Administrative monopoly in China: causes, behaviors, and termination

Table of contents:

1. Nature of Administrative Monopolies
2. Formation and Cause of Administrative Monopolies
3. Pervasiveness of Administrative Monopolies
4. Illegality of Administrative Monopolies
5. Administrative Monopoly Behaviors
6. Inefficiency and Unfairness of Administrative Monopoly
7. Estimation of Welfare Loss and Distribution Distortions Caused by Administrative Monopolies
8. Breaking Administrative Monopoly

Sub Reports:
1. Administrative Monopoly in the Telecommunications Industry
2. Administrative Monopoly in the Oil Industry
3. Administrative Monopoly in the Railway Industry
4. Administrative Monopoly in the Banking Industry
5. Administrative Monopoly in the Salt Industry
6. Administrative Monopoly in the Sports Industry: A Case Study of the Football Monopoly

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.

(http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9187)