Administrative Monopoly in China

Causes, Behaviors, and Termination

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic Development, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Conditions

• Author: Hong Sheng, Nong Zhao, Junfeng Yang
• ISBN: 9789814611084
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: March 5, 2015
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

Administrative Monopoly in China: Causes, Behaviors, and Termination is a further work of our previous book, China's State-Owned Enterprises: Nature, Performance and Reform. This new book analyzes the SOEs with respect to monopoly, and focuses on six industries: telecommunication, petroleum, railway, salt, banking and football.

The book tells the history of how administrative monopolies were formed in China, analyzes the factors responsible for this, describes the behaviors of administrative monopoly, enterprises, and individuals against the monopolistic background, and presents data on the losses brought about by the administrative monopolies.

Contents:

• Nature of Administrative Monopolies

• Formation and Cause of Administrative Monopolies

• Pervasiveness of Administrative Monopolies

• Illegality of Administrative Monopolies

• Administrative Monopoly Behaviors

• Inefficiency and Unfairness of Administrative Monopoly

• Estimation of Welfare Loss and Distribution Distortions Caused by Administrative Monopolies

• Breaking Administrative Monopoly

• Sub Reports:

  • Administrative Monopoly in the Telecommunications Industry
  • Administrative Monopoly in the Oil Industry
  • Administrative Monopoly in the Railway Industry
  • Administrative Monopoly in the Banking Industry
  • Administrative Monopoly in the Salt Industry
  • Administrative Monopoly in the Sports Industry: A Case Study of the Football Monopoly

Readership: Academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students studying the administrative monopoly of State-Owned Enterprises in China.
Key Features:

• This book discusses the administrative monopolies which are different from the standard monopolies
• This book tells people why the one-party political system is conductive for the formation, maintenance and expansion of administrative monopolies
• This book shows the huge damage caused by the administrative monopolies to the society and the economy at the macro-level