954, he graduated from People’s University of China in 1983 and received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1986 and 1990 respectively. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, USA, from 1993 to 1994. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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