Institutions and Chinese Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Approach

China’s rise as an economic power has posed some challenging questions: how did China achieve GDP growth that was even faster than the Four Asian Tigers? Is the "Chinese model" superior? Why hasn’t the rapid economic growth lead to democracy in the country as many observers expected? And can China sustain its rapid economic growth with its existing social system?

Institutions and Chinese Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Approach explores these questions by studying the histori...