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The private sector advances in China- The evolving ownership structures of the largest companies in the Xi Jinping era

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  • Nicolas Véron
  • Tianlei Huang

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This paper documents recent structural changes in China’s corporate landscape, based on company level data.

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  • Nicolas Véron & Tianlei Huang, 2022. "The private sector advances in China- The evolving ownership structures of the largest companies in the Xi Jinping era," Bruegel Working Papers 47856, Bruegel.
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • P27 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Performance and Prospects

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