Following introductory chapters on different views of how the market and society relate and changing relations between the two, Dolfsma (economics and business, U. of Gronigen, the Netherlands)
presents an analysis of the role of government in reforms in the Chinese property market that tests two market models, and views on the proper role of government rule-setting given that states
are largely seen as constraints to market processes in the new institutional economics. Healthcare and innovation are treated as cases of policy conflicts rather than as government failures in
market-oriented reform. The book includes supporting figures and tables. Some chapters in revised form previously appeared in the Review of Social Economy and other journals. Annotation ©2013
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