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Frontiers of Economics in China

ISSN 1673-3444

ISSN 1673-3568(Online)

CN 11-5744/F

邮发代号 80-978

Frontiers of Economics in China  2013, Vol. 8 Issue (4): 490-515   https://doi.org/10.3868/s060-002-013-0025-5
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On the Fundamentals of a Successful Reform for National Prosperity—An Economic Analysis Based on the Practice of China’s Reform
Xudong Chen1(),Guoqiang Tian2(),Jijun Xia3()
1. Institute for Advanced Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
2. Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; School of Economics and Institute for Advanced Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
3. School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
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Abstract

This paper discusses the fundamentals required for successful reform, i.e., the necessary institutional changes required to make a nation grow sustainably wealthier. It argues that enriching the people is a prerequisite for a prosperous nation and further reveals the inherent logic behind the statement “in order to enrich the people, they must be given private rights, and in order to protect the people’s private rights, public power must be limited.” Based on this argument, we examine and analyze the experience of China’s reform over the past 30 years and come to the conclusion that it is necessary to transform government functions and further deepen market-oriented reform. We hold that China’s economic performance bears no special or exceptional economic law, and there does not exist the so-called “China Model” characterized by government taking the leading role as a relatively mature, stable, and widely applicable development model, but that there does exist a Chinese development path or experience featuring the inherent logic of “prospering the nation through enriching its people” that can be employed by countries all over the world.

Key wordsprospering the nation through enriching its people    information asymmetry    incentive compatibility    limited government
出版日期: 2013-12-05
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. [J]. Frontiers of Economics in China, 2013, 8(4): 490-515.
Xudong Chen,Guoqiang Tian,Jijun Xia. On the Fundamentals of a Successful Reform for National Prosperity—An Economic Analysis Based on the Practice of China’s Reform. Front. Econ. China, 2013, 8(4): 490-515.
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