China - the New Developmental State? : : An Empirical Analysis of the Automotive Industry.

• Superior document: Hohenheimer Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften Series ; v.60
• Author: Meier, Nicola.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2009.; Ã2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Hohenheimer Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of tables in the appendix -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The context - putting China in perspective -- 1.2 The state of research and aim of the study -- 1.3 Methodology and available sources -- 1.4 Line of action -- 2 The East Asian developmental states -- 2.1 Debate on the beneficial role of the state -- 2.2 The developmental state theory -- 2.2.1 Early recognition of the state's role in industrialization -- 2.2.2 Origin of the East Asian capitalist developmental state theory -- 2.2.3 Different developmental state approaches -- 2.3 The developmental states' institutional and bureaucratic organization -- 2.3.1 Depoliticized elite bureaucracy -- 2.3.2 Cohesiveness and autonomy of the elite bureaucracy -- 2.3.3 The pilot agency -- 2.4 State-led economic growth -- 2.4.1 East Asian industrial policy -- 2.4.2 Trade policy - import substitution and export promotion -- 2.4.3 Foreign capital -- 2.5 Financial system -- 2.6 State-society and government-business relations -- 2.6.1 State-society relations -- 2.6.2 Government-business relations -- 2.6.2.1 Information exchange -- 2.6.2.2 Embedded autonomy -- 2.7 Assessment of the East Asian developmental state approach -- 2.7.1 Subjects unaddressed by the developmental state theory -- 2.7.2 The East Asian Developmental State Model -- 2.7.3 Emulation of the developmental state model by other developing countries? -- 3 A new model of economic development -- 3.1 Applicability of the East Asian Developmental State Model to China -- 3.1.1 Conditions of the Chinese economic development approach -- 3.1.2 Characteristics that distinguish China from the developmental states -- 3.2 Bureaucracy -- 3.2.1 Bureaucratic organizational structure -- 3.2.2 The civil service system -- 3.2.2.1 Depolitization of civil servants?.

3.2.2.2 Meritocratic recruitment -- 3.2.3 A Chinese pilot agency? -- 3.2.3.1 The State Planning Commission and its successors -- 3.2.3.2 Streamlined government structure -- 3.3 State -- 3.3.1 Industrial policy -- 3.3.2 Institutional reforms - drivers of and obstacles to economic growth -- 3.3.2.1 Fiscal federalism -- 3.3.2.2 Collective ownership -- 3.3.2.3 Corruption -- 3.3.2.4 Local protectionism -- 3.3.3 Promotion of selected sectors, companies and projects -- 3.3.3.1 Industrial policy targeting S&amp -- T -- 3.3.3.2 State effort to increase China's R&amp -- D capabilities -- 3.3.4 Foreign participation -- 3.3.4.1 Substantial reliance on FDI -- 3.3.4.2 State guidance of FDI -- 3.3.5 Export-oriented industrialization -- 3.3.5.1 Export promotion and import substitution -- 3.3.5.2 Sectoral targeting of exports -- 3.3.5.3 The central government's devaluation policy to promote exports -- 3.3.5.4 Export-FDI nexus in Special Economic Zones -- 3.4 Financial system -- 3.4.1 Government influence over the financial system -- 3.4.2 Sectoral and firm-level allocation of credit -- 3.4.3 Fragility of the Chinese financial system -- 3.5 Government-business relations -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 The auto industry in the light of the Chinese development approach -- 4.1 Design of research -- 4.1.1 Qualitative analysis -- 4.1.1.1 Expert interviews as a method of qualitative research -- 4.1.1.2 Interview partners and questionnaires -- 4.1.1.3 Research design quality -- 4.1.2 Quantitative analysis -- 4.1.2.1 The data sample -- 4.1.2.2 Methodology of the statistical evaluation -- 4.1.3 Shortcomings of the research approach -- 4.2 Bureaucratic framework of the auto industry -- 4.2.1 Bureaucratic institutions shaping the auto sector's development -- 4.2.2 Policy-making and implementation -- 4.3 National auto industrial policy -- 4.3.1 FDIs in the auto sector.

4.3.1.1 Designation of nine auto groups -- 4.3.1.2 Attraction of foreign investors -- 4.3.1.3 Revised policy approach after WTO accession -- 4.3.2 Trade policy for the auto sector -- 4.3.2.1 Import substitution -- 4.3.2.1.1 Infant-industry protection of the auto sector through tariff barriers until 2001 -- 4.3.2.1.2 Reduction of tariff barriers and introduction of non-tariff barriers since 2001 -- 4.3.2.2 Export promotion -- 4.3.3 Localism in the auto industry -- 4.3.3.1 Incentives to boost the development of the auto sector -- 4.3.3.2 Protectionist measures to safeguard local auto companies -- 4.3.3.3 Different development approaches for the auto sector - Beijing and Shanghai -- 4.4 Financial system as an instrument to regulate the auto sector's growth -- 4.5 Government-business cooperation and information sharing in the auto sector -- 4.6 Two decades of state-promotion in the auto sector -- 4.6.1 Achievements -- 4.6.2 Shortcomings -- 4.6.2.1 Fragmentation of the auto market -- 4.6.2.2 Limited market share and technology know-how -- 4.6.2.3 International competitiveness -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 Evaluation and lessons from China's model of economic development -- 5.1 China - the new developmental state -- 5.2 Uniqueness of the Chinese development approach -- 5.3 Lessons from China's new model of economic development -- Appendix -- Appendix I: List of experts interviewed in China -- Appendix II: Experts' affiliation -- Appendix III: Topic overview for interviewees -- Appendix IV: Questionnaire for company representatives -- Appendix V: Statistics of the 2001 World Bank survey.